>this is the file-format for my e-books --
>the text (in plain ascii format, thank you,
>though perhaps tokenized for compression),
>the styling info (also in a plain ascii format),
>graphic file handles saved as ascii strings,
>sound file handles saved as ascii strings,
>movie file handles saved as ascii strings,
>and information on "binding", "mapping", "menu",
>etc., saved in -- you guessed it -- ascii format...
>
>the same routines that read and implement the e-book on the 
>mac side do it for the p.c. too, so there's your cross-plat format.
>and write the reader-tool in realbasic so it is also cross-plat.
>
>any questions?
>
Yes. What do you mean by a plain ascii format? How can you save style 
info, sound or movies as ascii strings? (A succinct, 2-paragraph 
description of the movie, perhaps?) 

I presume you mean you will save the binary data in pascal-string format. 
If so, what's the point? It doesn't make things easier, quicker, smaller, 
or more understandable on ANY platform.

Am I missing something?

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