Re: [Swftools-common] New to SWFTools with questions

[Brett W. McCoy]

Matthias Kramm wrote:

> > Hi, I'm new to Flash, never used it before (not even in Windows), and I 
> > am venturing into it with all of the free tools, using Linux, and got 
> > some stuff installed this weekend... so forgive me if these seem like 
> > questions with obvious answers.  I do have a programming background in 
> > C/C++, Perl and Java, though, so hopefully I can pick up on things quickly.
>
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> No Python? Too bad- I'm still looking for beta-testers for the python
> interface. ;)

I've done a little bit with Python, but nothing very substantial (and I 
have had paying jobs for the languages I cited :-) )

> > 1. Is there formal documentation on the scripting language used for 
> > swfc?  There is a manual online on the SWFTools site, but I am looking 
> > more for a reference, with each command listed and all of the available 
> > options for each command (like how there is a man page for each C function).
>
> I assume you already stumbled upon
>
>     http://www.quiss.org/swftools/swfc-fileformat.txt
> ?
> That's currently what comes closest to a reference. I'm afraid that
> beyond that and the tutorial, there's only the swfc source code. :(

Yep, I did see that.  Thanks, just wanted to make sure I didn't miss 
something.

> > 2. Is this scripting language something invented for SWFTools or is this 
> > an implementation of a more standardized thing?
>
> Apart from the ActionScript (the stuff you put between ".action:"
> and ".end"), it's something invented for SWFTools.

OK.  I will have to look more into the ActionScript stuff also.  Looks 
like a lot of good resources on that.

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