Short:    Editor 4 hunk structure of binary files with GUI
Uploader: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
Author:   thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
Type:     dev/misc
Version:  2.12.1
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                        The THOR-Software Licence


This License applies to the computer programs known as "Hunk Processor".
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Thomas Richter.


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The "Hunk Processor" is a tool for editing the hunk structure of binary
AmigaDOS load files (not object codes that must be linked afterwards, but
complete executable binaries). 

Functions:

	Add and remove hunks, as well as relocation entries.
	Merge hunks to shorten programs without "crunching".
	Code optimizer to remove unnecessary jumps.
	Rexx interface for automatic operation.


The "Hunk Processor" is a quiet old program I wrote years ago, so the GUI is
really ugly (this became better with 2.06) - but this is a tool, not a piece 
of artwork. I mostly use it to patch bugs in existing programs, together 
with a standard debugging tool.
The plus of the "Hunk Processor" is that it keeps the relocation data after
loading an executable, so after patching it the "Hunk Processor" can re-
create a loadable program.


Extras:
	-	A Rexx program that prints out all relocation data.
	-	A Rexx program for automatic replacement of the
		relocation hunks with the more efficient Reloc32Short 
		hunks.
	-	A lot of external "Hunk Optimizers", i.e. "hop" files.

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The program is freeware, but the guide is not! It's priced $10, to be sent to
my address:


Thomas Richter
Rühmkorffstraße 10 A

12209 Berlin


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Changes made in 2.12.1:

	Not a new release, but added another ".hop" script by Jess Sosnoski,
	Jump.hop - a general branch optimizer. Thanks, Jess! 

Changes made in 2.12:

	Improved the ".hop" syntax a bit and added two new ".hop" scripts,
	based on ideas by "Jess". Thanks!
	Drew a new icon.
	Added another set of ARexx scripts.

Changes made in 2.11.1:
	
	Hunk unchanged, but updated the General020 optimizer a bit.
	Replaced the NOP that's patched in by a LEA (A6),A6 to avoid
	pipeline stalls of the 68060 processor.
	Updated the PA.rexx script to run the PowerPacker and to allow
	multiselection.

Changes made in 2.11:

	Fixed another set of bugs in the ARexx interface.
	Added an automatic patch script.
	Added the option to remove trailing zeros.
	Improved the file requester.
	Removed a bug from the file requester.

Changes made in 2.10:

	Removed a bug in the Rexx interface
	Added the external hunk optimizers
	Added the possibility to split the
	relocation data in long and short
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Thomas,
	May 1998
