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Version 0.2.1 of my text to LDraw converter has been released. The changes in this version are:

• Upgraded to Freetype 2.3.5
• Removed need for common.c
• Include Triangle source with txt2dat
• Use autoconf for build configuration
• Allow compilation without default font

Download it here.

This is a small program to play NXT sound files (.RSO) on your PC. Not sure why anyone would really want to, but now you can anyway. Now Mac and linux can be just as useless as Windows!

Download it here.

Thanks to Jim DeVona, the latest version of my txt2dat program (0.2.0) is now available for both Linux and Mac. Jim has tested these binaries on the machines he has available, but if you run into problems, please contact Jim or myself and we’ll see what we can do.

Find them here.

My LDraw text generator, txt2dat has been updated. The new version can be found here.

Changes in this version:

1. Upgraded to current library versions:
   • Triangle 1.6
   • Freetype 2.3.2 (Require at least 2.1.9)
2. Initial build support for Mac
3. Simplified Makefile
4. Added LDraw header info
5. Added -d, -f, -o, -e options
6. Changed def_font.pl & def_font.h to make default_font unsigned

Enjoy!

Many instructions now have a Europe / Asia version and a North American version. Usually, the only major difference is the last few pages, where they advertise Shop At Home and the LEGO magazine.

Until now, I have simply noted this in the Notes field, but now that it’s become so prevalent, I got sick of typing it in, and added an extra field instead, called Region. Currently it can only contain 2 values: EU = Europe / Asia, NA = North America. If it has neither, it means either the instructions have nothing identifying them to a specific region, or I missed it. Other regions may be added in future as necessary.

See the Instruction cross-reference here.