           HEL and CAR files converter to transparent GIFs
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Read the COPYING file for conditions of redistribution. Basically, you may
gave the .zip file this came in unmodified to anyone for any purpose, even
to make a profit.

This program takes the .CAR and .HEL files saved by GPEditor v2/v4 and turns
them into small transparent GIF images suitable for inclusion in WWW pages.
As far as I've been able to test, the colors match precisely those within
the game. (Of course, some browsers do better at rendering them than others.
WinMosaic seems to do a much better job that Netscape Navigator, for
example.)

To run it, simply do "CMAP xxx", where "xxx" is a list of .hel and .car
files (including the extender). The GIFs are produced in the current
directory and retain the same base name as the GPed file, for example:
	cmap foo.car bar.hel

will produce "foo.gif" and "bar.gif" in the current dirctory. Note that the
program will not warn you about overwriting files; in particular, if you do
	cmap foo.car foo.hel

all you will end up with is the "foo.gif" from the helmet.

CMap was developed using DJGPPv2 (GNU C for DOS) and the final executable
compiled with MicroSoft Visual C++ 1.5. Complete source and a Makefile is
supplied, but it isn't likely to work unmodified unless you have both DJGPP
and MSVC available at the same time (I only use MSVC from the command line).