EPOC Tools & Utilities Glossary

SDK

File Conversion Utilities Guide

Software development kit

sis file

Makesis Guide

EPOC installation file, produced by makesis.

residual stub file, makesis

sprite

File Conversion Utilities Guide

An arbitrary-shaped bitmap which may be moved without applications having to redraw the underlying screen. Typically used for pointer cursors and for animated figures in games.

styled markup

Aleppo Guide

Styled markup uses styles to differentiate text for the different parts of the final output database. e.g. different style are used to mark the text for synonyms, topic headings and normal text.

formatting information

synonyms

Aleppo Guide

In aleppo, taken to mean words that are not in the title, but which are useful for searching. Eg creating, making, building.