what happened to the maki editor?

[tom108]

i would like to edit a maki file that my friend gave me. but i can not do it in notpad because it is a compiled file.

i did the search and came up with the maki editor thread but the link is broken?

any help would be great,

thanx in advance
-tom :)

[krckoorascic]

erm, you cannot edit .maki file its a binary file, e.g. compiled using MAKI Compiler (mc.exe) to edit scripts you need .m files (in human-readable format that are compiled to .maki which are used by winamp)
or if you don't have .m file try maki de-compiler (searc here on forums) that will generate .m from .maki file...

[tom108]

thanx! ;)

[The Cool Dude]

mind u its hard to get that decompiler, i tried to download it and get it to work ages ago i've not yet succeded

[rohan_pwln]

Originally posted by The Cool Dude
mind u its hard to get that decompiler, i tried to download it and get it to work ages ago i've not yet succeded

Even I have not been able to use it. Hovewer it is truly speaking not that helpful. The way an element is named can tell you lot about the concept of the code, but here all names are turned to numbers. AAAwww, I'v seen a few scripts decompiled. However, not all scripts can be decompiled with ease.

[LarDee]

If you all can't get the decompiler to work how are us not so experienced at skinning suppose to. Why do you give out support help that does not help. Ok, all I want to do is change a few addies in a maki script that seems to work fine for me except that when clicking the link I want to direct the user to my site not the old site. I most difinately can not do it in note pad even though I can actually see the addie I want to change, so just exactly how can I read and edit a maki file. Do I have to change the file prefex or what to the .m... How do I make a maki script readable and editable. simple question.
hope you can help I have been fighting this long enough. I am about to say f**k it. No one seems to be exaplaining just how to edit these maki things.

[Mr Jones]

Well, why don't you get your friend who gave you the script to recompile it for you, surely he/she has the original source files?

Decompiling scripts was never an option up untill a few weeks ago when someone wrote a decompiler, up to that point a compiled script was a compiled script and that was that.

The decompiler isn't a nullsoft product, it was written by a third party and is therefore not subject to any support on these forums, much like any other third party application.

Go back to where you got the script from and ask them to recompile it, or write it again from scratch.

And if they won't do it have you ever considered that they original author might not want you screwing around with the original script?

So to sumarise...

A maki script is a compiled file that isn't editable, it can be turned back into a editable .m file by using a 3rd party decompiler that isn't supported by anyone on this site other than it's original author.

If you have the original source file, this will have a file prefix of .m, then you can edit the code and recompile it back into a .maki file, if you don't then you are pretty stuffed.

[LarDee]

if I can not find a .m file in the scripts or elsewhere in the skin folder, how do I make a .m file and then turn it into a maki file.
Thanks LarDee

[LarDee]

all I want to do is script an addie to a link, so that when soone is interested in seeing more of my skins and art work they can click the link and open a window to my site. Can I do this with out using a maki script and if so how.
LarDee

[krckoorascic]

you can try only with xml, but i'm not sure how you would do that, but, using maki is very easy, for this wath you need, it will be something like this:

Global Button myButton;

System.onScriptLoaded()
{
myButton = System.getScriptGroup().findObject("xml.id");
}

myButton.onLeftButtonUp(int x, int y)
{
System.navigateURL("http://yourpage.com");
}

and thats all! :D

[LarDee]

I don't know why you say maki is easy, I have yet found a way to read one let alone edit one. Maybe because I ahev the dreaded winamp5.08 and there is no one out there that has tried and succeeded with these bitches. I have gotten to the point where the button I have with the http addie printed on it is gonna have to be good enough. you can click it all day with no reaction now so at least you don't go to the wrong place. LOL I just wish I could figure out how to make it function and screw this maki stuff it is way not happening here. I found out that the script I was using in it's original state doesn't even work so maybe the guy I got it from had the same probs... who knows... anyway thanks for trying to help I just don't have the time I have been putting into this skinning to do it no more. I have spent weeks trying to decieffer this stuff and I just feel it is not gonna happen, more power to those of you that have made it work. Maybe this dummy will figure it out some day. but that day ain't today. LOL Later all

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by LarDee
I don't know why you say maki is easy, I have yet found a way to read one let alone edit one.

Did you skip over the important parts of most post in this thread..?



So to sumarise...

A maki script is a compiled file that isn't editable, it can be turned back into a editable .m file by using a 3rd party decompiler that isn't supported by anyone on this site other than it's original author.


You can't edit a maki file using any standard tools on your pc, you need to decompile it back to it's original source file, edit that and then recompile.

As stated previously there was never a maki decompiler until a few weeks ago until someone created a 3rd party application that could do such a thing, as also stated it's not supported on these forums by anyone other than the orignal author.

krckoorascic has provided the uncompile snippet of code you would need in your .m file that you need to make an url launcher button, it's up to you to compile that into a script.

If that's not clear enough there are DOZENS of threads in here detailing how to make such a button, and equally dozens of threads telling you how to use the maki compiler, otherwise known as mc.exe

Use the search function to find these threads.
http://forums.winamp.com/search.php, here is an example of a complete script that I posted for someone, also includes the XML you would need to use in your skin.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1382660#post1382660


Read futher down that thread and you'll find links to the maki compiler that will help you compile it.

[LarDee]

just the way it is I guess. I tried to download several compilers and I have yet to get any of them to work on anything. Sounds to me by the threads I have been reading that that is a common problem. and as far as starting from scratch with a completely new script, and then compliling it, I still need to get a working compiler. Is the winamp 5.08 my problem or what???
LarDee

[The Cool Dude]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=184047

[LarDee]

I just thought that I would see what was responded to here. Not sure what this is.. but it sire is no help to me. I found yet two more mc.exe that are worthless the damn things won't even download right, so I am unable to open and run them, what is with this, I did manage to find some scripts that were not compiled and was totally blown away. how the hell can anyone read this crap. was just as foriegn as trying to read a compiled script in notepad. LOL I will never have the time for this. why is it that the geeks of this world have to create things to do that no one focused in the real world could ever have the time or pateince for. I have spent weeks trying to deciefer this stuff only to run into a brick wall and it all has been for nothing. I enjoy creating things artistically but this scripting stuff is like way to hard to follow. Wish I could get done what I would like to get done but that seems to be something that this here world is trying to keep to themselves. winamp skinning is diffinately not for me. I guess I will have to hire someone to build me a skin, but that seems rather moronic so f**k it all. I can not waste no more of my time on it when no one is willing to help, all you all want to do is mess with me and talk down to me so thanks but no thanks... I'm out of here.. later LarDee