Code started for improved genchar & C by Example

I started coding 0.8 of iceutils quite late this evening (after 11pm). I managed to get about 160 lines of code done, not much, but a start.

One of the problems in the past has been my limited programming skill. I've tried to supplement my skills with lots of books on C programming, but I always seemed to be running into problems here and there that were not explained clearly in the books I had, at least to my satisfaction... until now! Greg Perry's C by Example, despite it's big size, seems to be one of the simplest, yet complete, books on the market. While I won't be bombing through all the pages and becomming a C expert, it looks like it'll be a big help answering some of my C questions. Don't expect perfect code, or time-saving techniques, I'm sticking with simple to understand and easy to modify. I know this is subject to debate, and short is almost always sweeter. I just want things to be clear to me down the road. As I gain more skill I'll tighten up the code.

I'm thinking 0.8 will be the last feature release. In 0.9 I'll start working towards integrating tools, or at least adding a text-front end. At work I have a shell script that creates various floppy images (Windows password cracking floppies, boot disks, etc.). The tool would be similar, just a program linking other programs.