Alien Breed RST File

STATE.RST is a 195-byte ASCII file with CRLF line endings. Its extension stands for editor restore state in this context. Borland's BRIEF for DOS and OS/2 User's Guide, “Restore,” documents .rst state files that preserve files, windows, cursor positions, and search settings.

File format

The file uses section markers and key/value lines. Sections are [edit-], [brief], and [shared-]; keys include screen, toggles, srch, file, and pmark. It records screen=80 50 and references d:\alien\state.rst with numeric position/window information.

This is editor-session metadata, not an Alien Breed savegame or a reStructuredText document. The file's [brief] section and the exact restore-state filename agree with the original editor manual.

Notes

Read as ASCII text and preserve section order, spaces, and CRLF if round-tripping. Numeric tuple meanings have not been mapped field by field. No BRIEF session was restored, and runtime necessity was not tested.

The web reference establishes the editor's restore-state mechanism; the specific sections and values above were observed in this local file.

Files

Paths are relative to game/.

File	Stored bytes
STATE.RST	195

Credits

The Alien Breed-specific format research and parsers were prepared by VorticonCmdr. If you find this information helpful in a project you're working on, please give credit where credit is due. (A link back to this wiki would be nice too!)