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  form cookbook, historical timeline, modern analogies, 6 FAQ
- screens.md: 582→992 lines — decision guide, 5 antipatterns, screen
  flipping/borderless/PAL-NTSC cookbooks, historical comparison, 7 FAQ
- custom_loaders_and_drm.md: 152→500 lines — bootblock structure,
  6 DRM systems, 5 antipatterns, trackloader cookbook, cracking scene
  history, modern analogies, 7 FAQ

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Common Libraries — Overview

Shared libraries beyond the core exec/dos/graphics/intuition subsystems. These provide utility functions, file format parsing, hardware expansion support, and Workbench integration.

Section Index

File Description
utility.md TagItem lists with chaining (TAG_MORE), callback hooks (register convention), date/time utilities, tag iteration patterns
expansion.md Zorro II/III bus architecture, AutoConfig ROM layout, board enumeration, FPGA implementation notes
icon.md Workbench icons (.info): DiskObject structure, ToolType parsing, icon types, OS 3.5+ true-color icons
workbench.md Workbench integration: WBStartup handling, AppWindow drag-and-drop, AppIcon, AppMenuItem
iffparse.md IFF file parsing: ILBM/8SVX/ANIM, nested chunk hierarchy, ByteRun1 compression, PBM planar deinterleaving, clipboard integration, decision guide vs DataTypes
locale.md Internationalization: catalog system (.cd/.ct files), locale-aware date/number formatting, character classification
keymap.md Keyboard mapping: raw-to-ASCII translation, KeyMap structure, dead keys, rawkey codes, national layouts
rexxsyslib.md ARexx scripting: hosting ARexx ports, command parsing, sending commands, return codes
arexx_integration.md ARexx integration guide: exposing app features, dispatch tables, antipatterns, cookbook
mathffp.md Motorola FFP and IEEE 754 floating point
layers.md Window clipping: ClipRect engine, Simple/Smart/Super refresh, damage repair, backfill hooks, layer locking, LVO API reference, 4 antipatterns, ClipBlit vs ScrollRaster optimization, 7 FAQ
diskfont.md Bitmap fonts deep dive: .font file format (FontContentsHeader), font descriptor files (DiskFontHeader), glyph bitmap layout, FONTS: assign, adding/installing fonts, bitmap vs TrueType/OpenType comparison, color fonts (OS 3.0+), Compugraphic outline fonts, AvailFonts enumeration, font loading pipeline
datatypes.md DataTypes system: object-oriented file loading for images, sound, text, animation via BOOPSI classes
amigaguide.md AmigaGuide hypertext help system: database format, @commands, API, ARexx integration, cross-database linking
translator.md translator.library: English-to-phonetic translation for speech synthesis, narrator.device integration, ARPABET phonemes