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{{Infobox homebrewapp
| title       = Benzin
| image       = 
| desc        = This is used to convert brlyt and brlan files to xml and back
| type        = Utility
| license     = 
| author      = SquidMan, megazig, comex
| display     = 
| version     = Unreleased
| download    = 
| source      = [http://ww.asunit.org/SquidMan/benzin/tree/master here]
| website     = [http://squidman.no-ip.org/benzin/index.html Squidman's Homepage]
| peripherals = 
| hbc         = 
| 
}}

=Benzin=

Benzin is an application that takes a [[brlyt files|.brlyt]] file or a [[brlan files|.brlan]] file and turns it into a .XMLYT or .XMLAN file that can then be edited using an editing program. The xml files are not easy to edit, as they are written in an xml code format. Once the .XML* has been edited, Benzin can then be used to convert it back to a useable .brlyt and or .brlan file.

A guide to working with Benzin can be found [[Editing_Banners_with_Benzin|here]].

==XML editors==

====Windows====
* Notepad++
* Wordpad
* XML writer
(Note: Notepad will not work)

====Mac OS X====
* Smultron
* TextWrangler
* Dashcode
* TextEdit
* TacoEdit
* XCode
* any other text editor

====Linux====
* GEdit
* Geany
* nano
* vi(m)
* emacs
* any other text editor

==Compiling==

Benzin is currently in development and does not come with precompiled binaries. Benzin can be compiled on Windows, Mac, or Unix systems, and requires the [Mini XML 2.5] libraries to be installed. You can download the [http://ww.asunit.org/SquidMan/benzin/tree/master|benzin source], with instructions for Windows compiling.

Instructions for compiling benzin can be found below:<br>
:For [[Compiling Benzin for Mac|Mac]]<br>
:For [[Compiling Benzin for Windows|Windows]]<br>
:For [[Compiling Benzin for Linux|Linux]]

==Usage==

Benzin usage is:

*benzin r <source>.brlyt <destination>.xmlyt
*benzin r <source>.brlan <destination>.xmlan
*benzin m <source>.xmlyt <destination>.brlyt
*benzin m <source>.xmlan <destination>.brlan

Which must be entered in the command line. Use only one of the above commands, not all four.