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<title id="collection-format.title">The format of saved collections</title>
<para>
A collection is nothing more than a sequence of levels.
The format of the levels is the same as described in
<quote><xref linkend="xsokoban-format" endterm="xsokoban-format.title" /></quote>.
The collection starts with lines, which describe the collection (author, homepage,
title and so on).
These information is given in the same format as for the levels itself.
Then the level data follows.
Note that we don't repeat author, homepage and copyright information, if they
do not differ from the information of the collection itself.
The levels itself must be separated by at least one blank line, if they only
consist of the map itself.
Here is an example:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
Author: A. U. Thor
Homepage: http://www.collection-test.test
Title: A test collection
####  
# .#  
#  ###
#*@  #
#  $ #
#  ###
####

#####
#@$.#
#####
We don't need an empty line here, because of this line.
#####
#.$@#
#####
Author: A. U. Thor and M. Irror
Here we changed the author of a map.
</screen>
</para>
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