*** Recipe Updates ***

[xoft]

<ingredientN> = x:y:<ItemID>:<Damage>:<Amount>
<result> = <ResultingItemID>:<Damage>:<Amount>

This would become a nightmare both to parse and to human-read, if you mixed non-damage and damage recipes together.

Also I have a little problem implementing shapeless recipes like Eye of Ender.

List all the possibilities into the recipe file. There is no built-in support for shapeless recipes. Hoes and Axes already use this approach.