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- * M e g a V i e w - The ultimate Viewer Frontend *
- * Written 1993 by DIgital DImensions *
- * *
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-
- Note: You _MUST_ at least read the "Legal Stuff" node in the .guide file.
- If you don't have AmigaGuide, then load a text reader and search for the
- string "node legal" and read on from there up to the "@endnode" command.
- You must do this before you use MegaView!!!
-
- When you do this, you wil notice that we are now asking for a small
- donnation of $10 or DM15 if you should decide to use MegaView. We don't
- think this is too much, but if you think you cannot afford this, then
- go ahead and use MegaView, anyway.
-
-
- For those how cannot wait or don't want to read the docfile, a few words
- for a quick start:
-
- MegaView is a frontend to all kinds of viewer programs. It uses whatis.library
- to determine the file's type, then uses a file in s: to perform an action on
- this file depending on its type (the action usually is to simply show the
- file). To use MegaView from CLI, simply type MegaView <file> where <file> is
- a filename or complete path to the file you want to process. To use from
- Workbench, shift-select MegaView together with the file(s) you want to show
- and select Open from the Icon menu, or double click the last icon you select.
- MegaView has some additional possibilities, for information about these,
- please read the file "MegaView.guide".
-
- FAEdit is the new GUI-based FileActions editor. It was written using , and
- requiring, the MUI (MagicUserInterface) package by Stefan Stuntz. Please
- read the files "Why MUI?" and "Readme.MUI" in this directory for further
- information on MUI. Please note also that FAEdit strictly requires MUI,
- while MegaView itself does not. Note even more that MegaView does not
- require FAEdit, you can still edit the FileActions file by hand. Directions
- for that are given in MegaView.guide.
-
- The DocFile is in AmigaGuide® format. You can (almost) read it with a text
- reader like more, but it looks better with AmigaGuide. In general, AmigaGuide
- is a great package, and if you don't have it, you should try to get it. It is
- still copyrighted by Commodore, but it may now be freely copied as a complete
- archive (please don't ask me to do this, though). There are also some PD Hyper-
- text readers; one I know for certain is called "Hyper" and should be available
- on fish disks or on AmiNet servers.
-
- For legal status of this distribution, look in the "Legal Stuff" directory
- in the MegaView.guide file.
-
- Whatis.library, which is now also included in this archive, is copyrighted by
- Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carette. It is, however, freely distributable.
- Please note that the whatis.library was not included in the original archive.
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- DIgital DImensions are
-
- Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden
- Schloßstraße 176
- 54293 Trier
- (0651) 66410
- Germany
-
- You can reach us via EMail at one of the following addresses:
- (Hans-Jörg Frieden) inf01@uni-trier.de
- or hfrieden@treveris.uni-trier.de
-
- (Thomas Frieden) inf02@uni-trier.de
- or tfrieden@treveris.uni-trier.de
-
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- Watch out for other great products from
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- If you like this program (or you do not like it), please send an EMail (or
- write me) to inf01@uni-trier.de. I'd like to have any comment on the program,
- and I want to know how far it is spread, so please take the time and write.
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