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- Short: Datatype picture viewer for directory tools
- Uploader: thomas-rapp@web.de (Thomas Rapp)
- Author: thomas-rapp@web.de (Thomas Rapp)
- Type: gfx/show
- Version: 1.1
-
-
- New since Version 1.0:
- ======================
-
- - some new keys to press
-
- - PATTERN and FLASH parameters
-
- - directory read is slightly faster.
-
- - the picture list is sorted before being displayed even if the
- directory read has not finished.
-
-
- Introduction
- ============
-
- This program is meant to be configured as picture viewer in directory
- tools like DirOpus or DosControl. It shows the doubleclicked picture
- in a borderless window on the specified custom screen. The remarkable
- about this program is that it reads the whole directory the picture is
- in and you can then choose other pictures out of this directory from
- a menu or by pressing the cursor keys.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- Copy the PicShow executable somewhere where your directory tool can
- find it. A good place is the C directory.
-
-
- Configuration
- =============
-
- Call PicShow as a Shell program with the following parameters:
-
- FILE/A The picture to show first. You can specify a directory
- here. In this case the directory is read first and then
- the topmost picture is shown.
-
- PUBSCREEN/K The pubscreen where to open the window. Default is the
- default pubscreen (usually Workbench).
-
- P=PATTERN/K Only picture files that match this name pattern are
- shown in the list.
-
- FLASH/S Flashes the screen (displays beep) after the directory
- read is complete.
-
-
- Usage
- =====
-
- When the window showing a picture is open you can do this:
-
- o Quit PicShow
- - double click into the window or
- - press the ESC key or
- - press Q
-
- o Show the next picture
- - press the cursor down key or
- - press the cursor right key or
- - press the cursor down or right keys on the numeric keypad or
- - press space bar or
- - press return
-
- o Show the previous picture
- - press the cursor up key or
- - press the cursor left key or
- - press the cursor up or left keys on the numeric keypad or
- - press backspace (the <- key above return)
-
- o Show some infos about the current picture
- - keep the mouse pointer inside the window and don't move it for
- some time
-
- o If the picture is too large to fit into the screen
- - grab the picture with the left mouse button and move it around.
-
- o Choose a picture from the list
- - press the right mouse button and hold it down. The list can scroll
- up and down if there are more files than fit into one page. Just
- move the mouse pointer over the arrow(s).
-