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- This file is a reference for all the commands and options on the pop-up
- menu for PMView's File Open Container (FOC). The FOC is the large white
- area in the lower-left corner of PMView's File Open dialog box. To
- bring up the FOC pop-up, right-click inside the FOC (but not on any of
- the images).
-
-
- _View -> : Determines how images are shown in the FOC
-
- _Refresh : Re-reads the current directory, updating files and
- thumbnails as appropriate.
-
- S_elect -> : Has two selection commands and an option for making the
- mouse button "sticky."
-
- Sor_t [->] : Determines how images are sorted in the FOC.
-
- S_cramble : Randomly re-orders images in the FOC.
-
- _Thumbnails -> : Determines thumbnail options
-
- ====== S_elect -> ======
- Select _all (Ctrl+/) : This command selects all the images in the FOC.
-
- Dese_lect all (Ctrl+\) : This command unselects all the images in the
- FOC, ie, it makes sure nothing is selected.
-
- Stick_y select : If off (the default), you must do Ctrl+click to add an
- image to the selection. If on, you need only click
-
- ====== Sor_t [->] ======
-
- Note: If two images compare the same on the primary sort, PMView will
- "break ties" by comparing their filenames (including extensions, but
- *not* including path). In the slideshow container, if the filenames are
- also the same, then PMView compares pathnames (starting with the drive
- letter). So, for instance, if you sort by File Si_ze, and two files
- have the same size, those two will be sorted alphabetically by
- filename. (And if the filename is the same, they will be sorted
- alphabetically by path.)
-
- _Name : (the default). Images are sorted by filename.
-
- _Type : Images are sorted by file type (i.e., file extension)
-
- Image _Format : Images are sorted by actual image format. (The image's
- filename extension is ignored, except to break ties as in the note
- above.) This is not available in _Quick view.
-
- Image _Size : Images are sorted by how many pixels they take up, ie by
- their width times their height. Not available in _Quick view.
-
- Image _Depth : Images are sorted by how many colors their particular
- format can support (e.g. 16-color GIFs precede 256-color GIFs). Not
- available in _Quick view.
-
- File Si_ze : Images are sorted by how many bytes their files take up.
-
- _Date and time : Images are sorted from oldest to newest.
-
- Descending _Order : If selected, images are sorted and then displayed
- in reverse order.
-
- ====== _Thumbnails -> ======
-
- _Manual Create : If selected, thumbnails are created (and deleted) only
- when the user right-clicks on them.
-
- _Automatic Create : If selected, then PMView will create a thumbnail
- for every image in every directory that it enters.
-
- _Loading Creates : If selected, PMView will create a thumbnail when it
- loads an image.
-
- Transparent _Fill : If selected, thumbnails will be created with
- transparent "backgrounds." Otherwise, they will be created with black
- backgrounds.
-
- ====== View -> ======
-
- _Normal [->] : Lets the user select one of the Normal view modes. In
- Normal modes, PMView reads information from each image before
- displaying the image in the FOC.
-
- _Quick : Switches to Quick mode. In quick mode, PMView gets image file
- information from OS/2 rather than from the image file itself. This is
- fast, but only filenames, sizes, dates, and times can be loaded in this
- way.
-
- Non-te_xt : Images are shown as icons (or thumbnails) *without* any
- text (filename) displayed.
-
- Non-_grid : Images are displayed with filenames under their icons (or
- thumbnails). Images are "packed" as closely as possible.
-
- _Flowed : Images are displayed in rows
-
- Non-f_lowed : Images are displayed in a single column
-
- _Detail : All available information is displayed for each image.
-
- ====== _Normal [->] ======
-
- _Text Only : PMView will display filenames only (no icon or thumbnail).
-
- _Icon : PMView will display a standard-sized OS/2 icon.
-
- T_humbnail : PMView will display an 80 x 80 thumbnail for each file.
-
- Raja Thiagarajan / FOCREF.DOC / 2-21-94 release
-