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RELiCVu v. 2.40
100% of code (and wacky screen font) by
Greater Evil
layout by
Illusion²
*Read this stuff! I got a 5 on my AP English exam! It's good lit!*
RELiCVu is RELiC's k-nifty ANSi/RIP/BIN viewing programme.
It will let you do some fun and happy things with its swell
features, a few of which follow:
■ 6 different resolution modes, <= VGA.
■ Scrollback and Ansimation in every video mode.
■ On-the-fly SAUCE definition loading.
■ Full path/filespec switching support.
■ FAST RIPscript viewing
■ BiN viewing at up to 510 columns wide
■ <-Ascii 254
■ Config saving and stuff like that.
[New stuff in This Version 2.40]
If you did not happen to get the bugfix update to Relicvu, then
I apologize; the one that went out with last pack was extremely, how
shall we say, insect-infested. Anyways, I developed a debug aide
and fixed most of 'em... (of course, I found out two days ago that
my debug aid quit working.. ack!)
Anyways, here are some things that are different in this proggy:
--2.40--
[Changes]
■ Relicvu now shows BIN files. For those who are unaware, BINs are
raw data (attribute/character pairs). Anyways, this is the format
being used for ansi's wider than a screen. In compliance with the
SAUCE specifications, Relicvu allows up to 510 column wide BINs.
If you have < VGA tho, you probably will be unable to view the
BINs because it relies on certain registers to set the logical
screen width and pan and stuff (it might work on EGA, but I
haven't made any special provisions for EGA fellas, and I don't
have an EGA to test it on, so...). You have the option of viewing
bins in hi-rez; I intended to implement all video modes, but I ran
into some time constraints and couldn't get them done in time [Fwiw,
I'm writing this at 1 am on July 21..:) ]. So you can view Bins
in the first three Video modes, anything above will default to
320x200. As with anything, I don't promise that this is polished;
there are a _lot_ of changes I still want to make to Bin and the
rest of the viewer that I was unable to cram in this release.
(I swear I'll put a new interface in next release! :))
■ Relicvu now has two additional graphics modes for ansi - 320 Wide
and 640 Wide. Now you can view 80x50s with a similar aspect ratio
in high resolutions.
■ Relicvu now allows you to select from a couple color options:
1. Normal - Defaults to blink but loads iCEColor if the
corresponding flag in SAUCE is set.
2. iCEColor - Forces iCEColor (non-blink mode).
3. Ascii - Strips colors from Ansi. For your hidden
message viewing pleasure.
■ Relicvu now checks SAUCE for the ansimation flag before loading an
ansi. No longer must you wait while the parser parses it for
scrollback. You can leave the viewer in scrollback mode and it
will automatically view files with the ansimation filetype in
ansimation mode.
■ Relicvu now allows ansimation in all video modes.
■ Relicvu now reads stuff from RELICVU.CFG. It also searches for
this file in the path, so it doesn't need to be in yer directory.
■ Deleted word _spiffy_ from documentation.
[BugFixes]
■ Fixed a bunch of ansimation bugs. Ansimation support is no longer
crippled.
■ Fixed a bug with directory loading.
■ Fixed a bug in Rip bezier curves.
--update--
■ Fixed three (3) different bugs, all dealing with memory
deallocation. Almost all of the problems with v. 2.00 were in
some way related to this. The great deal of memory required by
(and not always freed by) RIP created the fatal errors.
■ Escaping in path prompt no longer reloads directory.
■ Sped up greet thing.
■ Added word _spiffy_ to documentation.
-=-
Command summary:
(*=This junk is editable via RELICVU.CFG)
F1 - Help - displays a brief summary of commands.
F2*- Resolution - allows user to select display mode. These
modes include:
80x25 text, scrollback, ansimation
80x50 text, scrollback, ansimation
320x200x256 MCGA, scrollback, ansimation
320 Wide MCGA, scrollback, ansimation
640x480x16 VGA, scrollback, ansimation
640 Wide VGA, scrollback, ansimation
F3 - Path - allows user to change directories. The file list
will be updated accordingly.
F4*- Mask - allows user to select filespec(s). The default masks
are specified in RELICVU.CFG. RELiCVu supports up to 4 masks.
The fourth mask is specifiable via commandline; i.e.,
"RELICVU *.ANS" will load RELiCVu with the default masks
and "*.ANS", overwriting the fourth mask if it exists.
F5*- Autoscroll - determines whether RELiCVu will initially scroll
through ansis or whether the user gets the priviledge.
F6*- Ansimation mode - turns off scrollback and displays all
ansimation sequences. RELiCVu does force ansimation in
scrollback mode if the SAUCE ansimation flag is set.
F7*- Select viewing speed in Ansimation mode.
The speeds are as follows:
Presto - fastest, Allegro - medium fast, Andante - medium slow,
Adagio - slower still, and Largo - pathetically slow.
F8*- Select color options. You have the following options:
[block copies are cool!]
1. Normal - Defaults to blink but loads iCEColor if the
corresponding flag in SAUCE is set.
2. iCEColor - Forces iCEColor (non-blink mode).
3. Ascii - Strips colors from Ansi. For your hidden
message viewing pleasure.
,,Pgup,Pgdn - The arrow keys are used to scroll through the file
list or a prompt to highlight an item for selection.
When displaying an ansi, these may also be used to
scroll back through it.
[Enter] - Selects highlighted file for display or updates chosen
option.
-=-
If you want to complain, give me money, or both, you can reach me,
Greater Evil, on IRC or at The Heretic Asylum.
SAUCE00RELiCVu Documentation Greater Evil RELiC 19940519P