Note: This is alpha software. While the application is usable and stable, some features are not implemented or are subject to change in future releases.
Disclaimer: Please use at your own risk. The author is not responsible for loss of data, hardware malfunction, etc. Please backup your HTML files and use copies with this application.
- You must have the Sun JDK or equivalent (e.g., Cafe, Metrowerks Codewarrior) for your UNIX, Macintosh, Windows, etc. platform in order to run the Java application.
- Download, unpack, and execute the Java class files.
- The main() method is inside the MainShell class.
UNIX (csh) Example
% zcat csime.tar.Z | tar xf - % cd csime % setenv CLASSPATH .:`pwd` % java MainShellWindows Example
- Uncompress using a utility like WinZip that preserves long filenames.
- Go to MS-DOS prompt.
> cd csime > set CLASSPATH=.;c:\csime > java MainShell
At this time, the application has been tested on the following platforms:
- Sun SPARCstation 5, Solaris 2.5.x, Sun JDK 1.0.2
- PowerSpec Pentium 120, RedHat Linux 4.0, JDK 1.0.2 for Linux
- Micron Pentium 100, Windows NT 4.0, Sun JDK 1.0.2
- Apple Power Macintosh 7200, System 7.5.5, MRJ 1.0
Inside the Editor Canvas
- Use the vertical toolbar to select the type of area to create.
- Create an area by clicking and dragging the mouse.
- Select an area by clicking the mouse on the edge of an area.
- Resize an area by clicking the mouse and dragging a control point of a selected area.
- Move an area by clicking the mouse and dragging an edge of an area.
- Close polygons by joining endpoints, or by pressing the polygon button.
Link URL
- Assign a URL to the selected area by typing the URL in the text field.
- Clear the Link URL text field by pressing the Clear button.
File Menu
- New...
- Create a new image map.
- Open...
- Open an image map from an HTML text file.
- Save
- Save an image map to a previously specified HTML text file.
- Note: THE EDITOR ONLY SAVES HTML TAGS RELATED TO THE IMAGE MAP ITSELF. ALL OTHER TAGS READ DURING OPEN OR IMPORT WILL BE LOST.
- Save As...
- Save an image map to an HTML text file.
- Note: THE EDITOR ONLY SAVES HTML TAGS RELATED TO THE IMAGE MAP ITSELF. ALL OTHER TAGS READ DURING OPEN OR IMPORT WILL BE LOST.
- Load Image File...
- Load a GIF or JPEG image from a file.
- Load Image URL...
- Load a GIF or JPEG image from a URL.
- Import Image Map File...
- Import an image map from an HTML text file. This command will parse the first image map in an HTML text file. This is similar to the "Open..." command, but the document title remains "Untitled".
- Import Image Map URL...
- Import an image map from a URL. This command will parse the first image map at the URL. This can be used to load image maps from web sites such as Apple Computer (http://www.apple.com/). Try it!
- Preferences...
- Show the Preferences dialog. Not implemented for this release.
- Quit
- Quit the application.
Edit Menu
- Map Name...
- Specify the map name.
- Duplicate Selected
- Duplicate the selected area.
- Delete Selected
- Delete the selected area.
- Undo
- Undo.Not implemented for this release.
Image Menu
- Opaque
- Make the image opaque.
- 75% Transparent
- Make the image 75% transparent.
- 50% Transparent
- Make the image 50% transparent.
- 25% Transparent
- Make the image 25% transparent.
- Invisible
- Make the image invisible.
Bookmarks Menu
- Browse Bookmarks File...
- Load Netscape Bookmarks.html file. Bookmarks can be used to assign links to selected areas. Bookmarks that point to GIF's and JPEG's can be used to load images into the editor.
View Menu
- HTML Source...
- View HTML text in a dialog. This is what will be saved in the "Save" and "Save As..." commands.
Help Menu
- Help
- Show online help dialog. Not implemented for this release.
- About
- Show about dialog. Not implemented for this release.