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View is a handy |c7CLI|c3 command |c7IFF|c3 image file viewer. It can
be used to
display individual |c7IFF|c3 files like this:|r1
|+8|c71> view picfile|c3|r1
Or, you can view multiple files as a quick slideshow like this:|r1
|+8|c71> view pic1 pic2 pic3|c3|r1
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The |c7IFF|c3 image files can be any resolution, including overscan, brushes
and |c7HAM|c3 images. Overscan images will be correctly centered relative to
your screen preferences.|r1
You can also use view to display all the |c7IFF|c3 image files in a directory
by specifying the directory or disk name instead of a picture file:|r1
|+8|c71> view df1:|c3|r1
|+0|+2or|r1
|+8|c71> view pictures|c3|+8(when pictures is a directory)|r1
This will go through all the files on |c7DF1:|c3 and any which
are |c7IFF|c3 image files will be displayed in a quick slideshow.|r1
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You can abort view at any time by pressing the |c7left|c3 mouse button. The
|c7right|c3 mouse button will pause the display on any given image.|r1
You can increase the delay time between pictures (for longer viewing)
like this:|r1
|+8|c71> view -d10 df1:|c3|r1
This will add |c710|c3 seconds to the viewing time of each picture.|r1
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You can also tell view to loop it's operation endlessly like this:|r1
|+8|c71> view -l pic1 pic2 pic3|c3|r1
This will cause view to display pic1 pic2 and pic3 over and over until
you abort with the |c7left|c3 mouse button.|r1
You can combine looping and a picture delay like this:|r1
|+8|c71> view -d5 -l pic1 pic2 pic3|c3|r1
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While view is displaying your pictures, a report of the file names viewed
and their resolutions is displayed on the |c7CLI|c3 screen. You can pause on
any given image using the |c7left|c3 mouse button, and use the
|c7Left-Amiga-N|c3 key
to switch back to the |c7CLI|c3 and find out what the file name is. The file
name of the current screen image will be the second to last file name
displayed. The last file name displayed will be the picture you will
see next. Use |c7Left-Amiga-M|c3 to switch back to the view screen to
continue.
Remember that if while you were on the |c7CLI|c3 screen, you clicked the
mouse
on it, you have selected the |c7CLI|c3 window for input, instead of the
|c7View|c3
window. When you switch back to view then, the pause button will not have
any effect because the |c7CLI|c3 is now watching the mouse, not view. If
you
then click on view to select it's window, view will treat that as an abort
signal and exit.|r1
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Also note that due to the way that view handles the screen, it may be
necessary to move the mouse to the upper left corner of the screen for
the abort click to be recognized. Even though the mouse pointer is
blank while view is running (therefore invisible), it may be helpful
to get in the habit of moving the mouse towards the upper left corner
before clicking to abort.|r1