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seejpeg  v1.4.3

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Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Evan Harris

Permission is granted to freely redistribute and modify this code,
providing the author(s) get credit for having written it.
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seejpeg is another JPEG viewer which utilizes svgalib and contains
limited GIF, PPM and TARGA viewing support.

The most useful feature of seejpeg is that it automatically decides on
the "best" video mode to use based on the image being displayed and
the video card being used.  To aid it, various hints may be given as
program options.  In the worst case, it may be overridden.

Video modes supported are limited to 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600,
640x480 and 320x200 in 256, 32K or 16M colours (assuming the video
card, and svgalib, supports these modes).  Logical screen sizes are
only limited by the size of video memory.

In normal mode, if the image is larger than the screen size the arrow
keys may be used to scroll around that part of the image which could
be loaded into video memory.  Pressing any other key exits the
program.

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Program options
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-q    QUANTIZE PICTURE (256 colour mode)        (JPEG only)
    This option forces the image to be quantized into a colour
    map with 256 entries, and subsequently seejpeg uses a 256
    colour mode.  If this option is not given seejpeg will not
    use a 256 colour mode unless the TESTMODE is not available
    (see below) in which case it will implicitly set -q.
    The default quantization to use is two pass quantization -
    this is memory intensive and may cause the machine to page
    if the image is large or memory is small.  This should be
    the only occasion in which seejpeg causes a machine to page.
-1    ONE PASS QUANTIZATION (-q implicit)        (JPEG only)
    As -q, except that it uses one pass quantization.  This does
    not cause a machine to page, but the results are worse, unless
    the image is greyscale.
-g    FORCE GREYSCALE MODE (-1 implicit)        (JPEG only)
    Display the image in greyscale.  This is not necessary for
    an image compressed using the greyscale option on cjpeg as this
    mode will be set automatically.  It can be used for images
    compressed without the greyscale flag, or for displaying colour
    images in greyscale.
-v    VERBOSE
    Display the video modes being used, the program version number
    and lots of other stuff.  Without this option, seejpeg operates
    silently.
-w    ONLY USE WIDTH TO DETERMINE VIDEO MODE
    By default, the video mode chosen is the smallest one possible
    which is not smaller than the image.  This may not be desirable
    for long, thin images.  It may be preferable to choose the
    video mode based on the width only, rather than the width and
    height, in which case this option should be used.
-f F    SET FUZZ FACTOR TO DETERMINE VIDEO MODE
    A video mode is selected if it is larger than the image.
    Using this option allows a video mode to be selected if it is
    larger than (or equal to) F * image_width and F * image_height.
    Currently, F must be in the range [0.5,1.0].  This option may
    be used in conjunction with -w to only use the image width.
-F S    FORCE THE USE OF THE GIVEN VIDEO MODE
    To completely override the video mode selection routines a
    video mode string (e.g. G640x480x32K) may be given instead.
    If this is a 256 colour mode, quantization (-q) is
    automatically selected.
-dx    DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE IMAGE IN THE X DIRECTION
-s T    SHOW THE IMAGES IN A SLIDESHOW
    Each image is shown for T seconds.  The images cannot be
    scrolled when being showed in a slideshow.  The slideshow cannot
    be stopped or paused, except by the interrupt character
    (e.g. ^C).
-C    CYCLE THROUGH ALL IMAGES
    The program does not exit after showing all the images, instead
    it returns to the first image and shows them all again.  Normally
    this can be stopped by pressing the Q key, at which point it will
    continue to show all images in the cycle and then stop.  When
    showing the images in a slideshow this option will cause the
    slideshow to run forever (until interrupted by, e.g., ^C).

In addition to colour and greyscale JPEG formats, GIF, PPM and TARGA
image formats are supported to a limited degree.  If the image is in
GIF, PPM or TARGA format the -q, -1 and -g options are inoperative
and, as a result, some video modes are not available for selection
using -F.

Unfortunately, due to a limitation in libjpeg, the GIF support has to
perform its own colour map construction so it can use 256 colour
modes.  This may cause problems, although I haven't seen any yet.  GIF
support currently only uses 256 colour modes, however changing this
should be easy, if the demand is there for it.  GIF support has had
limited testing.

PPM support is barely tested.  It uses 16M or 32K modes for colour
images, and 256 modes for greyscale images.

TARGA support is completely untested as I've never seen or generated a
TARGA image.  The -targa option of cjpeg is not included in seejpeg,
let me know if something like it is required.

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Compiling
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This program requires version 0.91 or higher of svgalib.  This is
changed from previous versions because we now call vga_init() which
gives up supervisor rights really quickly.

The following symbols can be defined in the Makefile:
PIX_ALIGN    The constraints on the logical line length for different
        video cards are different.  Some video cards (like my
        CLGD5426) want the logical line length to be a multiple
        of 8 pixels, while others don't look good unless it is a
        multiple of 64 pixels (such as some (all?) Mach32 cards).
        This value also affects the horizontal scrolling, so use
        the smallest you can get away with.
        The default value is now 64 pixels.  Hopefully this
        produces good results for everybody.  Other values that
        may be worth trying would be 8, 16 and 32.  I recommend
        using the lowest value that produces a good display.
NO_32K_CASCADE    If the best mode is available in 16M and 32K modes and
        the complete image doesn't fit in memory using the 16M
        mode, the 16M mode is discarded and 32K mode used instead.
        If you define this option this action does not happen.
        The only time I can think of this option being useful is
        if a video card supports 16M modes but not 32K modes.
TESTMODE    This video mode is tested for -
        If the video card supports it, we assume that hicolor or
        truecolor (32K or 16M) modes are available.
        If the video card doesn't support it, we assume that only
        256 colour modes are supported.
        If this is not set in the Makefile, it is assumed to
        be G640x480x32K.  If there is a video card which supports
        hicolor or truecolor but not this mode, let me know of
        a better default to test for and I'll change it in the
        next release.
BUG_WORKAROUND    Some versions of svgalib with some video cards can scramble
        the video mode when multiple files or slideshows are shown.
        This appears to be avoided somewhat if the text video mode
        is set between each picture.  This is what the workaround
        does.  This may not be needed for some versions of svgalib
        or some video cards.  It is for my CLGD5426 based card with
        svgalib 1.06.  This option is defined by default in the
        makefile.
Unless you change one of these options, or the default binary
location, changing the Makefile should no longer be necessary.

You now can build a version of seejpeg which uses libgr-1.3.  This
shared library is NOT included with seejpeg.  It is available on
sunsite in /pub/Linux/libs, amongst others.  The seejpeg makefile
assumes that the the installation is as per the README in libgr-1.3.
If this is not the case, the definition of GRHEADERS may have to be
changed in the makefile.

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Acknowledgements
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The following people have contributed to the development of seejpeg.
Thanks everyone.

Harm Hanemaayer <[e-mail]>
    ongoing svgalib development, putting up with lots of silly
    questions, providing lots of useful information, and a makefile
    bug report
<[e-mail]>
Jean-Francois Cordeau <[e-mail]>
Peter Mutsaers <[e-mail]>
<[e-mail]>
    makefile bug report in 1.0
Jeff Grills <[e-mail]>
    colour lookup (256 colour mode) bug report in 1.2
Michael Weller <[e-mail]>
    PIX_ALIGN patches against 1.1, prompting to add multiple
    images and the slideshow
Nils Rennebarth <[e-mail]>
    described how to compile with libgr-1.3 cleanly

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Feedback
========

The current version was compiled and tested with svgalib version 1.06
and a 1MB CLGD5426 based video card.  There are no known bugs with
this configuration (in seejpeg, that is 8-).  If you find a bug with
any configuration please report it, including all the information
displayed using the "-v" option.

As of version 1.2, I have considered seejpeg "finished".  Future
releases will primarily be bug fixes, although new features may be
added as well (as they were in 1.4).

Please send any feedback, especially bug reports, to:

Evan Harris ([e-mail])