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- PictViewer version 1.0 Read Me
-
- PictViewer 1.0
- by Bouke F. Tuinstra, March 1997
- email: B.F.Tuinstra@stm.tudelft.nl
-
- What it does:
-
- PictViewer disassembles Macintosh pictures (PICTs). Macintosh PICTs consist of a series of
- operation codes (opcodes), each followed by a variable amount of data. For a reactangle, for
- instance, the entry in the picture code consists of the opcode for a rectangle followed by
- the four coordinates of the rectangle.
- PictViewer parses the picture code and displays each drawing operation as one line of text.
- Large data structures (pixmaps, for example) are abbreviated. It also handles most of the
- ‘standard’ picture comments.
-
-
- What is does not do:
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- There are a number of items on the to do list, such as opening PICT files, printing, and
- picture editing, more elaborate display of data (headers, postscript comments etc.).
- Since my time is very limited, don't count on a new version for a very long time
- (unless I lose my job ;-).
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-
- How it works:
-
- Just open a new window and paste your PICTure (sorry-- you can't open PICT files yet).
-
-
- Why did you write it?
-
- I'm glad you ask. This is a program I've written primarily for myself. This means that it
- is not very well tested. I've used it to check how applications handled pictures (and
- especially picture comments). This is handy if you're trying to write an application that
- generates pictures with smooth curves, thin lines etc. and wants to print them correctly.
- Apart form being written for private use, the program is also not finished (well, finished
- enough for me, at the time). I just haven't got the spare time to finish it and with Apples
- changing operating system views, I'm not sure it's worth it.
- The program has also served its purpose in identifying MS Word as the program that was
- changing my line-widths and careful character placements.
-
-
- What does it cost?
-
- Zip! Nada! Gratis! etcetera.
- Yep, it's free. Just don't distribute it for a fee or without this document.
-
-
- Known problems:
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- None. Ok, maybe a few.
- - If you open a large number of windows (depending on your screen size but on a 14"
- monitor >23) the new window gets created off-screen. Live with it; it's (mostly) harmless.
- - Sometimes a (very) long line will not display completely in the window, no matter how much
- scrolling you do. If this happens just save the (text-)file and open with an editor like BBedit;
- it knows how to handle very long lines.
- - A similar problem is the fact that due to a limitation in Quickdraw no more than ±3000 lines will
- display in the window. Again, save the textfile and open with BBedit to reveal the rest of the data.
- - There’s a type of pixmap that PictViewer doesn’t understand (it displays ‘reserved’). Probably
- something that Apple introduced without telling me. If anyone knows what's up please tell me.
-
-
- Thanks to:
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- Marten Kooistra, M.W.Kooistra@stm.tudelft.nl, for testing, editing the ReadMe file and suggesting
- to release this to the public in the first place.
-
-
- Comments?
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- Comments are welcome at:
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- B.F.Tuinstra@stm.tudelft.nl
-
- ENJOY!
-