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  1. Short: Tiny ILBM/Anim viewer, supports XPK
  2.  
  3.  
  4. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<     
  5. >>>>>>>>>>>>>                                                 <<<<<<<<<<<<<     
  6. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>D o c u m e n t a t i o n   f o r   M U G i f f<<<<<<<<<<<<<<     
  7. >>>>>>>>>>>>>                                                 <<<<<<<<<<<<<     
  8. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<     
  9.                                                                                 
  10.                            (c) 1993 by Mark Rose                                
  11.                                                                                 
  12. =_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=     
  13.    Since in the last versions nobody had the 'grace' to drop me a single        
  14.  line (even by EMail which does not cost anything) I changed the status of      
  15.                               this program to                                   
  16.                                                                                 
  17.                               M A I L W A R E .                                 
  18.                                                                                 
  19.    This means that everybody who uses this program longer than a day is         
  20.       REQUIRED to send me mail by any means. Otherwise he is a pirate           
  21.                             (and a louse, too).                                 
  22. =_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=     
  23.                                                                                 
  24.                                                                                 
  25. Features:                                                                       
  26. >>>>>>>>>                                                                       
  27.                                                                                 
  28.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.12<<                                                        
  29.     Finally  verified  AGA-support!   Thanks  to  Jeff Hobbs for helping me     
  30.     finding  the  AGA-bugs  (he was also the first and only one who sent me     
  31.     mail  regarding MUGiff).  HAM8 and 256 color pictures can be pre-viewed     
  32.     on non-AGA machines (in 16 colors but better than nothing).                 
  33.                                                                                 
  34.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.11<<                                                        
  35.     Now  you can play animations!  You can even crunch your animations with     
  36.     XPK!   Gives  much  better  results than PowerPacker AND MUGiff is 6000     
  37.     bytes  shorter  than  PPShow  (though  not as feature packed)!  Combine     
  38.     pictures  and  animations of any type and watch!  This version is again     
  39.     SHORTER (550 Bytes!) than the previous!                                     
  40.                                                                                 
  41.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.11<<                                                        
  42.     Tested with the new ENFORCER (Fish 800)! I couldn't find a single hit!      
  43.                                                                                 
  44.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.10<<                                                        
  45.     Finally  the  ability to save uncompressed IFF-pictures has been added.     
  46.     With  XPK  (HUFF 100%) you can save 2 up to 20KBytes.                       
  47.                                                                                 
  48.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.09<<                                                        
  49.     MUGiff  now  supports MultiSelection!  Especially useful for disk-based     
  50.     systems.  Select all the files you want and display them.                   
  51.                                                                                 
  52.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.06<<                                                        
  53.     MUGiff  now comes with handdrawn Icons!  Why this?  Workbench usability     
  54.     was greatly improved (e.g. ability to suppress annoying WB-window).         
  55.                                                                                 
  56.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.06<<                                                        
  57.     MUGiff  now  invokes  the  ReqTools  FileRequester  when no argument is     
  58.     supplied AND ReqTools has been installed.                                   
  59.                                                                                 
  60.   -   >>NEW SINCE 1.03<<                                                        
  61.     Pictures  larger  than  the  screen  can  be  scrolled.                     
  62.       >>NEW SINCE 1.04<<                                                        
  63.     The IDCMP-loop is done faster now, speeding scrolling up on 68000 based     
  64.     Amigas (suggested by Thies Wellpott on Fish 771).                           
  65.                                                                                 
  66.   - Displays just any ILBM imagineable (except nested IFFs)                     
  67.                                                                                 
  68.   - KS  1.2,  1.3,  2.04,  3.0 compatible                                       
  69.                                                                                 
  70.   - Runs  on  ANY  Amiga (hopefully) thanks to IFF-library.                     
  71.                                                                                 
  72.   - Can  display any number of pictures (under KS2.04, because of unlimited     
  73.     commandline length)                                                         
  74.                                                                                 
  75.   - XPK-support. XPKmaster.library must be installed though.                    
  76.                                                                                 
  77.   - EXTREMELY SHORT! This version: 7052 bytes! (+ iff.library 3164 bytes)       
  78.                                                                                 
  79.   - Supports  OverScan (even under KS1.2/1.3).                                  
  80.                                                                                 
  81.   - IFF24bit  pictures  can  be  displayed.                                     
  82.                                                                                 
  83.                                                                                 
  84.                                >>>>>>>>>>>>>                                    
  85.                                > REMEMBER: >                                    
  86.                                >>>>>>>>>>>>>                                    
  87.                                                                                 
  88.                  IFF.library is (c) by Christian A. Weber                       
  89.                  ReqTools.library is (c) by Nico Francois                       
  90.                                                                                 
  91.                                                                                 
  92. Usage:                                                                          
  93. >>>>>>                                                                          
  94.                                                                                 
  95.   CLI: Just start it  with the name(s) of the picture(s).                       
  96.   ----                                                                          
  97.        Example: MUGiff DH0:IFFs/THEpic.IFF DF0:WoC.HAM RAM:Irving.face.ugly     
  98.                                                                                 
  99.          While displaying the picture you can scroll around using the mouse     
  100.        (if  the  picture  is  larger  than  the  screen).  If more than one     
  101.        picture  was  supplied  as argument you can display the next picture     
  102.        with  the  left  mousebutton (or press any key) and abort the entire     
  103.        display with the right mousebutton.                                      
  104.                                                                                 
  105.          Since  1.6  you  needn't  provide an argument at all.  This causes     
  106.        MUGiff  to look for ReqTools.library.  If it can find the library it     
  107.        will  open a FileRequester for you and (since 1.9) you can select as     
  108.        many  files  as you want to.  Just hold down the SHIFT-key and click     
  109.        on  the  files  you  want  to  view.   You  can also use the gadgets     
  110.        provided  by the requester (which should be self-explanatory but for     
  111.        full documentation see ReqTools.doc)                                     
  112.                                                                                 
  113.          A  new feature has been added since 1.10:  The ability to save the     
  114.        currently  displayed  picture.   Just  press 's' and the old picture     
  115.        will  be  overwritten  with  an  uncompressed  version  and the next     
  116.        picture (if any) will be displayed.  This way you can convert MBytes     
  117.        of  pictures  for  use  with  better  packers than RunLengthEncoding     
  118.        (RLE).   ATTENTION:   see  the  section  'Known  Features' for a bug     
  119.        occuring with EHB-pictures!                                              
  120.                                                                                 
  121.          Since  1.11  MUGiff  is also able to play animations (ANIM OPT 5)!     
  122.        You  can  use the same selection methods as for pictures.  To finish     
  123.        the  playback  press  CTRL  + C and the next file will be displayed.     
  124.        You  can  mix animations and pictures any way you want to (ideal for     
  125.        presentations).                                                          
  126.                                                                                 
  127.   WB : 1. Make  MUGiff  the default-tool of your picture icon, double-click     
  128.   ----    it and enjoy                                                          
  129.                                                                                 
  130.        2. Via  extended  selection.   That is click on the MUGiff icon with     
  131.           the  mouse and hold down the shift-key.  Then double-click on the     
  132.           picture icon(s).  (and enjoy yourself THEN).                          
  133.                                                                                 
  134.        3. If  you have ReqTools installed:  double-click on the MUGiff icon     
  135.           and  a  FileRequester  will appear.  Choose your file(s) (Details     
  136.           can be found in 'CLI'-section above).                                 
  137.                                                                                 
  138.          The  program  automatically  opens a window to display information     
  139.        about  the  pictures  (resolution,  depth and wether it is an iff or     
  140.        not).   If  this annoys you (especially the 'press >>RETURN<<') give     
  141.        the  icon an ToolType entry "WINDOW=NIL:".  You can also specify the     
  142.        dimensions of the window:                                                
  143.                                                                                 
  144.        "WINDOW=CON:0/0/1024/1024/ReallyBIGwindow/AUTO/CLOSE/MyPublicScreen"     
  145.                                                                                 
  146.        (the latter three for Kick 2.04 users only).                             
  147.                                                                                 
  148.        See CLI (above) for more features and details...                         
  149.                                                                                 
  150.                                                                                 
  151. How to contact me:                                                              
  152. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>                                                              
  153.                                                                                 
  154.   There are many ways. Here they are in order of preference:                    
  155.                                                                                 
  156.   - Via EMail    : ukkg@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de                             
  157.                                             >InterNet<         no UUEncoded     
  158.                                             binaries! I cannot save mail to     
  159.                                             disk there!                         
  160.                                                                                 
  161.                    ukkg@dkauni2.bitnet      >BitNet< same as above              
  162.                                                                                 
  163.                    s_rose@iravcl.ira.uka.de >InterNet<if there are problems     
  164.                                             to  contact  me   under   above     
  165.                                             addresses [did happen!]             
  166.                                                                                 
  167. PLEASE  NOTE THAT UNTIL MID-APRIL I CANNOT ANSWER EMAIL BECAUSE OF ABSENCE.     
  168. SNAIL MAIL TO MY OFFENBURG ADDRESS WILL REACH ME THOUGH.                        
  169.                                                                                 
  170.   - Via Mailbox  : FidoNet: Mark Rose 2:241/7506.2 (Gio's Home)                 
  171.                                                                                 
  172.   - Snail Mail   : Mark Rose                  Mark Rose                         
  173.                    Waldhornstr. 36, D604      Franz-Volk-Str. 37                
  174.                    7500 Karlsruhe             7600 Offenburg                    
  175.                    GERMANY                    GERMANY                           
  176.                    (during Semester)          (you may always reach me there    
  177.                                                but may take a while...)         
  178.                                                                                 
  179.                                                                                 
  180. ___________________________________________________________________________     
  181.  ____   ONLY   ____  _____  ____                                                
  182. | __ ||\    /||_  _|| ____|| __ |  "Harry : What do you recommend for a         
  183. ||__||||\  //|  ||  || ___ ||__||           hangover?                           
  184. | __ |||\\//||  ||  |||___|| __ |   Annie : Teetotaling and prayer.             
  185. ||  |||| \/ || _||_ ||___||||  ||   Cooper: Good answer.                        
  186. ||  ||||    |||____||_____|||  ||   Harry : I'll try some coffee."              
  187.              makes it possible...                                Twin Peaks     
  188. ___________________________________________________________________________     
  189.