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Short: Viewer for text/guides/html/datatypes
Author: Jürgen Klawitter
Uploader: Andreas Neumann <an@andreasneumann.de>
Type: text/show
Replaces: text/show/Next2.4*
NEXT is a fast and compact text viewer, written in assembly.
It displays all kinds of files including binaries, crunched and
archived files. OS 2+ required.
Main Features:
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- offline browser for HTML files
- converts AmigaGuide files, supports links
- converts MSDos text files, MSWord and MSWrite documents
- decrunches powerpacker data files (internal routine) and XPK files
- decrunches SZDD files (often found in MSDos environment)
- unpacks and displays archived files (LhA,LZX,ZIP,GZIP,COMPRESS,TAR)
- internal detar routine
- unpacks whole archives or selected files to a destination directory
- displays pictures (OS 3+ and datatypes needed in this case)
- remembers previously loaded files
- easy loading of your favorite files
- font sensitive, font selection by font requester
- saves/prints whole file or a definable block
- printings with title line and page numbers (position and style
of title line are selectable)
- fast and effective search: all matches are displayed at once on screen
- pattern search
- search by mouse click
- special search routine for strings within binaries
- counts words, strings or chars within file or block
- various modes to load a file
- scans directories using wildcards
- AMINET support
- bookmarks
- appwindow
- clipboard copy
- size of displayed files unlimited
- reentrant code (can be made resident)
... and more
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Changes V2.5
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meaning: + new, ^ improved, * changed, - removed
+ Next has now browser capabilities. References are shown in color 3.
Clicking on a reference string causes a jump to the target.
+ Links within AmigaGuide files are now functional.
+ Function "Browse links" looks for references/links in HTML and guide
files
+ Conversion of Windows HLP-files
^ References within frames are displayed
^ Display of small pictures (once more) improved
^ Backslash in guides is now treated as escape character: \\=\, \@=@
* New pointer for AsGuide mode
* Links of AmigaGuide files are now displayed with
color 3
,
color 2 in earlier versions.
* Effect of mousebuttons has changed:
LMB now reserved for clicking on references/links. Jumping to marks 1/2
is now done by pressing "1" and "2" (main keyboard).
- Very small pictures (width or height=1 pixel) are not displayed any more.
Caused crashes. Message: "Picture too small"
- BUG: First line of HTML-files was sometimes incomplete. Fixed.
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
628 267 57.4% 17-Nov-95 21:23:44 Next2.5.info
32584 24741 24.0% 07-Feb-99 18:01:18 +Next
52859 20819 60.6% 07-Feb-99 18:01:54 +Next.doc
731 637 12.8% 26-Oct-98 20:53:26 +Next.doc.info
61769 25189 59.2% 07-Feb-99 18:02:00 +Next.dok
731 639 12.5% 26-Oct-98 20:53:26 +Next.dok.info
1174 332 71.7% 26-Oct-98 20:53:48 +Next.info
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150476 72624 51.7% 11-Feb-99 20:50:50 7 files