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- REQUIREMENTS:
-
- The MAGIC system currently requires Kickstart 2.04 or later to run
- effectively. One or more MAGIC-aware applications are also required.
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- To install the MAGIC system, simply double-click the MagicServer
- icon.
-
- If you want to launch the MAGIC server automatically with every
- reboot, you may drag the MagicServer icon into your WBStartup
- drawer.
-
-
- USEAGE:
-
- MAGIC is a system of sharing 24-bit image data between MAGIC-aware
- applications.
-
- For example, you have loaded an image into Application A for editing.
- You decide you need to do a special glitzy effect on the image, a
- task at which Application B excells. Rather than saving the image
- to disk and then loading it into Application B, you simply run
- Application B, select it's "Open MAGIC" menu option, choose your
- image by name, and the image appears in Application B ready for
- your effect. When you're done, you simply quit Application B and
- you may return to Application A where the image sits, glitzed and
- effected.
-
- Consult the documentation included with your application for specific
- details on how MAGIC is used with that application.
-
-
- PROGRAMMERS:
-
- This directory contains information necessary to create applications
- that support the MAGIC 24-bit image sharing system. Please read the
- background entry in the magic.autodoc for an overview of the system.
-
-
- The following files are included:
-
- MagicServer:
- The MAGIC server program. Ideally, this should be placed in your
- WBStartup drawer so it is always running.
-
- diag:
- A simple diagnostic program; it prints out a list of all currently
- available public MAGIC images.
-
- mtest:
- A simple MAGIC-aware effect tool. It does a negative effect on the
- "default" MAGIC image.
-
- mdemo:
- A skeleton example showing the use of MAGIC in a variety of ways.
- Run multiple copies for best effect.
-
- src/#?:
- Source code and makefile for the three example programs.
-
- include/#?
- C Include files for MAGIC implementation.
-
- fd/#?
- FD file for the magic.library.
-
- doc/#?
- Autodoc for the magic.library (including brief summary of the MAGIC
- system).
-
- lib/#?
- MAGIC stub library; necessary for varags stubs to functions.
-
-
- (Note that all code was compiled and tested with SAS 5.10b.)
-