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- PCSLIDE
- =======
-
- PCSLIDE was written to facilitate the production of a simple
- slide show. You can create a slide show in a matter of minutes by
- creating a text file with each slide separated by a #. The first
- line of each slide is treated as a heading. This can be followed
- by up to 8 bullet points.
-
- The file "demo.sld" illustrates the features of the package. If
- you do not have a VGA display change the VV at the top of the
- file to VE for EGA or VC for CGA. Unfortunately colour is not
- available with CGA because the colour resolution is too low.
-
- The maximum length of a line of input should be 40 characters
-
- The control commands are
- #VV VGA mode
- #VE EGA mode
- #VC CGA mode
- #Gnn set background colour to nn
- #Hnn set the heading colour to nn
- #Bnn set the bullet points colour to nn
-
- Colour numbers are as follows
- 0 Black 8 Charcoal Grey
- 1 Blue 9 Bright Blue
- 2 Green 10 Bright Green
- 3 Cyan 11 Bright Cyan
- 4 Red 12 Cherry red
- 5 Magenta 13 Bright Magenta
- 6 Brown 14 Yellow
- 7 White 15 Bright white
-
- To run a show just type pcslide filename
- where filename is the full name of the file conatining your show.
-
- Once the show is running the following keys are active
- Esc stop immediately by pressing
- up or left arrows go back 1 slide by pressing
- PgUp go back 5 slides
- PgDn go forward 5 slides
- Home go back to first slide
- End go forward to last slide
- Any other key go to next slide
-
-
- Example input file for pcslide
- ---------------------------------------
-
- # Demonstration of the format of a PCSLIDE Show
- # Any line beginning # and followed by a space is a comment
- #
- #VV Set VGA mode (VE=EGA VC=CGA)
- #H12 Bright red heading
- #B10 Bright green body
- #G1 Blue background
- PCSLIDE by Nigel Salt
- » Simple to use
- » Supports CGA, EGA, and VGA
- » User defined colours
- » Pure text slide shows
- » Move back to earlier slide
- #H13 Bright magenta headings
- #B14 Yellow body
- A SLIDE
- » Optional heading colour
- » Optional body colour
- » Up to 8 bullet points
- #H14 Yellow heading
- #B11 Bright Cyan body
- CONFIGURATION
- #VV VGA 16 colours 640x480
- #VE EGA 16 colours 640x350
- #VC CGA 2 colours 640x200
- #H12 Heading bright red
- #B15 Body bright white
- KEYBOARD
- Up or left for back 1 slide
- Esc to exit
- Any other key for next slide
- #
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- NOTES
- ---------------------------------------
- 1. On some SVGA machines which also have an MDA adapter there is
- a BIOS bug which fools C into thinking that the primary adapter
- is MDA. As a result pcslide says that VGA is not supported. The
- program tvgaset.exe fixes the video information table. It is not
- a TSR so you will loose no memory when you run it. It may cure
- the problem if it affects you.
-
- 2. The file "helvb.fon" must be in the same directory as the
- executable file.
-
- Nigel Salt 29/11/91
-