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|com If you're reading this with a text viewer or 'type' then you're
|com really missing out. From the CLI type:- sMOVIE sMOVIE.readme
|com or just double click the icon from workbench.
WELCOME TO sMOVIE
=================
CLICK LEFT MOUSE BUTTON TO STOP OR START SCROLLING
==================================================
You can control the scroll speed by moving your mouse
forwards and backwards.
You can escape from sMOVIE by clicking the right mouse
button.
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I wrote sMOVIE for a friend of mine who has a video camera.
He wanted a simple tool for adding titles and credits to
his videos.
While I was writing sMOVIE, I realised that it could also
be used as a pretty neat text viewer. I added a few bells
and whistles and this is the result.
Here's a list of some of sMOVIE's features:-
Smooth scrolling text.
Automatic text centring.
Displays standard text files.
Uses any font - so you can have 'GREAT BIG' letters.
Any of 4096 colours for text or background.
Re-sizable viewing area to create special effects.
Simple graphics can be mixed with text.
And many more.....
This 'readme' file is just a straight text file - Take a
look at some of the demos if you want to see sMOVIE at its
best - but PLEASE read all of this file first.
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Using sMOVIE as a text viewer:-
=============================
From the workbench you can either:
1. Use 'info' to make sMOVIE the default tool for the icon or...
2. Click once on the icon of the thing you want to read
then hold down the SHIFT key and double click on the
sMOVIE icon.
If you already know how to specify the default tool for an icon
you can skip the next bit - if you don't then here's how....
Click once on the sMOVIE.readme icon, and then select 'info'
from the Workbench menu. This will display the default tool
(as well as a whole lot of other stuff). Now you know how to
alter other projects default tools so that they use sMOVIE
instead of 'more' or whatever.
Method (2) above lets you select multiple files, and is actually
a standard Amiga feature, although one that lots of people seem
to have forgotten about. Look in your Amiga manual under
'Extended Selection'.
From the CLI (SHELL):-
sMOVIE filename1 [filename2] [filename3] .....
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Setting sMOVIE's fonts, colours, and window sizes etc:-
=====================================================
sMOVIE defaults to a sixty column display with white text on a
black background. It attempts to open a full-size PAL or NTSC
screen depending on what type of Amiga you have. When it runs,
sMOVIE looks for a file called 'sMOVIE.config' which can specify
fonts, colours etc. If you are reading this in colour then
sMOVIE must have found its config file! sMOVIE looks first in
the root directory; if it can't find 'sMOVIE.config' there,
it looks in the 's:' directory. Read 'sMOVIE.manual' if you
want to know how to set up config files (e.g. if you want an
eighty column display).
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Using sMOVIE to title your videos (or whatever):-
===============================================
This is simply a matter of using your favourite editor to create
a text file. The commands which tell sMOVIE to change colour
etc. are just mixed in with the text you want to display.
For example, a typical command might be:-
|fnt diamond 20
Where:-
'|' is a special character which prefixes sMOVIE commands.
'fnt' means 'change to a new font' - in this case diamond 20.
Thats it! All of sMOVIE's commands are just the special
character (which you can change if you need to) followed by a
three letter command, and command parameters.
Read 'sMOVIE.manual' for a full description of all commands.
Incidentally, if you've never used a text editor before, don't
bother with 'Ed', 'Edit', or 'edlin' - use MEmacs or something
better (I use UEdit myself which is shareware).
Well that's almost the end of this readme file (cries of 'Not
before time!'), but just a word of advice before you try the
sMOVIE demos. To run the demos, sMOVIE will have to access
the 'fonts:' directory. If you booted your machine from a
disk other than the one with the sMOVIE programs on, this might
mean a couple of disk swaps. The demos included make use of
fonts which are present on both Workbench 1.2 and 1.3. If you
booted from a different disk, sMOVIE might not be able to find
all the fonts it wants for some of the demos - which will make
the demos look funny. Read 'sMOVIE.tips' for ways round these
problems and also ideas on where to get some free fonts from.
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sMOVIE was written by Martin Round in October 1989.
You can send me ideas for enhancements, bug reports, money!, or
anything else you think I might like!!
You can find out where to contact me by typing 'sMOVIE' from
the CLI.
Why on earth is it called 'sMOVIE' ????
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Let the screen scroll for a bit, and you will get
sMOVIE's 'Press either Mouse button.' end of file message.