comparison man/man1/xreview.1 @ 0:5242703e91d3 tip

Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).

+.TH XREVIEW 1 "12 May 1995"
+.LP
+.SH NAME
+.LP
+xreview \- display of AIM cartoons for X Window System
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+xreview [options] [filename]
+.LP
+.SH OVERVIEW
+.LP
+xreview is a program for displaying bitmap cartoons produced by the AIM
+software. All frames of a cartoon or a subset of frames can be played.
+The speed may be slowed and it is possible to step through
+a cartoon frame-by-frame. It has been tested under X11R4 and above. 
+.SS GENERATION OF BITMAP CARTOONS
+.LP
+Any AIM module that creates a sequence of pictures, or "frames", may be used
+to generate a cartoon. The frames are saved as bitmaps; that is, a copy
+of the screen memory for the frame.  The bitmaps are created using the option "bitmap". For example,
+.RS 4
+  gensai [options] -bitmap [options] waveform
+.RE
+.LP
+This creates a file called "waveform.ctn", which can be used as input
+to xreview.
+.LP
+xreview reads and plays the sequence of bitmaps. The bitmap option
+is available for AIM modules genasa, genepn, gensai and genspl.
+.LP
+Because the bitmaps are an exact copy of the screen memory, it is impossible
+to change either the size of the cartoon or any AIM display parameters 
+within xreview. In addition, if the cartoons are generated on a mulitplane
+screen (e.g. 8 bits deep) then the bitmaps are very big, even though only
+two colours are used by the AIM display software.  The hidden option "mono_ctn=on" 
+may be used to copy only a 1-bit plane from the screen to the bitmaps.
+On some machines the incorrect plane may be copied, in which case the 
+cartoon displayed by xreview looks completely different to the cartoon
+as it was generated by the AIM software. If this occurs, then
+the option "planemask_ctn" may be used to specify which plane is copied.
+This is best done by trial-and-error.  The hidden option "colour_ctn=on" forces
+all planes to be copied to the bitmaps.
+.RE
+
+.SS DISPLAY OF BITMAP CARTOONS
+.LP
+The basic xreview command is 
+.LP
+	xreview [options] waveform.ctn
+.LP
+This loads the entire cartoon and displays the first frame.  
+There are two control modes: 
+.LP
+ (a) keyboard and mouse-buttons within the Cartoon Window, 
+.LP
+.RS 1
+or
+.RE
+.LP
+ (b) a separate "Controls Window".
+
+
+.SS KEYBOARD CONTROL (cursor in the Cartoon Window)
+.LP
+space/return: animate cartoon once (leaving the last 
+.RS 35
+frame displayed).
+.RE
+.LP
+.RS 4
+n:     move to and display next frame
+.LP
+p:     move to and display previous frame
+.LP
+q:     quit xreview.
+.RE
+
+
+.LP
+left mouse button:    animate cartoon once (leaving the  
+.RS 30
+last frame displayed).
+.RE
+.LP
+right mouse button:   quit xreview.
+.LP
+middle mouse button:  display Controls Window.
+.RE
+
+.SH CONTROLS WINDOW
+.LP
+'Buttons' in the Controls Window set the start frame and end frame of the 
+animation, the framestep in the animation (e.g., skip every 2nd frame) and
+the speed of the animation; the number indicates the delay between
+frames in ms.  The buttons in the bottom panel move to and display a single
+frame:
+.LP
+<<       back 10 frames
+.LP
+<        previous frame
+.LP
+>        next frame
+.LP
+>>       forward 10 frames
+.LP
+first    first frame
+.LP
+middle   middle frame
+.LP
+last     last frame
+.LP
+The numbers in the bottom-right corner indicate the current frame and the
+total number of frames.
+.LP
+Unlike AIM displays from gen??? instructions, the cartoons may be
+moved, iconified, hidden, etc. in the normal way.  The gen???
+instructions are from an earlier are when few graphical tools were
+available.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.LP
+There are a number of command-line options; special purpose
+abbrievations are indicated in parentheses.  (The instructions are in
+a slightly different form to the gen??? instructions.)
+.LP
+.SS   Control Window Options
+.LP
+.RS 5
+-controls   automatically display controls window 
+.RE
+.RS 17
+(-con)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-controls_x <int>  x-position of controls window 
+.RE
+.RS 24 
+in pixels   (-cx)  
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-controls_y <int>  y-position of controls window 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+in pixels (-cy)    
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-controls_size <string>  size of controls window:  
+.RE
+.RS 30
+(-csize)  
+.RE
+.RS 30
+"tiny", "small" or "normal"
+.RE
+
+.SS   Cartoon Options
+.LP  
+.RS 5 
+-image_x <int>  x-position of cartoon in pixels  (-ix)          
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-image_y <int>  y-position of cartoon in pixels  (-iy)          
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-speed   <int>  delay between frames in ms; default = 1 
+.RE
+.RS 21
+(-speed)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-start   <int>  start frame of animation; 
+.RE
+.RS 21
+default = first  (-start)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-stop    <int>  stop frame of animation; 
+.RE
+.RS 21
+default = last    (-stop)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-skip    <int>  framestep in animation; 
+.RE
+.RS 21
+default = 1        (-skip)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-frame   <int>  intial frame to display; 
+.RE
+.RS 21
+default = first   (-frame)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-help   generate the help page   (-h)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-verbose  send some running information 
+.RE
+.RS 15
+to stderr    (-v)
+.RE
+
+.LP
+.SS   Cartoon Window Options
+.LP  
+.RS 5
+-display <string>  X display server to use   -d
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-font <font>       font used in controls window 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+(default = Times) -f
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-point <int>       fontsize (default depends upon 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+size of controls window)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-title <string>    title of cartoon window 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+(and of its icon)
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-mono              assume monochrome (single-plane)   
+.RE
+.RS 24
+cartoons; default
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-colour            assume colour (multi-plane) 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+cartoons
+.LP
+.RE
+.RS 5
+The following options should not be necessary if cartoons are generated and
+displayed on the same CPU architecture and screen hardware.  They are of use,
+however, if the CPU or screen differ.
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-rv                reverse-video the cartoon 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+window
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-planemask <int>   value of planemask for displaying 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+bitmaps; default = 1
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-lsb               assume bit and byte order of 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+cartoon is LSBFirst
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-msb               assume bit and byte order of 
+.RE
+.RS 24
+cartoon is MSBFirst
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-dec               alias for '-lsb -rv'
+.RE
+.RS 5
+-sun               alias for '-msb'
+.RE
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+review
+
+.SH BUGS
+.LP
+None currently.
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.LP
+Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1993-1995
+.LP
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software without fee 
+is hereby granted for research purposes, provided that this copyright 
+notice appears in all copies and in all supporting documentation, and that 
+the software is not redistributed for any fee (except for a nominal 
+shipping charge). Anyone wanting to incorporate all or part of this 
+software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical 
+Research Council.
+.LP
+The MRC makes no representations about the suitability of this 
+software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
+implied warranty.
+.LP
+THE MRC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING 
+ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL 
+THE A.P.U. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
+OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, 
+WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, 
+ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS 
+SOFTWARE.
+.LP
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+.LP
+M. Akeroyd, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, UK.