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- ecchi v0.1
-
- by <jussuf@klinja.fipnet.fi>
-
- Released 17-Mar-97
-
-
- EMAIL ME, if you LIKE or DISLIKE this program,
- and tell me why's that. If I don't get mail, I don't know if anyone
- has any use for this, and there isn't much point making
- new versions then.
-
-
- 0. Legal mumbo-jumbo
- --------------------
- Public domain. Use at your own risk.
-
-
- 1. What's this?
- ---------------
- The purpose of this utility is to play those kinky .ECC "animations"
- which can be sometimes found on the usenet newsgroups like
- alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime and similar.
-
- ecchi can also be used to show any datatype picture, providing
- you have the datatype for it, but there are better tools for
- that, like Visage.
-
- ecchi? Why is it called ecchi? Imagine if you had a picture
- viewer called Porn. That would be cool, wouldn't it? =)
-
-
- 2. Requirements
- ---------------
-
- - Somekind of .PNG datatype to process the embedded .PNG pictures.
- - Don't know about the OS. Atleast V39 is needed. ecchi has been
- tested only on V40.70 kickstart A4000/040.
-
-
- 3. Usage
- --------
- CLI only: ecchi FILES/M, LIKEWB/S, LOWMEM/S
-
- FILES/M = plenty of files, wildcards supported. If no files are
- given, a filerequester appears.
-
- LIKEWB makes ecchi select a screenmode similar to your Workbench's
- instead of the datatype's suggestion. Default is off.
-
- LOWMEM closes the screen before loading next file. Default is off.
-
- When viewing, you can get the next file by pressing space or left
- mouse button, ESC, ctrl-c or right mousebutton aborts the program.
-
-
- 4. Bugs / limitations
- ---------------------
-
- - Can't view .ECC files which haven't got embedded .PNG files
- in them. They may be the majority because PNG is still quite
- new thing.
-
- - Only a few safety checks. Broken/incorrect/"unsuitable" files
- and memory allocation problems may crash the machine or produce
- odd effects.
-
- - All png.datatypes seem to give quite unsuitable screenmodes. You
- may try to enhance this with ModeP patch (pathches OS's BestModeID()
- function) from Aminet. You can also try the LIKEWB switch on
- command line.
-
- - Timings and frame orders may not be "entirely" correct. :)
-
-
- 5. Future
- ---------
-
- - I'll try to correct the above bugs (help is appreciated!)
- - Screen centering
- - Screenmode selecting by the user
- - Double buffering
- - ???? (SEND SUGGESTIONS!)
-
-
- 6. Thanks to
- ------------
- Cloanto for ViewDT.c and png.datatype, which helped me to get
- started on this project (didn't have a clue about pic viewers before) :)
-
- Pepsi and Nallekarkit (Pepsi is the drink [cheaper than coke in
- finland] and the latter is a special bear-like jelly bean brand) for
- their intoxicating euphoric properties. =)
-
- My Little Pony -TV series! Those ponies are awesome!
-
-
- 7. Contact
- ----------
-
- Email: jussuf@klinja.fipnet.fi (for normal mail)
- jtlindgr@cc.helsinki.fi (for binaries)
-
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