The Complete Windows Set/The Complete Windows Set.iso/GVIEW/README.ENG

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<<GV>>  ver. 0.58x or ver.0.57
Author:  Tamotsu Tobita
         NIFTY:PBC02026 TOBITA
         JUNET:[e-mail]
         NIKKEIMIX : tobita
Copyright (c) 1992 by Tamotsu Tobita. All rights reserved.

Translation of the document: Masafumi Matsuda
         NIFTY:PAG01265  (FQLD)
         PCVAN:BQJ68494  (QLD-SIG)
         CompuServe:74060,1265

This utility is a viewer of graphic files under the operation of MS Windows.
You will find this very useful especially when you use a high resolution
display.

GV057.ZIP contains GV057.EXE, README.JPN and README.ENG.  README.JPN is the
original documentation written by Japanese.  If you have a DOS/V by IBM or
a Toshiba T series personal computer with "JSYS", you can display README.JPN
properly.

You may change the name GV057.exe to GV.exe in your personal use.
Since "GV.exe" is a kind of common name, please identify this program by
the icon.  Please take care not to erase any previous 'GV.exe' file, if
exists. (GV could be short for 'Gazou Vi (Beautifulness of the pictures)'.)

>Features
 1. A graphic file viewer on Windows
 2. This program changes palettes, when viewing 16 color data file, on VGA
    (IBM-PC compatible) or on PC9801 by option.
 3. Graphic formats include most prevalent graphic formats used in Japanese
    computer networks, including GIF and JPEG format. And more in the near
    future (^_^;).
 4. Comments added to graphics are also shown.

Among them, #2 enable you to enjoy real colors, even if you are using fixed
palette environment like VGA or PC9801. (You know that under usual
circumstances, 16 color palettes are fixed in Windows. However this program
changes the palette.)

>CPU
 This program was compiled by Borland C++ using PC9801.
 The operation was confirmed by the following computers:
  IBM-PC compatible with VGA, SVGA
  PC-9801RA2
  J-3100 SGT Windows ver.3.0
  PC-H98
  PS/55Z XGA
  FM TOWNS model SF

>How to use
( GV for GV057.exe )
 GV [<CPU opt.> | /FP | /PG <Pager> | /UC | /EXT=<TYPE> | /JFAST] [<DataFile>]
    <CPU opt.>:
        { /98 | /98N | /98E | /98E0 | /98EA | /GA | /VGA }
    <TYPE>:
        { MAG | MKI | Q4 | JPG | GIF | XBM | X | BMP | ALL }

Please start this program from Windows. You may select options from the
menu given by this program later. Also you may start this program associated
with the graphic file by giving the name of <DataFile>.

>Graphic formats
 1. MAG: MAKI02 format developed by Maki-chan NET
 2. MAKI: MAKI01A, MAKI01B format developed by Maki-chan NET
 3. Q4: Q4 format developed on PCVAN and NIFTY by the QLD-group
 4. JPEG: JFIF format by JPEG
 5. GIF: GIF format developed on CompuServe.
 6. XBM: Bit map format used in X Windows
 7. X: Modifed XBM format developed by JUNET
 8. BMP: Bit map format used in MS Windows
 9. Automatic mode: Identifying the format by the suffix shown above

 Details of the display of the formats
 MAG
  Partial pictures are displayed as follows:
  1) When no pictures are shown before the partial picture, it is shown
     normally.
  2) When the number of planes of the color is different from that of
     the picture shown before, it is shown normally.
  3) When the specified position is out of the range of the picture shown before,
     it is shown at the position where normally displayed.
  4) Otherwise, the partial picture data is displayed at the specified position
     on the previous picture as a mixed graphics.

 Q4
  BAT file included in the Q4 graphic data is neglected.

 JPEG
  JFIF data format is displayed.

    This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

  The following modes are optional:
  1) Color reduction mode (1PASS/2PASS)
  2) Dithering (on/off)
  3) Number of reduced color (256/16)
  4) CPU (386 or more/ less)

 GIF
  GIF87a and GIF89a(one file one graphic only) formats are displayed.
  Basically GIF87a is the format that this program supports.

    The  Graphics  Interchange  Format(c)  is  the Copyright property of
    CompuServe  Incorporated.  GIF(sm)  is  a  Service  Mark property of
    CompuServe Incorporated.

 BMP
  Depend on the window versions, the color shown might be different. (For
  example, NEC Windows and EPSON Windows even used on the same computer,
  give you different results.)
  This program didn't correct these differences.

>Other features
 Basically this program is only used to show the graphic data. This program
 doesn't support the picture format conversion.  Besides this program can
 do more on graphics displayed.
 1) Copy/Paste with Clipboard (DIB,Bitmap)
 2) Right or left rotation
 3) Linked display with multiple graphic data
 4) Automatic window size adjustment
 5) Information of comments on the graphics data
 6) Display of the document file
 7) Display of the information of environment

 Copy/Paste
  Copy to the clip board is based on the copy of both DIB and Bit mapped
  formats simultaneously.  You may paste using DIB (prior) or Bit mapped
  formats.

 Link
  When you want to link the graphic data next to the picture already shown,
  you may use this feature. The size of the picture should fit to the
  size of the previous picture already shown. When you want to add the
  picture to the left side, you should remember that the horizontal size of
  the picture has limitation.  You may use this feature especially when  you
  display several Q4 formatted data files.

 Auto adjustment of the size
  To adjust the window size on the available screen size, you may use this
  feature.  This feature is useful especially after the rotation or the
  movement.

 Comment display
  Information on the graphic data are shown.  These include data size,
  number of colors and comments appeared in the header of the graphic file
  (header in MAG format, /*comment*/ in XBM format).

 Document display
  Document written on the DOC or Q4D file on the same directory can be
  shown using "notepad.exe" etc. (you may specify it.)  When you link
  several graphics, the common part is used as the name of the document
  file.

>More options
  I am sorry! You find the forbidden options that depend on the machines.
 1) PC98(N)  (/98, /98N)
  When the graphic data consist of 16 colors (palettes) and are shown in
  the active window, palettes are chosen from 4096 colors.  You should
  use this option when you use PC9801 and NEC Windows.
 2) PC98(E.0)  (/98E, /98E0)
  When the graphic data consist of 16 colors (palettes) and are shown in
  the active window, palettes are chosen from 4096 colors.  You should
  use this option when you use PC9801 and EPSON Windows ver.3.0.
  (The palettes used in EPSON Windows are different from those of NEC Windows.)
 3) PC98(E.A)  (/98EA)
  When the graphic data consist of 16 colors (palettes) and are shown in
  the active window, palettes are chosen from 4096 colors.  You should
  use this option when you use PC9801 and EPSON Windows ver.3.0A.
  (The palette used in EPSON Windows differ between the versions.)
 4) GA1024i (/GA)
  When the graphic data consist of 16 colors (palettes) and are shown in
  the active window, palettes are chosen from 16 million colors.  You should
  use this option when you use PC9801 and GA1024i under fixed palette
  window driver.
 5) VGA (/VGA)
  When the graphic data consist of 16 colors (palettes) and are shown in
  the active window, palettes are chosen from 262144 colors.  You should
  use this option when you use IBM-PC VGA.
  (The color adjustment may not good in this version.)
 6) OTHERS (default)
  Under this default option, graphics data are shown dependent to the
  graphic driver used in the windows.
 7) Fixed Palette (/FP)
  The above modifications of palettes information are good only when the
  picture is in active window.  However when this option is on, the
  information of palettes is good when the picture is not in active
  window.

 Other options are good in every machine.
 8) Pager option for document display (/PG<pager>)