**** Documentation for TigaShow ***
**** (just a few lines indeed) ****
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******** this is version 1.3 ******
**** written by Thomas Herlyn *****
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*********** GiftWare **************
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Introduction:
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This program displays images stored in the common GIF (Graphic Interchange 
Format, by CompuServe) on the Commodore A2410/TIGA graphics board.
This is the first PD-program specialized to this board, I think.
(Laire, your PostView doesn't work on my board, unfortunately)
It is Giftware in the current development phase. This means you don't have
to pay anything, but if you use it often and / or you love it, please send
me anything you want (mails, presents, programs, ZIP-Rams for A3000 etc.).
The Copyright remains to me.

Requirements:
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- at least Kickstart 1.3
- C= A2410/TIGA graphics board
- A2410.DEVICE in DEVS:
- TIGA initialized by the command LOADTIGA
- a few GIF's (* grin *)

Usage:
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from CLI: TigaShow <Path and Filename>

from Workbench: Click on TigaShow icon, SHIFT-DoubleClick on the image icon,

then look... 
and be amazed.

for a little diashow:
from CLI: TigaShow <Path1 and Filename1> <Path2 and Filename2> <...>

from Workbench: Click on the TigaShow icon, SHIFT-click the next image icons
                and SHIFT-doubleclick the last image icon,

Features:
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- quite fast! (I think)
- centers the picture if it is smaller than the standard TIGA screen
- Diashow option
- uses only few memory (~14KB for the program, ~25KB for the decompression)
- can be invoked by CLI and WB (look above for USAGE)

SoonToCome (ToDo);
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- scrolling for pictures larger than the TIGA screen.
- IFF support
- JPEG support (see Hint)
- File requester

Hints:
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You can use TigaShow for looking JPEGs, too. Use your preferred DJPEG 
program (from Aminet for example) and type:
RUN TigaShow PIPE:XY
RUN DJPEG -GIF [otherOptions] <Path and Filename of JPEG file> PIPE:XY
Wait a moment for DJPEG decompression and watch your picture.

(This can not be used with the diashow option.)

Comments:
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A2410.DEVICE and LOADTIGA are not included since these are copyrighted
by Commodore, I think. You have to get them elsewhere.
Interlaced GIFs are not supported yet.

Credits:
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The source is loosely based on the source for jrdgif.c included in the
JPEG distribution of the Independant JPEG Group, which is based on GifToPnm.c
included in PBMTools. Many thanks to you.

                                            Thomas Herlyn

Send Bug reports, gifts, mails etc. to

Thomas Herlyn                EMail: Thomas.Herlyn@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE
bei Willms                   IRC:   tomh
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Germany 26121 Oldenburg