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- GDS Quick List of functions available and what's new.
- Use PgUp, PgDn, or , to view.
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- Ctrl-C Copy File Ctrl-L List Comments, GIF89a
- Ctrl-D Delete File Ctrl-R Rename file
- Ctrl-F New File List/path Ctrl-S System Status
- Ctrl-H Hide file Ctrl-T Transfer file
- Ctrl-P Change display Palette.
- Quit (or ESC) Exit GDS. Esc: Always exits view mode.
- Enter Exits single view mode; advances to next image in slide shows.
- Spacebar Toggle file selection; unfit fitted image during view.
- Mouse Left button select or continue, Right button exit function.
-
- WHILE VIEWING AN IMAGE..........................
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- With versions above 1.10 you can move the mouse cusor to the top of the
- screen while viewing an image and hold down the mouse button to access a
- menu bar with pull-down windows of all the options available.
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- Alt-W Writes GIF file. Alt-P Writes PCX file. Alt-L Writes LBM file.
- Alt-R Writes RIX file. Alt-B Writes BMP file. Alt-T Writes TGA file.
- Alt-I Writes TIF file.
- Alt-F Re-fit image to screen.
- ALT-Z Start "zoom" sequence (requires a mouse).
- ALT-C Start "clip" sequence (requires a mouse).
- H Horizontal flip (mirror). V Vertical flip (mirror).
- / Rotate 90 degrees. ` Invert Palette.
-
- Arrow keys: move the cursor when selecting files or adjust the position
- of the lower right hand corner of the image rectangle when viewing
- a file. (use shift-arrow for larger increments.)
-
- E Pan the viewing area in the direction indicated by the placement
- S-+-D of the keys. Moves one pixel, use with shift key down to move
- X 20 pixels. (use mouse with menus instead).
-
- F1/F2 Red level. F7/F8 Contrast. Use Shift/left function
- F3/F4 Green level. F9/F10 Brightness. key to restore.
- F5/F6 Blue level. ","/"." Color level. F11/F12 Hue.
-
- Available command line or .CFG options are as follows:
- /!<n> Enables/disables beep after display of image (0-1).
- /A<n> Default antialiasing level, 0, 1, or 2..
- /B<n> Sets mode of mouse cursor. 0 = text, 1 = arrow.
- /C<n> Specifies number of DAC register bits (0 to 8).
- /D<n> Default dithering level. 0, 1, or 2.
- /E<n> Sets image/screen fit mode (0=normal, 1=fit to screen)
- /F#### /F1??? Display file extension (default=0)
- /F?1?? Display image resolution (default=0)
- /F??1? Display number of bits per pixel (default=0)
- /F???1 Display file size (default=1)
- /G<mode> Graphics mode for the display. /G320x200x16
- /H or /? Display help screen with these switches listed and exit.
- /I<n> "Early interlaced GIF fill mode" option. The default is ON (1).
- /K<n> Determines if GIF89a comment records are automatically viewed
- after viewing in single view mode. The default is ON (1).
- /L<n> Sets the label on/off switch for array generation.
- /N<template> Sets the "printf()" style template for filenames generated
- by GDS when array files are written. GDS%03d = GDS000.GIF.
- /O<n> Slide show sort flag /O0 = no sort (default), /O1 = sort.
- /P<n> Automatic Array generation if n=5 then the array will be 5x5.
- /Q<x>_<y>_path\filename.GIF Auto insertion of logo in arrays.
- /R<n> Sets the default "LOck/AutO" mode (/R0=AutO, /R1=LOck).
- /S<n> Specifies automatic slide show mode. See the "@<FILE>" option.
- /T<mode> Text mode of the display. The default value is /T80x25.
- /V<n> File directory mode (/V0=vertical, /V1=horizontal list).
- /W<n> 1 = Auto write of generated arrays, default setting is OFF (0).
- /X Leave last image on screen when exiting slide show.
- /Z<n> n = number of 100ths of seconds to delay between slides.
- The default value is 5 seconds (500).
-
- /<NAME> Forces GDS to assume it has the named video card. USE WITH CARE.
- >> You should NOT have to do this except for some Paradise or Oak cards. <<
- The following video cards are currently defined:
- /EGA Standard EGA or fully compatible
- /VGA Standard VGA or fully compatible
- /AHEAD Ahead Systems Chipset (type A)
- /AHEADB Ahead Systems Chipset (type B)
- /ATI ATI VGA Wonder
- /CHIPS Chips and Technologies Chipsets
- /EVEREX Everex Systems
- /GENOA Genoa 6000 series
- /OAK Oak Technologies
- /ORCHID Orchid Technologies
- /PARA Paradise Systems
- /TRIDNT ATI Prism Elite (Trident Chipsets)
- /TSENG Tseng Laboratories Chipset
- /TSENG4 Tseng Laboratories Chipset (4000 series)
- /VESA Standard VESA BIOS Interface
- /VID7 Video Seven VRAM or FASTWRITE VGA
- /ZYMOS Zymos HiRes 512K VGA
-
- /512 Forces support for 512K of video RAM.
- /1M Forces support for 1 meg of video RAM.
-
- @<FILE> Reads a list of image files from <FILE>. Usually used for
- automatic slide shows (see "/S").
-
- The format of the video modes in the GDS.CFG file is as follows:
-
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J ;optional comment
-
- A) Name of the video card
- B) Horizontal screen resolution (number of columns)
- C) Vertical screen resolution (number of lines)
- D) Number of bits per pixel (or 0 for text mode)
- E) AX register on INT 21h call to set video mode (see I)
- F) BX register on INT 21h call to set video mode (see I)
- G) CX register on INT 21h call to set video mode (see I)
- H) DX register on INT 21h call to set video mode (see I)
- I) This option has one of three meanings:
- 1) 0 if video mode is a standard graphics mode
- 2) 1 if video mode is directly programmed (VGA register compatible
- cards only!
- 3) The base address of the screen if the video mode is a text mode
- (indicated by 0 bits per pixel).
- J) Dot Mode (0=normal, 1=ATI 16-color chunky, 5=32k color mode.)
- >> This version does NOT support the 16 million color format <<
-
- To specify automatic command line options, add lines to GDSUSER.CFG
- similar to the following examples:
-
- AUTO, /e1 /t132x44 ;Turn auto-fit on, set text to 132x44
- AUTO, /g800x600x8 /f?111 ;set RES: to 800x600x8, res, bits, size in dir.
- AUTO, /PARA ;for Paradise board
- AUTO, /512 ;for more than 256k of ram
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!
- Demo version supports command line slide show options for users
- that wish to use GDS to display images for their clients without
- worrying about registering.
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!
- Move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen while viewing an
- image then hold down the mouse button to access the pull-down menus.
- (gee, It looks like a game from Sierra!).
- >> Do NOT do this when generating arrays. <<
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!
- Ctrl-P will allow you to define a new palette for the GDS index
- screen. If you define a new one that you really like, please send us
- your GDS_TEXT.PAL file so that we can add yours to the default
- options.
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!
- Arrays generated by GDS 2.0 or higher and are saved as a GIF are
- in the 89a format and contain additional data.
- When you view one of the new arrays and "click" on an image in
- the array, GDS will display the full screen image if it can find the
- original file. If your arrays have the same name and are sequentially
- numbered as in "CDROM001.GIF","CDROM002.GIF",etc you may use PgUp
- and PgDn to brouse through them.
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!
- GDS 2.x or higher now has full VESA support for the new S3 based
- video cards. As usual anything new always adds new problems. Some
- cards proclaim VESA support in the ROM bios but do not really work.
- If you are having a problem then add the "/NOVESA" switch.
-
- Another problem is that some of the new cards have support for
- the 32k color in the bios even though the card does not have the
- hardware for 32k colors. GDS will think it has 32k colors available
- when it realy does not.
-
- GDS 2.x or higher creates a "HICOLOR.CFG" file for your video
- card. If you change cards and have a problem, delete this file so
- that GDS will create a new one for the new card.
-
- "Logo" option in generated arrays........................
-
- /Q<x>_<y>_path\filename.GIF Include logo in arrays
-
- This option is intended for BBS sysops and other people who wish to
- create catalogs of GIF files with an included logo, or other bitmapped
- image included. The way this options works is not intended to pacify the
- typical users' simplicity level or learning disabilities. Or, to be
- blunt, this function is damn hard to understand. However, if you stick
- with the following formula, it doesn't have to be hard:
-
- 1) View an image using the single view mode of GDS. With the relevant
- keyboard controls, get the image (or the part of the image that you need
- to use) to look the way you want it.
-
- 2) Decide exactly where you want to put a rectangle around whatever it
- is that you want to include into your arrays.
-
- 3) Press Alt-C. (clip the image)
-
- 4) Move the mouse pointer to the upper left of the rectangle you want
- to save, and press (hold down) a mouse button.
-
- 5) While holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse so that it
- points at the lower right of the rectangle you're interested in and
- release the mouse button. (GDS should beep at you.)
-
- 6) Now press Alt-W to write the image, and when it's done, rename the
- file to whatever you want (for this example, we'll use LOGO.GIF, and
- assume you've created it in d:\gifs).
-
- 7) Get back to DOS, and to the directory of stuff you want to catalog.
-
- 8) Type the following command, replacing the <x> and <y> with the
- screen coordinates at which you want your image to appear at (NOTE: you
- can use the /g###x###x## parameter to force a specific video resolution):
-
- gds /a2 /d1 /g640x480x8 /p5 /q<x>_<y>_d:\gifs\logo.gif /w
-
- 9) Now sit back and watch GDS crunch through all of the files. Note
- that the "/a2" and "/d1" options are simply the antialiasing level (high)
- and the dithering level (normal). You may also specify the list of files
- to use for the array by adding files:
-
- gds /a2 /d1 /g640x480x8 /p5 /q<x>_<y>_d:\gifs\logo.gif /w d:*.pcx
-
- ...or add them from files:
-
- gds /g640x480x256 /p5 /q<x>_<y>_d:\gifs\logo.gif /w filelist.txt
-
- By adding the command "/virtual" GDS will generate the arrays in
- memory rather than on the display. This feature permits array generation
- on systems that do not have a VGA display.
-
- ...or...you may choose to have GDS automatically format your
- hard drive randomly and without warning:
-
- gds /g640x480x256 /p5 /q<x>_<y>_d:\gifs\logo.gif /w /nuke,hd:1
-
- ...or...you may want to see the built in dirty pictures in
- GDS, all displayed nicely in red/blue 3-D:
-
- gds /dirtypics /3d
-
- ...or...you may want to have your modem automatically dial
- the author and bug him at all hours of the night for weeks:
-
- gds /harass /auth /endless @pain_and.suf
-
- ...or...you may want to give use your Visa number and let
- us charge up the things that keep us going:
-
- gds /VISA####-####-####-#### /exp.##-## /pizza=1 /beer=1
-
- The functions described before "/nuke" work, I'm not sure of
- anything after that. -BobH-
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- >> GDS will NOT display GIF images that are not completely compatible <<
- >> with the GIF specifications. GIF is the only image format that has <<
- >> not been "modified" by other products and we want to keep it that way.<<
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-
- ................Credits..................
- GDS is a product of RaxSoft and Phase II.
-
- RaxSoft programmers...
- Paul Schmidt.........for code that's amazing.
- Johnathan Ross.......for code that works.
-
- Phase II support......
- Bob Holland..........for breaking "amazing" code.
- Kristina Schoenick...for keeping us all in line.
-
- We would like to thank.......
- The staff of the GO GRAPHICS forums on Compuserve for their
- support and input.
-
- We would also like to thank hundreds of friends and users
- that have supplied us with helpful information and suggestions.
-
-
- GDS is distributed and supported by.
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- Phase II Electronics Inc. Bob Holland
- 19 Sands Point Drive, Toms River NJ 08755-5167
- Phone (908) 286-0080, Fax (908) 349-3842 Compuserve 76667,1522
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