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- FRACTINT for OS/2 Presentation Manager
-
- PMFRACT is distributed as follows:
-
- READ.ME the basic documentation file
- *.DOC other documentation, of which this file is one of them
- PMFRACT.EXE the main executable file
- PMFRACT.HLP the Help file
- PMFRACT.INF the Help file as a book
- OPENDLG.DLL support subroutines - file Open/Save dialogs
- *.L L-System parameters from FRACTINT for DOS
- *.FRM Formulas from FRACTINT for DOS
- *.IFS Iterated Function System files from FRACTINT for DOS
- *.MAP Palette map files - most from FRACTINT for DOS
-
- To be able to run PMFRACT, you must put file OPENDLG.DLL
- in a subdirectory that is listed in the LIBPATH= parameter in you OS/2
- CONFIG.SYS file. If you have created a subdirectory for your own tools
- and toys and listed it in the LIBPATH, it would be best to put it there.
- That is the approach I take for my own system. If you have not added
- a subdirectory for your own DLL files, or you do not have the slightest
- idea what I am talking about here, then copy OPENDLG.DLL
- to C:\OS2\DLL, which is the subdirectory where OS/2 himself puts his
- support subroutine files. Failure to do this will usually result in
- the following error message on attempting to start PMFRACT:
- SYS1804: The system cannot find the file .
- Note that OS/2 is actually attempting to tell you "I cannot
- find OPENDLG.DLL" but is unsuccessful in doing so.
- Note that the LIBPATH is separate from the PATH for finding executable
- files, and can only be changed by altering CONFIG.SYS and re-booting.
-
- The other files are best put all together in the subdirectory of your
- choice. PMFRACT.HLP must be in the same subdirectory as PMFRACT.EXE.
-
- PMFRACT may be started just by saying PMFRACT. All command line
- arguments documented for release 17.1 of FRACTINT for DOS are legal,
- but some are ignored (such as VIDEO= and BATCH=).
- For example, PMFRACT TYPE=MANDEL CORNERS=-0.726288/-0.721912/0.284798/0.288085
- draws my favorite area of the Mandelbrot set.
-
- To see the online book, say
- VIEW PMFRACT.INF
- at an OS/2 command line prompt.
-