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  2.   ControlPad-FAQ V11.11 (28.9.95)
  3.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  4.  
  5.   List has been sorted alphabetically and by module types.
  6.  
  7.   ============================================================================
  8.   MAIN LIBRARIES
  9.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/LIBRARY.controlpad"
  11.   ControlPad-Commands : - DEFAULTSVDRIVER=<#?.svdriver>
  12.                           ; Which SVDriver should be set, when
  13.                           ; superview-library is beeing initialized ?
  14.                           ; For example: "DEFAULTSVDRIVER=AGA.svdriver"
  15.                         - ANYDATATYPES
  16.                           ; if this KeyWord is set, ANY DataTypes will
  17.                           ; be loaded and tried to be displayed in some
  18.                           ; way (e.g. not only pictures, but also 8SVX
  19.                           ; sounds or ANIM-Files ...)
  20.                           ; Recognition of changes to this one does REQUIRE
  21.                           ; a re-initialization of the library,
  22.                           ; e.g. via reboot/reset or "avail flush"
  23.                           ; (when not accessed)
  24.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  25.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/superviewsupport.controlpad"
  26.   ControlPad-Commands : - C2P=<OS|SV>
  27.                           ; determines, whether chunky to planar conversion
  28.                           ; is managed via the appropriate OS functions
  29.                           ; or via internal ones.
  30.                           ; Due to various problems with the OS functions
  31.                           ; "SV" is now default.
  32.                           ; Be careful when using "OS" with GfxCards,
  33.                           ; which carelessly patched graphics.library.
  34.   ============================================================================
  35.   SVOBJECTS
  36.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  37.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/FastILBM24.controlpad"
  38.   ControlPad-Commands : - BUFFERSIZE=<Size in Bytes>
  39.                           ; how many bytes should be buffered
  40.                             (more = faster)
  41.                           ; Default is 8192, minimum is 256
  42.                         - PASSTHROUGH
  43.                           ; do not recognize ANY pictures, so that
  44.                           ; they e.g. might be passed through to
  45.                           ; ILBM.svobject instead
  46.                         - DITHERMODE=<HAM6_QUICK|HAM8_QUICK>
  47.                           ; Default is HAM6_QUICK
  48.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  49.   ControlPad-Commands : - COLORDEPTH = <8/24>
  50.                           ; should the output be done as 8 or 24 Bit Data ?
  51.                           ; default is 8 Bit data. Grayscaled graphics
  52.                           ; will _always_ be exported as 8 Bit
  53.                         - QUANTIZATION = <0..100>
  54.                           ; 0   - no quality, big compression
  55.                           ; 100 - best quality, no compression
  56.                           ; never use these values, but try something
  57.                           ; like 20, 50, 75 (default: 75)
  58.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  59.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/PCD.controlpad"
  60.   ControlPad-Commands : - OUTPUTFORMAT=<BASE/16 | BASE/4 | BASE >
  61.                           ; specifies the output resolution to be used
  62.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  63.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/SVG.controlpad"
  64.   ControlPad-Commands : - PACKMETHOD=<xxxx>
  65.                           ; if this one is specified, it is tried to
  66.                           ; pack the resulting file with the specified
  67.                           ; XPK-Packer. If this fails, the file keeps
  68.                           ; unpacked.
  69.   ============================================================================
  70.   SVDRIVERS
  71.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  72.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/AGA.controlpad"
  73.   ControlPad-Commands : - 24BITOPERATOR=<OperatorName>
  74.                           ; (case-sensitive, ".svoperator" may be added)
  75.                           ; e.g. "24BITOPERATOR=24BitToHAM.svoperator"
  76.                           ; or   "24BITOPERATOR=ExtractGrayScales"
  77.                           ; specifies, which operation should be performed
  78.                           ; on 24 Bit graphics _before_ displaying them
  79.                           ; (if not specified, "best guess" colors will
  80.                           ;  be used, which is really slow)
  81.                         - BITMAPCOPY=<DIRECT|RTG>
  82.                           ; "BITMAPCOPY=RTG" prevents AGA.svdriver from
  83.                           ; directly copying into Bitmaps, which will
  84.                           ; result in a usage of more memory, but keeps it
  85.                           ; working.
  86.                           ; Default is "BITMAPCOPY=DIRECT".
  87.                         - SCREENINFRONT
  88.                           ; Put Screen to front _before_ the graphics
  89.                           ; has been displayed (useful with GfxCards)
  90.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  91.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/ECS.controlpad"
  92.   ControlPad-Commands : - 24BITOPERATOR=<OperatorName>
  93.                           ; (case-sensitive, ".svoperator" may be added)
  94.                           ; e.g. "24BITOPERATOR=24BitToHAM.svoperator"
  95.                           ; or   "24BITOPERATOR=ExtractGrayScales"
  96.                           ; specifies, which operation should be performed
  97.                           ; on 24 Bit graphics _before_ displaying them
  98.                           ; (if not specified displaying will fail)
  99.                         - 8BITOPERATOR=<OperatorName>
  100.                           ; (case-sensitive, ".svoperator" may be added)
  101.                           ; e.g. "8BITOPERATOR=ExtractGrayScales"
  102.                           ; specifies, which operation should be performed
  103.                           ; on non-ECS graphics (more than 16 Colors in
  104.                           ; HighRes, more than 32 Colors in LowRes, HAM8)
  105.                           ; (if not specified, will be tried to display)
  106.                         - BITMAPCOPY=<DIRECT|RTG>
  107.                           ; "BITMAPCOPY=RTG" prevents ECS.svdriver from
  108.                           ; directly copying into Bitmaps, which will
  109.                           ; result in a usage of more memory, but keeps it
  110.                           ; working.
  111.                           ; Default is "BITMAPCOPY=DIRECT".
  112.                         - SCREENINFRONT
  113.                           ; Put Screen to front _before_ the graphics
  114.                           ; has been displayed (useful with GfxCards)
  115.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  116.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/CyberGraphics.controlpad"
  117.   ControlPad-Commands : - EMUSCREENDEPTH=<16|24>
  118.                           ; beginning depth for opening CyberGraphics Screens
  119.                           ; Default is 16 Bit (which will also be tried
  120.                           ; when opening of a 24 Bit Screen fails)
  121.                           ; This does not concern colordepths < 16 Bit,
  122.                           ; except HAM6/8.
  123.                         - SMALLSCREENS
  124.                           ; unless this KeyWord is specified, it is not
  125.                           ; tried to open screens smaller than 320x240
  126.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  127.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/PicassoII.controlpad"
  128.   ControlPad-Commands : - SMALLSCREENS
  129.                           ; unless this KeyWord is specified, it is not
  130.                           ; tried to open screens smaller than 320x240
  131.                         - BLITTER
  132.                           ; uses the Picasso blitter to copy graphics
  133.                           ; into screens. Otherwise CPU is used.
  134.                           ; On 68000 systems you may wish to use the blitter
  135.                         - EMUSCREENDEPTH=<16|24>
  136.                           ; beginning depth for opening Picasso Screens
  137.                           ; Default is 24 Bit (if opening fails, it is
  138.                           ; also tried to open a 16 Bit Screen, then)
  139.                         - SCREENMODEREQUEST
  140.                           ; if this one is specified, the SVDriver ITSELF
  141.                           ; will open a ScreenMode-Requester and ask
  142.                           ; for an appropriate Screenmode to use
  143.                           ; Useful, if you always like to change modes.
  144.                         - AUTOSCROLLADJUST
  145.                           ; this keyword will force Autoscroll whenever
  146.                           ; it would make sense, but the Picasso Software
  147.                           ; would not manage it by itself (when either
  148.                           ; only width or height need to be autoscrolled)
  149.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  150.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/Retina.controlpad"
  151.   ControlPad-Commands : - EMUSCREENDEPTH=<16|24>
  152.                           ; beginning depth for opening Retina Screens
  153.                           ; Default is 24 Bit (if opening fails, it is
  154.                           ; also tried to open a 16 Bit Screen, then)
  155.   ============================================================================
  156.   SVOPERATORS
  157.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  158.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/24BitToHAM.controlpad"
  159.   ControlPad-Commands : - DITHERMODE=< HAM6_QUICK|HAM6_WELL
  160.                                       |HAM8_QUICK|HAM8_WELL>
  161.                           ; specifies the HAM-Mode to be used and
  162.                           ; the resulting speed/quality
  163.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  164.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/CallPNM24.controlpad"
  165.   ControlPad-Commands : - PNMCOMMAND=<PBM command path and name>
  166.                           ; PNM command to be called
  167.                           ; e.g. PNMCOMMAND=Work:NetPBM/pnm/pnmscale
  168.                         - PNMOPTIONS=<Options>
  169.                           ; Options for PNM command to be called
  170.                           ; e.g. PNMOPTIONS=-xscale 2.0 -yscale 2.0
  171.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  172.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/Crop.controlpad"
  173.   ControlPad-Commands : - CROP_LEFTEDGE=<Value>
  174.                           ; crop from x position
  175.                           ; (will be adjusted, if >= source width)
  176.                         - CROP_TOPEDGE=<Value>
  177.                           ; crop from y position
  178.                           ; (will be adjusted, if >= source height)
  179.                         - CROP_WIDTH=<Value>
  180.                           ; crop how many x pixels from leftedge
  181.                           ; (will be adjusted, if too large)
  182.                         - CROP_HEIGHT=<Value>
  183.                           ; crop how many y pixels from topedge
  184.                           ; (will be adjusted, if too large)
  185.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  186.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/Dither24Bit.controlpad"
  187.   ControlPad-Commands : - COLORDEPTH=<1..8>
  188.                           ; specifies the colordepth of the dithering
  189.                           ; output (1->2 Colors .. 8->256 Colors)
  190.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  191.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/ExtractGrayScales.controlpad"
  192.   ControlPad-Commands : - COLORDEPTH=<1..8>
  193.                           ; specifies the colordepth of the grayscaled
  194.                           ; output (1->2 Colors .. 8->256 Colors)
  195.                         - QUICK
  196.                           ; uses >>2, >>1, >>3 (*0.25, *0.5, *0.125)
  197.                           ; instead of *0.3, *0.59, *0.11
  198.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  199.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/HilbertDither256.controlpad"
  200.   ControlPad-Commands : - BACKGROUND=<BLACK|WHITE>
  201.                           ; defines, which of the two colors will act
  202.                           ; as background color. Useful e.g. for printing.
  203.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  204.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/Rotate.controlpad"
  205.   ControlPad-Commands : - DEGREES=<90|180|270>
  206.                           ; rotate by how many degrees (reverse clockwise) ?
  207.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  208.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/Scale50.controlpad"
  209.   ControlPad-Commands : - METHOD=<HALF|DOUBLE>
  210.                           ; scale to which size ?
  211.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  212.   ControlPad-Name     : "ENV:superview-library/XOR.controlpad"
  213.   ControlPad-Commands : - XORVALUE = <0..255>
  214.                           ; 0 and 255 will not be the best decision.
  215.                           ; Use 15 or something like this.
  216.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  217.  
  218.