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This version has finally fixed the ``inverted pixmaps'' problem that
many users have told me about. It also fixes numerous other faults
that were reported to me.
Here is the rest of the readme file.
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XbmBrowser (version 4.3)
A program to allow the user to view a complete directory of X bitmaps
and X pixmaps all in one go, and to perform user defined actions on
these images.
Copyright Ashley Roll and Anthony Thyssen
Original Program: Ashley Roll ash@cit.gu.edu.au upto version 3.2
Current Programmer: Anthony Thyssen anthony@cit.gu.edu.au version 4.0 on
This program while available in the X windows Contrib Area, still belongs
to the programmers. Permission is however given for you to freely copy,
distribute and modify it on the condition that this and all other
copyright notices remain unchanged in all distributions. Modifications
should be forwarded to the Current Programmer (anthony) for inclusion into
the next release.
This software comes with NO warranty whatsoever and no responsibility for
any damages, losses or problems that the program may cause will be taken.
Please also send any interesting user menu additions you come up with to
the current programmer :-
Anthony Thyssen <anthony@cit.gu.edu.au>
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/anthony.html
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WHERE TO GET IT
XbmBrowser
ftp.x.org /contrib/utilities/xbmbrowser4.3.tgz
archie.au /X11R6/contrib/utilities/xbmbrowser4.3.tgz
and all its mirrors. You may also like to get and install the package
before tring to build this program so that it can read and display
Xpixmap files too.
XPM (X Pixmap Library)
ftp.x.org /contrib/libraries/xpm-3.4f.tar.gz
DISTRIBUTED FILES
Documentation
README - this file.
Changes - history of changes made to xbmbrowser
xbmbrowser.man - Online manual for xbmbrowser
Sources
Imakefile - imake file
Makefile.std - the standard make file.
patchlevel.h - the current patchlevel.
xbmbrowser.h \
xbmbrowser.c |
callbacks.c |
user_menu.c > the 'C' code.
user_functs.c |
bitmaps.c |
misc.c /
XbmBrowser.ad \_ application defaults
XbmBrowser-color.ad /
tickbox_on.xbm \_ menu option tick boxes
tickbox_off.xbm /
filesyms/ - directory of file symbols for non-icon files
test_icons/ - directory of icons used for testing purposes
icon.xbm - programs icon -- resource `pixmap' can override.
xbmbrowser.menu - The default user menu file.
xbmbrowser.menu.tut - Default User menu with comments and suggestions
Support
xbm-cmd \_ Scripts to filter bitmaps and pixmaps
xbm-resize / using the pbmplus filters
You can download more such support from Anthony's Icon Library
http://www.cit.gu.edu.edu/~anthony/icons/support/
DEFAULT AND PERSONAL USER MENUS.
The man page and the file "xbmbrowser.menu.tut" contains information on
the syntax of the new user menu configuration file format. NOTE: The
Default user menus assume that PbmPlus is available on the users path.
You can change the default location at which the program expects to find
the default user menu file, either via an appropriate resource setting, or
through the hardcorded resource default in the "Imakefile" or
"xbmbrowser.h". The default setting is to place the global menu
configuration into normal X11 library directory for your system.
A personal menu configuration file can be defined by the user, in the
file ".xbmbrowserrc" in the users home directory. I suggest that users
copy the global library file to thier personal rc file, and then make
changes as required. I myself use a file very simular rc file to the
default global file provided, but using various shell scripts to do
complexe tasks, and with all the rescan()'s removed as I prefer to use the
main button when I want to do a rescan.
SUPERUSER INSTALLATION
With Imake execute:
xmkmf
make
make install
make install.man
With normal make execute:
Edit xbmbrowser.h or the resource file XbmBrowser.ad to suit your
machines setup.
cp Makefile.std Makefile
make
then manually install the xbmbrowser, support scripts, manual, and
the default user menu, as you require.
USER INSTALLATION
To stop xbmbrowser from tring to load the menu defaults from the
X11 library directory, do one of the following.
1/ Just copy the "xbmbrowser.menu" file into your home directory
as ".xbmbrowser". If xbmbrowser finds this it will use it
instead of the library default menus.
2/ Specify in the XbmBrowser resources where to find the library
file.
3/ Edit the Imakefile to specify the directory to find the default
library menus.
I think the first is the easiest. I just mentioned the others for
completeness.
Build the "xbmbrowser" executable using ``xmkmf; make;'' commands.
But DO NOT run the "make install" or ``make install.man'' commands.
Install the XbmBrowser resource (.ad) files into your personal
application resources directory (renaming without the .ad on the end).
This directory is pointed to with the Environment variable XAPPRESDIR.
If this variable is not set then it defaults to your home directory,
or install the resources into your .Xdefaults or other resource files.
For more information on resources look at the following WWW document.
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/info/X/hints.Resources
Try it.
PROBLEMS
Ultrix Machines (Decstations)
A number of memory faults seems to occur. Both in user menu
configuration and also in the X Pixmap library. The solution that works
is to recompile both xbmbrowser AND the X Pixmap library with gcc.
NOTE: to compile Xpm with gcc, your must set the following Imakefile
define in the Xpm lib sub-directory's Imakefile. Or better still fix it
in the /usr/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl file with.
#define LibraryCcCmd gcc
Noramlly these X Pixmap errors are of concern to most applications.
They seem to only happen when a xpm is being freed, either by a call
from the client program or because the xpm file is invalid. Most
programs using the Xpm library never free X pixmaps or try to referance
non-pixmap files. Xbmbrowser does both.
Linix (PC Unix)
Linix machine have the same problems with the pixmap library. In this
case however the problem seems to do with the Xpm library 3.3,
distributed with the linux system. Users can get a replacement copy of
the Xpm library via ftp from :-
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/libs/X/libXpm-3.4c.tar.gz
This can be placed in the /usr/X11/lib directory with the old library
and recompile xbmbrowser.
BETA TESTERS
The following people returned bugs and suggestions for this release
of xbmbrowser. Many thanks to all of them.
Steve Kinzler <kinzler@cs.indiana.edu> :Recursive Directory Tests
Shane Watts <swatts@me.gu.edu.au> :Linix PC
Thomas Cooke <cooke@newice.stortek.com> :Zero Width/Heigth Xpm Bug
Bjorn P. Brox <brox@corena.no> :Stupid Memory Faults
Jan Sandquist <etxquist@iqa.ericsson.se>
Detlef Schmier <detlef@ufclnx.unt.dec.com>
Brian Dowling <bdowling@ccs.neu.edu> :Dec Ultrix -- symlinks
Robert Paulus <rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de> :HP9000/400
Richard Lloyd <R.K.Lloyd@csc.liv.ac.uk> :HP-UX -- Imake changes
Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@iphase.com> :Solaris -- Memory Faults
Heiko Schroeder <heiko@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> :List widget bug
Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de> :dir_list[] - no limit tests
John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> :SVR4 symlinks
Amir J. Katz <winter@datasrv.co.il> :Double Click Fault
Steven Chaplin <S.F.Chaplin@uel.ac.uk> :Imake problem on linux
Reinhard Sy <rsy@gras.de> :Sony -- include file
Detlef Schmier <detlef@mfr.dec.com> :Simple fix to "None" colors
Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/
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