SUMMARY: JPEG Viewer for SunOS 4.1.4 & OpenWin 3

From: Dave (dburwell@telecom.com)
Date: Thu Apr 04 1996 - 08:23:04 CST


  The overwhelming responce was XV, version 3.0. I have not downloaded
it to try, but I will get it sometime today.

  Comments:

 ...The "xv" program from ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv is great...
 ...XV 3.10 at ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu:/pub/xv/xv* is the best for this.
 ...lets you view jpg, gif, xwd, tiff and a load of other formats,
 ...ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/xv-3.10a.tar.gz

  Use xv! With it's VANTASTIC Visual Schnauzer to look at directories,
you can look at them as thumb-print sized listings! perfikto for
looking through those big piles of gif & jpegs.
John Bradley wrote a very nice program, and since he is such a great guy,
he even tells you how to update yourself within his program.
ftp on ftp.cis.upenn.edu
For ONLY $40 you get a manual and a FREE registered copy!
(That's cheaper than most stores will sell just the manual!)
If you want 3.5 tar'd copy, then send $15 for the media to
 John Bradley
 1053 Floyd Terrace
 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
 U.S. of A.

  An alternative:

  I would recommend ImageMagick. It's a bit of work to compile, as support
for various graphic file formats is not builtin but rather other freely
available graphic libraries are used. But once you have it up-and-running
you'll be V glad you put in the effort. Here's an excerpt from the
ImageMagick README:

> AUTHOR
>
> The author is cristy@dupont.com. This software is NOT
> shareware. However, I am interested in who might be using
> it. Please consider sending me a picture postcard of the area
> where you live. Send postcards to
>
> John Cristy
> 5 Middleton Lane
> Landenberg, PA 19350
> USA
>
> AVAILABILITY
>
> Anonymous FTP at ftp.x.org, file
> contrib/applications/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-3.6.tar.gz. I
> want ImageMagick to be of high quality, so if you encounter a
> problem I will investigate. However, be sure you are using
> the most recent version from ftp.x.org before submitting any
> bug reports or suggestions.

Another suggestion is xv which is also availble on the net.

  Thanks to those that replied:

Claude Charest <charest@CANR.Hydro.Qc.CA>
szh@zcon.com (Syed Zaeem Hosain)
Gerhard den Hollander <gerhard@jason.nl>
Claus Assmann <ca@informatik.uni-kiel.de>
jon_w@oldham.gpsemi.com (Jonathan Walker)
dkelham@lincoln.gpsemi.com (Darren Kelham Unix Systems Admin)
Andre Saile <saile@transtec.de>
bern@penthesilea.uni-trier.de (Jochen Bern)
simes@tcp.co.uk
Brad Young <bbyoung@amoco.com>
Salvatore Saieva <saieva@ppllc.com>
leg@inel.gov
ahill@lanser.net (Alan Hill)
John Bradley <john.bradley@sunman.chinalake.navy.mil>
"Antonio" <amclean@surviac.flight.wpafb.af.mil>
jeffw@triple-i.com (Jeff Wasilko)
Tim Carlson <tim@santafe.edu>
weaver%foghorn@nadc.nadc.navy.mil (Lorraine C. Williams)



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