Phlegme View and Phlegme View Lite by TNSe^97/FooD! Welcome to the official FooD Reader. This reader features: * Full ANSI support. * @-Codes support. * Smoothscroll in both 80x25 and 80x50. * Sauce info support. * VGA ANSI-View in both VGA 320x200 and SVGA 640x480. * File handling. * Built in Help. * Complete search routine. * Read multiple files. * Phlegme View can handle more than 400.000 lines of text. * Phlegme View Lite can take 3.500 lines of text. This program is fairly easy to start. Just type PV or PVL and enter. This will start up Phlegme View and show you the file you wanted. Phlegme View can also do multiple files. Typing PV *.* will show every file in the directory (Both Text and binary). Command Line arguements : * /? -> The help screen. * /R -> Use 80x50 instead of 80x25. * /V -> Ignore VESA, and use VGA! * /N -> Read file in binary mode. * /W -> Disable line wrapping. * /P: -> Destination path for file commands Examp: /P:C:\ANSI\WORTH\KEEPING * /X -> Skip stupid file names. Examp: /X will skip a file called '--------.---' or 'aaaaaaaa.bbb' (8 alike letters, then 3 alike letters :) In program keys: * UP/DOWN -> Moves screen up and down. (10 for originality huh?) * PGUP/PGDOWN -> Moves screen a page up or a page down. * HOME/END -> Guess. * ENTER/ESC -> Read next file. * A/Z -> Increases or Decreases Acceleratio. (Goes faster/slower up and down...) * H -> Hide or Show built in help (Unavailable in 80x50) * R -> Switch between 80x25 and 80x50. * S -> Search for something (NOT case sensitive) * N -> Search again! * Q -> Quit directly to DOS. (Will not read next file) * V -> Show screen in VGA (or SVGA if present) Keys in VGA mode: * UP/DOWN -> Moves up and down. * PGUP/DN -> Page up, page down. * HOME -> To the top please. * END -> To the bottom * OTHER -> Back to reader. * F -> Gives you access to the file commands... * M -> Move a file. * C -> Copy a file. * A -> Change directory. * N -> Abort and return to reader. That should be all the keys. Here is the always fun to read development history: Development Did Lines V0.0 Did not exist. 0 V0.1 First made, could read 200 lines. 200 V0.2 Status bar added. Stopped at end of file. 200 Could interpreter @-codes. V0.3 Could read files larger than 64000 bytes. 200 V0.4 Could use files larger than 200 lines. 2048 V0.5 Added the fun Startup Sequence. 4096 V0.6 Added ANSI support (It sucked!) 3500 V0.7 Made the AccelRatio Changeable. 3500 Added Search and Full Screen VGA. ANSI now works. V0.8 Big Change. Added XMS support. I have Added Next Search too + Highlighting seen of subject found! Fixed some code. 90,000!!! This version took 90,000 lines with 16Meg ram. (Had some problems finding such a large file.) V0.9 Fixed some bugs. Added /n (Don't decode 90,000+++ colors). Well... Someone asked for it! V0.10 Uhh.. Fixed small bugs ... Like Reading 400,000+++ too much sometimes... :) (Theoretically) V0.11 Finally fixed the VGA! 400,000+++ V0.12 Added support for FV *.* ... Well.... It 400,000+++ is fun with it ... Yeah? Quick Help added! V0.13 Uhh.. Fixed VGA some more ... Now you can 50,000+++ scroll in VGA... (On my 8 Meg) V0.14 Added some file handling code. Press 4 'F' to access file commands. Now you can (After using copy an ansi from one dir to another while Smartdrv :) viewing it. Added /P: parameter. Let's you specify where to copy/move the ansi. V0.15 Added support for sauce info. It can be A lot. shown by pressing 'H'... Added /X (If you got the parameter. It lets you specify that RAM for it :) files that contain only alike letters should be skipped. Examp: '--------.---' will be skipped. Added /W. This command disables line wrapping. V0.16 Phlegme view now split into Lite and Normal: the normal. Lite does NOT use XMS and works 400,000 reported!! better under windoze! Much better! But: Lite: it does only take (MAX) 3500 lines... duh 3,500 MAX! I recommend using this if you're using w/alotofram:) windoze, and you are only watching ANSI/PCB's. Fixed the search thingie. Now the thing found starts blinking. 400,000 lines are now reported! It can handle 64Mb RAM! :) V0.17 Fixed some code, that made Phlegme view run Haven't found a slow (understatement!) under a windoze file that I session! Now you cant press ESC to abort... Haven't been able You MUST press CTRL-BREAK! :) ... to read ... Yet!! Made VGA to SVGA.... And added /V, for those of you who like VGA better! V0.18 Added 80x50, fixed some code and made it LotsaLotsaLotsa ready for release! Happy you! As you see, you got internal version 0.18, or Release V1.0 :) Bug reports. There has been reported that some gardens contain catepillars, butterflies, bees, wasps, etc. Really. If you encounter any of these bugs, don't even bother to tell me. Uhh... The bugs listed below, not above: * The smoothscroll isn't smooth??!??!?!? -> That might be two things... 1. You are running under Windoze'95, and you are really messing up your CPU in the background. Solution : Enter MS-DOS mode... :) 2. You are the unlucky owner of a ET-6000 card. (Like Hercules Dynamite 128) Damn these things. I thought my code was f**ked! Solution : Get a new Video card, or put the acceleratio down to 1. (At least that looks a bit nicer.) * I used windows'95 defrag, while doing that, the power went out. Now Phlegme view f**ks up, etc. -> Goddamn those people. YOU ACTUALLY RAN A MICROSOFT PRODUCT? Geez! * I moved my mouse for some really odd reason while I was watching the text file, then suddenly, I was back to DOS. -> Uhhh.. That IS a bug. Still working on it... Any1 got Any ideas? Please mail me... (I partially know what the problem is though...) * My HD was formatted while I was using Phlegme View. -> This is actually not a feature of Phlegme View, so you must have done something wrong. Yes. No it wasn't me! You did something wrong! YOU! * Theres a lot of shit on my screen. -> Shh... not that kind of language. Say GARBAGE. Phlegme View will work on any 386+ with a VGA compatible video card. (Always wanted to write that :) It has been tested on machines ranging from 386-12MHz to Pentium 150 and Cyrix 166. It has always worked. If it doesn't, please send me all the info I need to know... Like what? Oh! .. Like the CPU, Video card, memory available (You know about the mem command?) and the text file you were trying to view. Anything? 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