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Archive-name: pictures-faq/part3
Last-modified: 07 March 1993

This is part 3 of the FAQ for the alt.binaries.pictures* hierarchy.
This part of the alt.binaries.pictures FAQ contains information specific
to particular systems and on available utilities.

For information on issues of etiquette and posting policy and/or
suggestions, consult part 1 of this posting.

For information on "general", or operating-system independent
information, questions you may have about the pictures newsgroups,
decoding and encoding techniques, or picture formats, consult part 2
of this posting.

Before posting to these groups for the first time, please check the FAQ
list (this posting - including parts 1 and 2), and also read the newsgroup
news.announce.newusers, which contains many answers to questions about
UseNet in general.

If you've read previous versions of this FAQ, you'll probably only want
to read anything that has changed since the last distribution. These
changes appear both in this document and in the accompanying "Changes to
the alt.binaries.pictures FAQ". Note that this is a "live" document, and
is always getting important information added or updated.

***********************************************************************
Before you miss an important detail contained in this file, let me
"pre-repeat" that *many* programs mentioned in this document are available
for anonymous ftp at bongo.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.186.13), in the gifstuff
directory. Also: there are NO GIF files of any kind at this site! Save
your time and don't bother looking for them!
Additionally, the file "ftpsites" on bongo in the gifstuff directory gives
many examples of places to find these utilities.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. UTILITY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
II. COMMON FTP SITES
III. PORTABLE UTILITIES
IV. MS-DOS PROCEDURES/UTILITIES
V. Apple UTILITIES
VI. Amiga UTILITIES
VII. Atari UTILITIES
VIII. VAX/VMS UTILITIES
IX. NeXT PROCEDURES/UTILITIES
X. UNIX/XWINDOWS PROCEDURES/UTILITIES
XI. APPENDICES: AWK, SED, AND PERL SCRIPTS
XII. BONGO FILE LISTING

I. UTILITY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Ever since the new format was adopted, lots of people want to see their
favorite utility listed here! That's great - the whole idea behind this
FAQ is sharing the net wisdom (most of whats in this FAQ represents the
combined knowledge of the pictures and graphics community's readership).
BUT... in order to include information on a particular utility, it has to
meet the following criterion:
1) It has to fit into one of the classifications that make sense for
pictures (viewers, converters, decoders, posters/unposters, etc).
2) It's either Public Domain, FreeWare, or ShareWare software. It
doesn't make a lot of sense for this FAQ to become one big
advertisement!
3) It has to be readily available. It doesn't do me (or anyone else,
for that matter) much good to know "I don't know where I got it,
but the MajorHonkinTool utility solves all my problems...".
So, to submit a utility, I need to know (in as much detail as you can
possibly give):
A) What's the utility's name,
B) What it does,
C) What platforms it runs on (probably one or more of the ones listed
in this FAQ are most appropriate =:^) ),
D) Where to get it. Anonymous FTP or mail server archive is the best,
but if it's been posted to a newsgroup, that would be OK, too. If
you want to set yourself up as an e-mail distribution for a utility,
that's OK too - but be prepared for a deluge of requests! I WILL
NOT accept someone else's address as an e-mail distribution unless
they specifically send their approval (for obvious reasons). Don't
just send me something expecting that I'll put it on bongo, either
- bongo has very limited file resources (and is pretty much at its
quota already)!
Without the full information above, I can't list the utility in this FAQ in
good conscience, since it won't be very useful...
Please keep up the good work and let me know how this document should be
kept up-to-date!

II. COMMON FTP SITES

There are a few sites out there that are mentioned time and time again in
this document. In order to save a little space (and make things easier to
maintain), the following convention has been devised. The shorthand for
a site or sites is listed first, the site address(es) is noted, and any
special information relative to the sites is also given. Hope this isn't
too confusing!

BONGO bongo.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.186.13)
In this FAQ, a notation of "BONGO:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on bongo in /gifstuff/<some_file_path>.
BRYANW ftp.rahul.net (192.160.13.1)
In this FAQ, a notation of "BRYANW:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on rahul in /pub/bryanw/<some_file_path>.
NIC nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
In this FAQ, a notation of "NIC:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on nic in <some_file_path>.
EXPORT export.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.12)
In this FAQ, a notation of "EXPORT:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on export in /pub/contrib/<some_file_path>.
SIMTEL wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20)
In this FAQ, a notation of "SIMTEL:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on simtel in pd1:<some_file_path>.
WUARCHIVE wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
In this FAQ, a notation of "WUARCHIVE:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on wuarchive in <some_file_path>.
OAKLAND oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117)
In this FAQ, a notation of "OAKLAND:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on oakland in <some_file_path>.
MIRRORS wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20),
wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4),
These hosts "mirror" a lot of common information. In this FAQ, if you
see the notation "MIRRORS:some/file/path", this means that you
can find the file on simtel in pd1:some.file.path, and on its mirror
site (wuarchive) in /mirrors/some/file/path.
GARBO garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.87.1)
In this FAQ, a notation of "GARBO:some_file_path" means that you
can find the file on garbo in <some_file_path>.

III. PORTABLE UTILITIES

"GENERAL UTILITY" TOOLS:
GIFtest.c Tests integrity of GIF files.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:gifutils/giftest.c, or from
BRYANW:misc/giftest_source.zip.

DECODERS/ENCODERS:
unc "Smart decoder" by Mark Maimone ([email protected]) - uses
article headers to determine the posting order and puts
parts in appropriately named files to aid processing
through uudecode. Newest version handles missing or
"noisy" info in Subject: lines more gracefully, and also
provides better MS-DOS support. Portable only across
UNIX and MS-DOS systems (so far). Mark is interested
in any port feedback you can give him - especially VMS.
He's even willing to help with the porting effort!
Latest version is 2.3.
Available via anonymous FTP on vacation.venari.cs.cmu.edu
(128.2.209.207) in directory /usr0/anon, file unc-*.Z (or exploded
files in the unc-* directory - also posted to alt.sources).

COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS:
cjpeg/djpeg Free, portable C code for JPEG compression from the
Independent JPEG Group, lead by Tom Lane
([email protected]). This software has been tested on
numerous Unix machines, PCs, Macs, and Amigas; it is
believed that it can be ported to almost any machine
that has a (reasonable) C compiler.
Available via anonymous FTP from several places. The "official"
archive site for this source code is ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9 or
192.48.96.9). Look under directory /graphics/jpeg; the file to
retrieve is jpegsrc.v?.tar.Z. You can retrieve this file by FTP or
UUCP. Folks in Europe may find it easier to FTP from
NIC:/pub/graphics/programs/jpeg/jpegsrc.v?.tar.Z. The source code is
also available on CompuServe, in the GRAPHSUPPORT forum (GO PICS),
library 10, as jpsrc*.zip.
If you are not reasonably handy at configuring and installing portable
C programs, you may have some difficulty installing the free source
code. There is currently an FTP archive of pre-built executable
versions of the free JPEG code for various machines, accessible at
ftp.cis.ksu.edu (129.130.10.80); look under /pub/JPEG to see what is
currently available. The administrators ask that FTP traffic to this
system be limited to non-prime hours.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
PBMPlus tool kit Maintained by Jef Poskanzer ([email protected]). Very
nearly a de-facto standard for converting between many
different formats. Includes "utility" tools to scale,
quantize, crop, flip, rotate, and many other graphics
operations.
Available via anonymous FTP from EXPORT:pbmplus*.tar.Z and from
ftp.ee.lbl.gov (128.3.112.20) as /pbmplus*.tar.Z. Visit the newsgroup
alt.graphics.pixutils for more details, discussion of usage, etc.
UtahRaster Tools Converts between many file formats, somewhat similar
to the PBMPlus tool kit.
Available via anonymous FTP from
WUARCHIVE:/graphics/graphics/packages/urt/urt-*.tar.Z
GIFtoPS GIF to postscript converter.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:gifutils/giftops.c.

IV. MS-DOS PROCEDURES/UTILITIES

There is an archive of MS-DOS OS/2 tools available either via anonymous FTP
(on hobbes.nmsu.edu - 128.123.35.151) or via e-mail, by sending a one-line
mail command message. Many of the utilities listed in this section can be
obtained here; these will be identified by the notation
"HOBBES:<archive-file>(<mail name>)".
This would mean that you could get that utility in the pathname specified as
/pub/os2/general/graphics/<archive-file>, or via e-mail by sending a message
containing "GET <mail name> OS2" to [email protected].
I might also suggest to OS/2 users that you get a copy of the index (one-line
e-mail message is "INDEX") and help (one-line e-mail message is "HELP") for
this site - there's over 150M of OS/2 programs, and the list is growing...

SYSTEM-SPECIFIC PROCEDURES:
* To concatenate multi-part picture files together, execute:
copy part1 + part2 + part3 + ... + partN file

DECODERS/ENCODERS:
UUDECODE/UUENCODE Decoder/encoder for uuencoded files.
Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in
/pub/pc/win31/util. A BASIC program for UUDECODE is also available
from WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/starter/uudecode.bas.
UUDO Decoder for multi-part uuencoded files (each part
must be in its own file with a discernible Subject:
line). Written by Ryan Kim ([email protected]).
Available via anonymous FTP from GARBO:/pc/decode/uudo11.zip, from
WUARCHIVE:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/utilities/uudo11.zip, or from
SIMTEL:<msdos.filutl>uudo11.zip.
UUEXE "Smart decoder/encoder" written by Richard Marks.
Available via anonymous FTP from OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/filutl/uuexe*.zip,
on GARBO:/pc/decode as uuexe*.zip, or on many other PC archives (like
SIMTEL or WUARCHIVE). Also posted at the beginning of each month to
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.
UUXFER "Smart decoder/encoder" written by Dave Read.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:uutools/uuxfer*, or from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/filutl/uuxfer*.zip.

COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS:
cjpeg/djpeg (See description under "COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION
TOOLS" in the "PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above)
MS-DOS executables are available via anonymous FTP from
MIRRORS:msdos/graphics/jpeg*.zip, on ftp.pitt.edu in
/users/qralston/jpeg/jpegv*.zip, on hobbes.nmsu.edu in the directory
/pub/os2/archives/volume8 or /pub/os2/graphics as file jpeg3os2.zoo,
and have been/will be posted on comp.binaries.ibm.pc. DJGPP compiled
versions are also available on ftp.math.niu.edu in
/pub/msdos/djgpp.stuff/contrib (these run under MSDOS, with a 386 or
better machine).
COMPRESS Uncompresses UNIX compress files.
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/sq-usq/comp*d.zip.
PKUNZIP Uncompresses MS-DOS ZIP files.
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/sq-usq/pkunzip*, or
from BRYANW:pc/archivers/unzip*.exe.
ARJ Compresses/decompresses ARJ format files.
Available via anonymous FTP from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/arc-lbr/arj*.zip.
ZOO Uncompresses MS-DOS ZOO files.
Available via anonymous FTP from BRYANW:pc/archivers/zoo*.exe.
LHARC Uncompresses MS-DOS LZH files.
Available via anonymous FTP from BRYANW:pc/archivers/lha*.exe.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
GIF2BMP Converts among GIF and OS/2 BMP (bitmap) image formats.
(OS/2 only!!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:gif2bmp.zoo(GIF2BMP ZIPXXE),
or on WUARCHIVE:/mirrors2/win3/desktop/gif2bmp.zip.
GDS Allows construction of "contact sheet" images, panning
and zooming within an image [Shareware].
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/gif/gds*.zip.
JPEG2OS2 Converts among several different image formats
including JPEG and GIF. (OS/2 only!!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:jpeg2os2.zoo(JPEG2OS2 $PACKAGE).
JPEG3 JPEG to GIF converter.
Available via anonymous FTP from WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/graphics as
file JPEG3.zip (JPEG3386.zip and JPEG3s.zip also available), or from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/graphics/JPEG3.ZIP.
JPEG3OS2 Library of JPEG routines for inclusion in your 32-bit
OS/2 programs. (OS/2 only!!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:jpeg3os2.zoo(JPEG3OS2 $PACKAGE).
GIF2JPG/JPG2GIF Provided by Handmade Software, converts between GIF and
JPEG formats.
Available via anonymous FTP on msdos.archive.umich.edu in directory
/msdos/graphics/gif as file gif2jpg5.zip. Also available from
MIRRORS:/msdos/graphics/gif2jpg5.zip.
Graphic WorkShop Converts between/views many picture types, including
PIC, PCX, BMP (windows 3), EPS, GIF, and Macintosh PICT. [Shareware]
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/graphics/grfwk*.zip,
from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in ~ftp/pub/pc/win3/desktop/gwswin*.zip,
from WUARCHIVE:~ftp//mirrors/msdos/graphics/grfwk*.zip, from
WUARCHIVE:/msdos/graphics/grfwk*.zip, or from pascal.math.fu-berlin.de
(130.133.4.50) in /local/pd-soft/pc/imgsoft as file gws_*.zip.
Image Alchemy Provided by Handmade Software, converts between/views
many picture types, including GIF and JPEG [Shareware]
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/graphics/alch*.zip, or
from WUARCHIVE:/msdos/graphics/alch*.zip.
IMDISP Image processing and display. It runs on just about
any DOS PC, utilizes graphics cards from EGA to SVGA,
does most basic image processing functions (histogram,
contrast stretch, zoom, shrink, smooth, edge enhance,
adjust color palette, etc.). It can read 1, 2, 4, 8,
16, or 32 bit integer binary images, as well as
PDS/VICAR, FITS, and GIF. Public domain.
Available via anonymous FTP from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/graphics/imdisp*.zip
PBMPlus tool kit (See description under "CONVERSION TOOLS" in the
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above).
A MS-DOS compiled version of the PBMPlus tool kit is available on
GARBO:/pc/graphics/pbmplus.zoo, from
WUARCHIVE:/usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/volume15/pbmplus, or from
HOBBES:pbmplus4.zoo.
PaintShop Pro Allows viewing/conversion of multiple image types under
Windows, including GIF, PCX, TGA, and BMP. [Shareware]
Available via anonymous FTP on ftp.cica.indiana.edu in
~ftp/pub/pc/win3/desktop/psp*.zip, or from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/windows3/pspro*.zip.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
ColorView JPEG, GIF, Windows BMP viewer/converter/editor, also
includes mirror/rotation/scaling and slideshow viewing.
Works under DOS 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, requires 640 K or
more of physical memory, hard disk and Microsoft
compatible mouse recommended, works on 286 or better.
Available via anonymous FTP from OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/graphics, from
WUARCHIVE:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS, or from BRYANW:pc/jpeg, all as file
dcview21.zip.
CompuShow (CSHOW) Multiple format (including MacPaint image and Amiga
IFF) viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:ibmpc/cshw*.zip, from
MIRRORS:msdos/gif/cshw*.zip, from
NIC:/pub/msdos/graphics/gif/cshw*.zip, from bode.ee.ualberta.ca
(129.128.16.96) as /pub/dos/win3/util/cshow82b.zip, and from
csn.org (128.138.213.21) as /Unidata/giftools/cshow82b.zip.
CView JPEG file viewer for Windows.
Available via anonymous FTP from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/win3/util/CVIEW*.zip or
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/win3/desktop/CVIEW*.zip.
DVPEG JPEG and GIF file viewer including panning, shrinking,
and brightness control. Requires a 386 or better with
a super VGA card (256 color - most video cards are
supported). Freeware - written by Eric Praetzel
([email protected]). Latest version is 2.1.
Available via anonymous FTP at sunee.uwaterloo.ca in pub/jpeg/viewers
as dvpeg*.zip, or from BRYANW:pc/jpeg/dvpeg*.zip.
HiView JPEG file viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from WUARCHIVE:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS, or from
SIMTEL:<msdos.graphics>, as hv*.zip.
Graphic WorkShop (See reference in "CONVERSION TOOLS")
Image Alchemy (See reference in "CONVERSION TOOLS")
ImgFun GIF, PCX, BMP, JPEG viewer by Chin-Chi Hsu
([email protected]). Handles larger image sizes, but
always converts JPEG into 256 colors on input. Scroll,
zoom up to 16X, reverse, mirror, brightness, contrast,
color, smooth, sharpen, resize, and cut adjustments.
Requires a 286 with 512K or above, VGA or SVGA, supports
most popular SVGA cards. Includes Windows PIF file.
Available via anonymous FTP from SIMTEL:<msdos.graphics>ifse100.zip.
SVGA Multiple format (GIF, PCX, BMP, TGA, etc. - no JPEG)
viewer - allows scrolling and supports many graphics
boards. [Shareware]
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/graphics/svga*.zip.
ShowBMP Displays OS/2 bitmaps in a Presentation Manager window.
(OS/2 only!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:showbmp.zoo.
ShowGIF GIF viewer that allows you to view as you download.
Available via anonymous FTP from SIMTEL:<msdos.gif> as showgif.arc.
OS/2 GIF Displays GIF encoded images full screen. (OS/2 only!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:os2gif.zoo(OS2GIF ZIPXXE).
PMGIF Displays GIF encoded images in a Presentation Manager
window. (OS/2 only!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:pmgif.zoo(PM-GIF1 ZIPXXE).
ViewGIF Displays GIF encoded images in a Presentation Manager
window. (OS/2 only!)
Available via anonymous FTP from HOBBES:viewgif1.zoo(VIEWGIF1 ZIPXXE).
VPIC Multiple format (GIF, PCX, BMP, etc. - no JPEG) viewer
and image manipulator. Written by Bob Montgomery
(current version is 5.1).
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:ibmpc/vpic*.zip, from
athene.uni-paderborn.de in /pcsoft/msdos/gif/vpic*.zip, from
NIC:/pub/msdos/graphics/gif/vpic*.zip, from rigel.acs.oakland.edu in
/pub/msdos/gif/vpic*.zip, or from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/gif/vpic*.zip.
WECJ *FAST* JPEG viewer for Windows 3.x.
Available via anonymous FTP from BRYANW:pc/jpeg/wecj.zip.
WinGIF GIF viewer for Windows 3.x
Available via anonymous FTP from MIRRORS:msdos/windows3/wingif*.zip,
or ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the /pub/pc/win3/util sub-directory, from
GARBO:/win3/gifutil/wingif14.zip, or from
NIC:/pub/msdos/windows/graphics/wingif14.lzh.
WinJPEG Shareware JPEG viewer for Windows 3.x.
Also supports TIFF, PCX and Windows RLE formats.
Latest version is 2.0.
Available via anonymous FTP from either
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/windows3/winjp*.zip, or
ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the /pub/pc/win3/util sub-directory.
JView JPEG viewer for Windows 3.x.
Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in
/pub/pc/win3/desktop/jview*.zip, from OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/windows,
or from BRYANW:pc/jpeg/jview*.zip.
VUIMG GIF/TIFF viewer (latest version is 330).
Available via anonymous FTP from WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/gif/vuimg*.zip
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors4/garbo.uwasa.fi/gifutil/vuimg*.zip, ftp.uu.net
(137.39.1.9) in /systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/gif/vuimg*.zip,
NIC:/pub/msdos/graphics/gif/vuimg*.zip or
NIC:/pub/msdos/SIMTEL20-mirror/gif/vuimg*.zip,
GARBO:/pc/gifutil/vuimg*.zip, or from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/graphics/vuimg*.zip.

"MOVIE" VIEWERS:
AAPLAY FLI file viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from
NIC:/pub/msdos/graphics/animation/aaplay.zip.
DL-VIEW DL file viewer (color!).
Available via anonymous FTP on aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de (134.95.80.1)
in /msdos/graphics/animation, file dlview21.zip.
GRASPRT GL file viewer. An older version admitted only CGA
monitors, but a newer one allows VGA as well.
Unfortunately, the older version doesn't even
*recognize* the VGA standard, while the newer
version (which, BTW, is *much* faster than the old
one) will not let you display the VGA GRASP files
on a CGA or EGA monitor. Unlike the GIF standard,
GL files are not resolution-independent!
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:ibmpc/grasp*.zip, from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/graphics/grasp*.zoo, from bode.ee.ualberta.ca
(129.128.16.96) as /pub/dos/util/grasprt4.zip, and from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors4/garbo.uwasa.fi/animation/grasp4.zoo.
MPEGXing MPEG movie viewer from Xing Technology. Only works
under Windows 3.x, newest version works with many SVGA
boards. [Freeware]
Available via anonymous FTP on postgres.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.1)
in the file /pub/multimedia/mpeg/Windows3.x/mpegexe.zip, from
phoenix.oulu.fi (130.231.240.17) in /pub/incoming/mpeg2_0/mpegexe.zip,
from WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/msdos/windows3/mpegexe.zip, and from
OAKLAND:/pub/msdos/windows3/mpegexe.zip. You'll also want to pick up
the appropriate driver for your graphics board (mdll*.zip), so be sure
to get and read a copy of the installation instructions on
BRYANW:pc/information/HELP.INSTALLING.MPEG.FOR.WINDOWS to make sure
you download all the right stuff.
WAAPLAY FLI file viewer for Windows.
Available via anonymous FTP from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors2/win3/desktop/waaplay.zip.

Consult the comp.binaries.ibm.pc* or comp.sys.ibm.pc news groups for
MS-DOS-specific information.

V. Apple UTILITIES

In this section, the notation SUMEX:/some/file will mean that the utility
mentioned can be accessed on sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) in directory
/some/file.

DECODERS/ENCODERS:
UULite Decoder for uuencoded files, written by Jeff Strobel
([email protected]). Also concatenates article
parts, strips headers/trailers, and does creator/type
stamping. Handles multiple pictures in a single file.
"Smart" decoder in every sense. Latest version is 1.4.
Available via anonymous FTP on mac.archive.umich.edu (141.211.164.153)
in /mac/utilities/compressionapps/uulite*.hqx, or on world.std.com, in
the /pub directory. Also posted to alt.binaries.pictures.misc by
Patrick Chase ([email protected]).
UUCat Decoder for uuencoded files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/uucat-*.hqx.
UUTool Decoder for uuencoded files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/uutool-*.hqx.

COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS:
BinHex Decompresses HQX (BinHex) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/BinHex*.
DeHQX Decompresses HQX (BinHex) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/DeHQX-*.
CptExpand Decompresses CPT (CompactPro) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/CptExpand*.
MacCompress Decompresses Z (UNIX compress) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/MacCompress*.
MacLha Decompressor for LZH (LHarc) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/mac-lha-*.hqx.
StuffIt Expander Decompressor for SIT (StuffIt) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from
SUMEX:/info-mac/util/Stuffit-Expander-*.hqx.
StuffIt Lite Decompressor for SIT and HQX (BinHex) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from
SUMEX:/info-mac/util/Stuffit-Lite-*.hqx.
UnARJ Decompresses ARJ format files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/unarj-*.hqx.
UnZip Decompresses ZIP files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/util/unzip*-*.hqx.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
GIFConverter Converts between many file formats, and now supports
JPEG and 24-Bit PICT and TIFF files. System 6 required.
Available via anonymous FTP from
SUMEX:/info-mac/art/gif/gif-converter-23b2.hqx.
IFFConv Converts from Amiga IFF format.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:apple/iigs/iffconv.shk.
Imagery Converts from Atari, Amiga, AppleII, PC, and Sun
picture formats to Macintosh GIF, PICT2, or TIFF.
Also allows "decomposition" of GL files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/app/imagery-*.hqx, or
on mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/graphics/graphics.utilities/imagery*.hqx.
PictCompressor Importer, viewer, and converter for multiple picture
types (including JPEG).
Available on the QuickTime 1.0 CD-ROM and via anonymous FTP on
SUMEX:graphutils, or on mac.archive.umich.edu in graphics/quicktime.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
JPEGView Multi-featured JPEG viewer by Aaron Giles
([email protected]) - requires both System 7.0 and
QuickTime.
Available via anonymous FTP from SUMEX:/info-mac/app/jpeg-view-*.hqx,
ory, or on mac.archive.umich.edu in mac/graphics/graphics.utilities as
jpeg-view-*.hqx.
PictPixie Multiple format (including GIF and JPEG) viewer.
Requires QuickTime.
Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.apple.com in /dts/mac/quicktime
as pictpixie.hqx.
Picture Decompress Macintosh JPEG viewer by Storm Technology (get version
2.0.1 or later; earlier versions are not compatible
with JFIF file format). Also, you'll need to change
the file type to "JPEG" and the creator to "StPP" -
you can do this by setting the appropriate preferences
in UUTool, or by using the application FileTyper (also
available on SUMEX) or McSink, which is a common DA.
Picture Decompress takes over 4M of free system
memory to run (you may need to uninstall some things).
Available via anonymous FTP from
SUMEX:/info-mac/app/picture-decompress-*.hqx.
QuickGIF Color Macintosh GIF viewer - gives thumbnails.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:mac/quick-gif.hqx.
VisionLab Monochrome Macintosh viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:mac/visionlab.hqx.
][GIF Apple ][+/e/c GIF viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:apple/ii/iigif.
GIF3200 Apple ][GS GIF viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:apple/iigs/gif3200.shk
VIEW3200 Apple ][GS GIF viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:apple/iigs/gif3200.shk

"MOVIE" VIEWERS:
GLViewer GL viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP on mac.archive.umich.edu in directory
/mac/graphics/graphics.utilities as file gl-viewer.sit.hqx.

Consult the comp.binaries.apple2, comp.binaries.mac, comp.sys.apple*, or
comp.sys.mac* news groups for Apple-specific information.

VI. Amiga UTILITIES

There are multiple machines available that carry Aminet files. To find
the site nearest you, open an FTP session to amiga.physik.unizh.ch
[130.60.80.80] - the title screen will give you more information (as it
turns out, WUARCHIVE is an Aminet site). For purposes of this FAQ, the
files that are available from Aminet machines will be denoted as
AMINET:some/file/path, which means that the file can be found under
/pub/aminet/gfx/some/file/path on your local Aminet site.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
AmigaJPEG Converts JPEG to/from PPM, GIF, TGA formats.
Available via anonymous FTP from AMINET:conv/AmigaJPEGV4.lha or from
NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/AmigaJPEG-*-bin.lha.
HamLab Plus Multiple format viewer/converter. Shareware ($20) -
latest version, 2.0.8, supports JPEG. The demo version
will crop images larger than 512x512, but it is
otherwise fully functional.
Demo copy available via anonymous FTP from AMINET:edit/hamlab208d.lha,
NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/HAMLABPlus-2.08-demo.lha.
GIFMachine Multiple format viewer/converter.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:amiga/GIFMachine.lzh.
PBMPlus tool kit (See description under "CONVERSION TOOLS" in the
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above)
Amiga-specific executables (including update.lzh) are available via
anonymous FTP from NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/pbmplus,
or from AMINET:conv/ppm.lzh.
WASP Fast multiple format converter (GIF, IFF, MTV, PPM, SUN)
Available via anonymous FTP from AMINET:conv/Wasp2.02b.lha, or from
NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/Wasp-2.02b.lha.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
HamLab Plus (See reference in "CONVERSION TOOLS")
GIFMachine (See reference in "CONVERSION TOOLS")
ViewJPEG Amiga JPEG viewer (uses old IJG v2 code - sub-optimal
quality results).
Available via anonymous FTP from
NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/display/ViewJPEG-*.lha
Viewtek A feature packed picture/animation viewer. Shows most
ILBM's (SHAM, CTBL, PCHG - including 24-bit ILBM's),
GIF, JPEG, and most ANIM Op-5 format animations, with
support for different palettes for each frame. Full
support of ECS/AGA display modes, and viewing contents
of clipboard. Iconifies to a Workbench AppIcon.
Includes a version written for GVP's Impact Vision 24,
to support true 24-bit display. Requires Workbench
2.04+. Author: Thomas Krehbiel.
Available via anonymous FTP from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, listed as
/amiga/fish/f7/ff787/Viewtek.lzh (or anywhere else that has fish disk
787 on the site, or from amiga.physik.unizh.ch as
/pub/aminet/os30/gfx/viewtek*.lha or AMINET:show/ViewTek1.03b.lha.

"MOVIE" VIEWERS:
gl1-1 GL viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:amiga/gl1-1.lzh.
Viewtek (See reference in "PICTURE VIEWERS")
Showanim ANIM5 animation viewer (CLI only).
Available via anonymous FTP from
NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/display/ShowAnim-5.40-02.lha.
mpeg_play MPEG animation viewer (CLI only).
Available via anonymous FTP from AMINET:show/mpegplay201_bin.lha, or
from NIC:/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/display/mpeg_play-1.2.lha.

Consult the comp.sys.amiga* news groups for Amiga-specific information.

VII. Atari UTILITIES

There is a wonderful archive of Atari tools available either via anonymous
FTP (on atari.archive.umich.edu - 141.211.164.8) or via e-mail, by sending a
one-line mail command message. Many of the utilities listed in this section
can be obtained here; these will be identified by the notation
"ATARI-ARCHIVE: <archive-file>".
This would mean that you could get that utility in the pathname specified as
atari/<archive-file>, or via e-mail by sending a one-line e-mail message
containing "send <archive-file>" to [email protected].
I might also suggest to fellow Atari-ites (Atarions?) that you get a copy
of the index (one-line e-mail message is "index") and help (one-line e-mail
message is "help") for this site - there's all *sorts* of good stuff out
there!

COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS:
cjpeg/djpeg (See description under "COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION
TOOLS" in the "PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above)
Atari-specific executables are available from your friendly neighborhood
ATARI-ARCHIVE:Graphics/JPEGV3.lzh, or from ftp.tu-clausthal.de
(139.174.1.3) in /pub/atari/graphics/convert/jpegv3.lzh

CONVERSION TOOLS:
dmjgif Converts GIFs to Spectrums. Excellent - many options.
Slow (unless you register!) but effective. [Shareware]
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/dmjgif3.lzh.
GIFSpec Converts from GIF to Spectrum format.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/gifspc.arc.
PBMPlus tool kit (See description under "CONVERSION TOOLS" in the
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above)
Atari-specific executables are available from your friendly neighborhood
ATARI-ARCHIVE: printing/pbm/pbm-readme (The file that explains it all)
Printing/pbm/pbm-man.zoo (man pages)
Printing/pbm/pbm-bin.zoo (Portable bitmap binaries)
Printing/pbm/ppm-bin.zoo (Portable pixel map binaries)
Printing/pbm/pgm-bin.zoo (Portable grey map binaries)
Printing/pbm/pnm-bin.zoo (Portable any map binaries)
SpecDec Converts from Spectrum to Degas format.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Misc/specdeg.lzh.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
giffer Monochrome GIF viewer (4 dithering options).
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/giffer.arc.
gifshw2 Color GIF single or "slide-show" viewer.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/gifshw2.arc.
mgif Monochrome GIF viewer.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/mgif37b.arc.
PhotoChrome GIF, IFF viewer (supposedly the best, but problems on
the TT have been reported).
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/pchrome3.lzh.
quickgif GIF "slide-show" viewer. Very fast and good results.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/quickgif.lzh.
SPShow Spectrum file viewer.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/specshow.arc
SPSlide Spectrum file "slide-show" viewer.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/spslidex.arc
viewgf Image viewer (many formats, including GIFs) - good.
ATARI-ARCHIVE: Graphics/viewgf12.lzh.

Consult the comp.binaries.atari.st, comp.sources.atari.st or comp.sys.atari.st
news groups for Atari-specific information.

VIII. VAX/VMS UTILITIES

CONVERSION TOOLS:
PBMPlus tool kit (See description under "CONVERSION TOOLS" in the
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above)
VMS-specific support of the PBMPlus tool kit is provided by David
Jones ([email protected]). The current patch version
is 1.01, and is available via anonymous FTP from TGV.COM, in directory
[.mahan], file PBMPLUS.SHAR.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
xv X-windows viewer supporting multiple formats,
including JPEG. Also writes many formats, making
it viable as a format conversion tool as well.
VMS-specific patches to allow building under ULTRIX or VMS have been
posted to the vmsnet.sources newsgroup and are available via anonymous
FTP on acfcluster.nyu.edu in directory [.VMS]. The VMS executables
including the patches are also available from black.cerritos.edu in
the BACKUP save-set [ANONYMOUS.VMSNET]XV*.BCK_Z (PostScript docs are in
file XV*.PS_Z) - also get [ANONYMOUS]LZDCMP.EXE to decompress. A
ready-to-use XV.EXE is also available from bilbo.imsd.rwth-aachen.de
(134.130.12.5).

Consult the comp.sys.dec* news groups for Digital-specific information.

IX. NeXT PROCEDURES/UTILITIES

For viewing on NeXT computers, the easiest way is to use NewsGrazer
and ImageViewer (both PD and available at sonata.cc.purdue.edu.)
Step 1: If the parts of the .gif are not in are the correct order,
control-drag them until they are.
Step 2: Select all the parts (in a group holding down the shift key).
Step 3: Click UUDECODE in the Tools menu.
Step 4: Double click on the GIF icon in the document well.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
PBMPlus tool kit (See description under "CONVERSION TOOLS" in the
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" section above).
NeXT binaries of the PBMPlus tool kit are available from
sonata.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/next/2.0-release/binaries.

Consult the comp.sys.next* news groups for NeXT-specific information.

X. UNIX/XWINDOWS PROCEDURES/UTILITIES

URANIE has been closed down...
The best place to look for any sort of X utility is on EXPORT. There are
all sorts of X applications archived there, and should probably be your
first resort as to where to find any given X utility.

SYSTEM-SPECIFIC PROCEDURES:
* To concatenate multi-part picture files together and decode, execute:
cat part1 part2 part3 ... partN | uudecode
* To encode a file for posting, (assuming the file is named fyle - encoded
output will be in fyle.uu):
uuencode fyle fyle > fyle.uu
* To split a uuencoded file into multiple parts, use the "split" utility
(assuming the file containing the uuencoded data is fyle.uu - split
output will be in files fyle_<two-char-code>, where <two-char-code> is
"aa", "ab", "ac", etc.):
split -1000 fyle.uu fyle_
* Of course, it's possible to combine the encoding and splitting steps
into one operation using pipes (same example as above):
uuencode fyle fyle | split -1000 - fyle_
* Sometimes, files get posted with Mac "header" information in it. To get
rid of this extraneous information (assuming the Mac file is named
"macfile", the output file will be named "newfile"):
dd if=macfile of=newfile bs=128 skip=1

DECODERS/ENCODERS:
aub "Smart automatic decoder" by Mark Stantz (written in
perl). aub connects to an NNTP-based news server or to
raw spooled news files and scans for new pieces of
split, encoded binaries that have recently been
received. Binaries are expected to contain subject
lines conformant with de-facto UseNet standards; aub
may not be able to identify pieces of binaries which are
not named according to accepted conventional practice. If new binaries are found, aub retrieves, organizes and
decodes them, leaving the decoded files in a
configurable location. aub also allows for conditional
decoding and postprocessing of decoded binaries. Highly
recommended by me (deej) as a time-saver - I run it from
cron nightly!
Available via anonymous FTP on liasun3.epfl.ch (128.178.36.30) as
/pub/util/aub-1.0, or at ftp.cc.gatech.edu (130.207.119.241) as
/pub/unix/aub.tar.Z, the "official" archive at sgigate.sgi.com
(192.82.208.1) in pub/aub/aub.2.0.5.shar, or from
BRYANW:unix/utils/aub.2.0.5.shar. Also posted to alt.sources.
mcvert Decodes Macintosh BinHex files.
Available via anonymous FTP from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) in
directory /info-mac/unix, or from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/info-mac/unix/mcvert-*.tar.Z.
uudecode/uuencode (normally UNIX standard)
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:uutools/uudecode.c,uuencode.txt.
uuxfer "Smart decoder/encoder" written by Dave Read.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:uutools/uuxfer*.
uucat "Smart decoder", will concatenate the files you
specify, removing the headers and trailers almost
flawlessly. Usage:
uucat file1 .. fileN | uudecode
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:uutools/uucat.c.
uuconvert "Smart decoder" written by Jeff Wiegley
([email protected]). Incorporates uudecode
into uucat so that running uuconvert gets the job
done in one fell swoop. Also allows you to store
all the parts to a picture or multiple pictures in
ONE file (in order) and run uuconvert on that one file.
EMPHATICALLY recommended by Steve Quinn, who adds a
tip for interested people, "If you use UUCONVERT,
here's a really good downloading strategy I've evolved
with rn:
1) Run the list of subjects with '='.
2) Choose a picture and type 'id#1,id#2,...id#N:s
filename' to save all the parts in one file (where
id is the article number, and #N in the part of the
picture). You can also use id#1-id#N if they're
posted in order.
3) Do this with many files (in separate file names).
4) When I get out of rn I do a convert *.gf' (where gf
is just the extension I use when saving UUENCODED
GIF files), and all my files are decoded and ready
to go. (Well, most of the time it gets them all
on a wildcard, but it's been known to miss others
sometimes. Double check before you destroy your
UUENCODED copies.)
If I find a whole string of pix I want, and all the
parts are in order, I do a id#1-id#N through the whole
set of them and save them all to one file."
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:uutools/uuconvert.c, and from
BRYANW:misc/uuconvert_source.zip.
viewer Allows you to view or archive pictures directly from
NNTP with no user intervention whatsoever. It even
scans the article headers to determine which pieces go
together, and in what order. It will optionally open
an X window to display the pictures. So once you've
installed it, you just type "viewer", and sit back.
Available via anonymous ftp from cs.utk.edu in ~ftp/pub/viewer*.
xmitBin Binary file poster/mailer (includes picture stats and
anonymous posting capabilities) by Jim Howard
([email protected]). Latest version is 1.8.
Available via anonymous FTP from BRYANW:unix/utils/xmitBin-*.Z.

Several people have also written scripts in AWK, SED, or PERL which will
strip headers and trailers, concatenate the results and pipe them through
UUDECODE. See section XI. (Appendix) if you want to run one of these.

COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOLS:
compress/uncompress (normally UNIX standard)
unzip Uncompresses MS-DOS ZIP files.
Available via anonymous FTP from SIMTEL:<unix-c.file-mgmt>unzip*.tar-z,
and from WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/misc/unix/unzip*.tar-z, or from
GARBO:/unix/arcers directory as unzip*.tar.Z (you'll have to decompress
these with the UNIX compress utility). Also available from
BRYANW:unix/utils/unzip*.tar.Z.
lha Uncompresses LZH (LHarc) files.
Available via anonymous FTP from akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp in directory
/pub/unix/lha as file lha-*.tar.Z, from lysator.liu.se in the
/pub/amiga/LhA directory, and from sun.soe.clarkson.edu in /pub/src.
zip Uncompresses MS-DOS ZIP files.
Available via anonymous FTP from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors/unix-c/arc-progs/zip.tar-z.

CONVERSION TOOLS:
dltogl Converts DL files to GL files - written by
[email protected]. (Usage note from Neil Nelson -
[email protected]): There have been a few comments of
late concerning the use of dltogl and xgrasp. It *is*
possible to make the two coexist. dltogl can be used
one of two ways:
1) dltogl file.dl file.gl
2) dltogl file.dl
The first method produces a gl file which will cause
xgrasp to drop a core (although xviewgl has no trouble
showing the resulting gl file). The second method
will decode file.dl, leaving the constituent parts in
the current directory. One of the files will be called dl.txt. Simply rename this to file.txt, and then run
glib -u file.gl file.txt <all of the .clp and .pic
files produced by dltogl> to build the corresponding
gl file. I don't know why renaming the .txt file
makes xgrasp happy, but it does. See the shell script
"dltogl2" in the Appendix to automate this process.
Available via anonymous FTP on reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de
in /informatik.public/news/alt.sources/1/dltogl.Z, on cs.ubc.ca in
/pub/local/src/dltogl.c, on nuri.inria.fr in /graphics/dltogl.c.Z, and
from BRYANW:misc/dltogl_source.zip.
fromGIF/toGIF Converts GIF to/from Silicon Graphics IRIS format.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:iris/fromgif.c,togif.c.

PICTURE VIEWERS:
GIF320 GIF viewer for DEC VT320 terminals written by "Doctor
Gonzo" ([email protected]). Looking for volunteers
with VT420s to help with program enhancements!
Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.maths.tcd.ie in directory
/pub/sboyle as file gif320_*.tar.Z.
artshow SunView viewer by Alan Sparks
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:sunview/artshow/*.
ImageMagick Multiple format (24-bit) viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from EXPORT:ImageMagick.tar.Z.
viewgif SunView GIF viewer
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:sunview/viewgif/*.
viewer (See reference in "DECODERS/ENCODERS")
xli X-windows viewer supporting multiple formats
(including JPEG). Automatically decodes uuencoded
and compressed (.Z) files, and gamma-corrects
images before displaying them. Based on xloadimage
version 3.01.
Available via anonymous FTP from EXPORT:xli*.
xloadimage X-windows viewer supporting multiple formats (also
provides "true" 24 bit viewing).
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:xwindows/xloadimage/*,
or from EXPORT:xloadimage.*.tar.Z.
xshowgif X-windows GIF viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:xwindows/xshowgif/*.
xv X-windows viewer supporting multiple formats,
including JPEG. Also writes many formats, making
it viable as a format conversion tool as well.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:xwindows/xv/*, from
EXPORT:xv-*.tar.Z, from ftp.cis.upenn.edu (130.91.6.8) in the pub/xv
directory or from gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) in the /.1/X11/contrib
directory, both as file xv-*.tar.Z. (Latest version 2.21)

"MOVIE" VIEWERS:
ImageMagick (See reference in "PICTURE VIEWERS" above). As well
as providing other utilities, it can also do animation!
UtahRaster Tools (See reference in "CONVERSION TOOLS" section of
"PORTABLE UTILITIES" above). Also includes facilities
to generate animations!
mpeg_play X-windows MPEG player - works fairly decently.
Available via anonymous FTP on postgres.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.1)
in the file /pub/multimedia/mpeg/mpeg_play-2.0.tar.Z, from
EXPORT:mpeg-1.2.tar.Z, and from miki.cs.titech.ac.jp (131.112.172.15)
as /pub/X11/contrib/mpeg/mpeg_play-2.0.tar.Z.
xanim X-windows multi-format movie viewer (DL, FLI, GIF and
IFF) by Mark Podlipec ([email protected]).
Available via anonymous FTP from gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au (128.250.70.62)
in /pub/XAnim.2297d.tar.Z, from amiga.physik.unizh.ch (130.60.80.80)
in /amiga/gfx/show/xanim229.tar.Z, ftp.luth.se (130.240.18.2) in
/pub/OS/amiga/gfx/show/xanim229.tar.Z, ftp.uni-kl.de (131.246.9.95) in
/pub/amiga/aminet/gfx/show/xanim229.tar.Z, and also from
WUARCHIVE:/mirrors4/amiga.physik.unizh.ch/amiga/gfx/show/xanim229.tar.Z
and from syr.edu (128.230.1.49) in /software/X/xanim229.tar.Z.
xgl X-windows GL viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP on aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de in
/pub/usenet/comp.archives/graphics/pixutils, on cs.dal.ca in
/pub/comp.archives, on srawgw.sra.co.jp in the directory
/.a/sranha-bp/arch/arch/comp.archives/graphics/pixutils, and on
dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl in directory /Unix/X.
xflick X-windows FLI viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from NIC:/pub/X11/contrib/xflick.tar.Z,
from GARBO:/X11/graphics/xflick.tar.Z, from ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) in
/pub/window-sys/X/contrib/xflick.tar.Z, or from EXPORT:xflick.tar.Z.
xgrasp X-windows GL viewer (color only).
Available via anonymous FTP from EXPORT:xgrasp*.
XTango X-windows animation system.
Available via anonymous FTP from par.cc.gatech.edu as /pub/xtango.tar.Z,
or as xtangovararg.tar.Z for those on HP or DEC workstations. Both
represent the latest version (1.42).
xviewgl X-windows GL viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from BONGO:xwindows/xviewgl/*, or from
EXPORT:xviewgl_v*.tar.Z.
xdl X-windows DL viewer.
Available via anonymous FTP from EXPORT:xdl*.tar.Z, or from
WUARCHIVE:/usenet/alt.sources/archives/5985.Z (xdl 2.0).

Consult the comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.x, comp.sys.<sys_name> (where
<sys_name> is your system type - i.e. hp, mips, sun, etc.) news groups for
UNIX, X-windows and other system-specific information.

XI. APPENDICES: AWK, SED, AND PERL SCRIPTS

Below are the scripts mentioned in the previous section. I make no
assurances as to how well they work; I use one of the 'super' uudecodes
instead. Note that the SED script will not work unless people follow this
recent trend of putting 'BEGIN' and 'END' in the 'cut here' lines. The
AWK and PERL scripts will work on most files, but some uuencodes put out
non-standard data, in which case these scripts will bomb and you'll have
to do the work by hand.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
AWK script:

#!/bin/sh

if [ X$1 != X ] ; then cat $* ; else cat <& 0 ; fi | \
awk '/begin [0-9]/ {ok = 1}
/^Message/ {ok = 0;next}
/^M/ && (length == 61 || length == 62) {ok = 1}
/[cC]ut [hH]ere/ {ok = 0;next}
/^END-----/ {ok = 0;next}
/^Path:/ {ok = 0;next}
/^$/ {ok = 0;next}
/^-/ {ok = 0;next}
/^_/ {ok = 0;next}
{if (ok) print}
/^end/ {ok = 0}' $* | \
(cd $HOME/tmp; uudecode)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

SED idea from Alan Sparks ([email protected]):

cat $* | sed '/^END/, /^BEGIN/d' | uudecode

Recall that this won't work except on files with BEGIN and END as part
of the 'CUT HERE' lines...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

PERL script from Dave Mack ([email protected]):

#! /usr/local/bin/perl
#
# Combine split uuencoded files into a single data stream with
# e-mail garbage removed and pipe into uudecode. The uuencoded
# files must be in the correct order on the command line - in
# particular the first file must contain the "begin" line and
# the last file must contain the "end" line.
#
# WARNING: this code relies on uuencode putting out all lines
# of the form "M[61 ASCII characters]\n" for every line of the
# file except the last few before the "end" line. If you come
# across a uuencoded file that doesn't do this, you'll need to
# modify the code to handle it.
#
# DISCLAIMER: You use this code at your own risk. Also, don't
# take this is as a sterling example of Perl programming. Corrections
# and improvements welcome. You may do whatever you like with this
# code as long as you leave in some reminder of who the original
# culprit^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hauthor was.
#
# Usage: uumerge filename [filename...]
# Requires Perl 3.0 - my copy is at patchlevel 18
#
# Dave Mack [email protected]
#
# TODO: modify to allow more than one collection of files on
# command line.
#
# KNOWN BUGS:
#
# If some bozo puts a line beginning with "M" in the body of one
# of the intermediate/last chunks, uumerge will assume that uuencoded
# part starts there.
#
# If the last chunk only contains the last two or three lines of
# the uuencoded file (the ones that don't start with "M"), uumerge
# will die.
#
# CHANGES
#
# PATCH 1:
# It appears that some versions of uudecode are too stupid to skip
# past the lines preceding the "begin" line, so feeding a one-part
# uuencoded file to uumerge will bomb.
#
if ($#ARGV < 0 ) {
print "Usage: uumerge filename [filename...]\n";
exit 1;
}

$| = 1;
# open a pipe into uudecode
open(DECO,"|uudecode") || die "Can't pipe into uudecode\n";

# if we only have one file, pump it straight into uudecode and die
if ( $#ARGV == 0 ) {
open(FIRST,"<$ARGV[0]") || die "Can't open $ARGV[0] for input\n";

while ( <FIRST> ) {
# skip past everything before the "begin" line
next unless /^begin [0-9]/;
last;
}
die "$ARGV[0] doesn't contain \"begin\"\n" if eof(FIRST);

print DECO $_; # the begin line

while ( <FIRST> ) {
print DECO $_ unless /^end/;
if ( /^end/ ) {
print DECO $_;
last;
}
die "$ARGV[0] doesn't contain \"end\"\n" if eof(FIRST);
}

# done with file
close(FIRST);
exit 0;
}

# process the first file - make sure we have a "begin" line

open(FIRST,"<$ARGV[0]") || die "Can't open $ARGV[0] for input\n";

while ( <FIRST> ) {
# skip past everything before the "begin" line
next unless /^begin [0-9]/;
last;
}
die "First file on command line doesn't contain \"begin\"\n" if eof(FIRST);

print DECO $_; # the begin line

# the remaining "real" uuencoded lines in this file should begin with "M"
while ( <FIRST> ) {
if ( /^M/ ) {
print DECO $_;
}
else {
last;
}
}

# done with the first file
close(FIRST);

# do all except the last file
$maxindex = $#ARGV;
$curr = 1;

while ( $curr < $maxindex ) {
open(CURR,"<$ARGV[$curr]") || die "Can't open $ARGV[$curr]\n";
# skip the header junk
while ( <CURR> ) {
next unless /^$/;
last;
}
# at the body of the message - start looking for /^M/
while ( <CURR> ) {
next unless /^M/;
last;
}
die "$ARGV[$curr] isn't a uuencoded file\n" if eof(CURR);
# OK, we're at the start of the good stuff (probably)
print DECO $_;
while ( <CURR> ) {
if (/^M/) {
print DECO $_;
}
else {
last;
}
}
# done with current file
close(CURR);
$curr++;
}

# time to do the last file in the set
$curr = $maxindex;
open(CURR,"<$ARGV[$curr]") || die "Can't open $ARGV[$curr]\n";
# skip the header junk
while ( <CURR> ) {
next unless /^$/;
last;
}
# at the body of the message - start looking for /^M/
while ( <CURR> ) {
next unless /^M/;
last;
}
# OK, we're at the start of the good stuff (probably)
print DECO $_;
while ( <CURR> ) {
print DECO $_ unless /^end/;
if ( /^end/ ) {
print DECO $_;
last;
}
die "Last file on command line doesn't contain \"end\"\n" if eof(CURR);
}
# done with final file
close(CURR);
# close the pipe to uudecode and exit
close(DECO);
exit(0);

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Shar of a perl script from Randal Schwartz ([email protected]):

#! /bin/sh
# This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then unpack
# it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file". To overwrite existing
# files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via
# unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g.. If this archive is complete, you
# will see the following message at the end:
# "End of shell archive."
# Contents: uumerge
# Wrapped by merlyn@iwarpti on Sun Oct 6 22:22:36 1991
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
if test -f 'uumerge' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'uumerge'\"
else
echo shar: Extracting \"'uumerge'\" $600 characters$
sed "s/^X//" >'uumerge' <<'END_OF_FILE'
X#!/local/usr/bin/perl
X
X## Version 1.03 on 91/09/27
X## Written by Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services, Portland, OR
X## uudecodes the arguments (or stdin), ignoring non-uuencoded lines
X
Xwhile (<>) {
X last if ($mode,$file) = /^begin\s*(\d*)\s*(\S*)/;
X}
Xdie "missing begin" unless $_;
Xopen(OUT,"> $file") if $file ne "";
Xwhile (<>) {
X last if /^end/;
X s/[a-z]+$//; # handle stupid trailing lowercase letters
X next if /[a-z]/;
X next unless int((((ord() - 32) & 077) + 2) / 3) == int(length() / 4);
X print OUT unpack("u", $_);
X}
Xdie "missing end" unless $_;
Xchmod oct($mode), $file;
Xexit 0;
END_OF_FILE
if test 600 -ne `wc -c <'uumerge'`; then
echo shar: \"'uumerge'\" unpacked with wrong size!
fi
chmod +x 'uumerge'
# end of 'uumerge'
fi
echo shar: End of shell archive.
exit 0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yet another awk script - this one from Nasir Ahmed Noor
([email protected]) updated from an earlier version:
#! /bin/sh
# A shell script to extract binary files from their uudecoded parts.
# WRITTEN BY NASIR AHMED NOOR ([email protected])
#
# Usage:
# Store all uudecoded parts of a file (in right order) in a file and give
# that file as argument to this script. AN INPUT FILE CAN CONTAIN UUDECODED
# PARTS OF MORE THAN ONE FILE AND THEY ALL WILL BE EXTRACTED. You can
# provide multiple file names [wild cards also ok] on the command line.
#

infunc () {
while ( test $curfield -le $fields )
do
myrec=`echo $linenums|nawk '{print $mynum}' mynum=$curfield`
nawk '$0 ~ /^begin / && NR > rec {print $0}; $0 ~ /^M[^a-z]/ && NR > rec {print $0}; NR > rec {sl=lr; lr=pr; pr=$0}; $1 ~ /^end/ && NR > rec {print sl; print lr; print pr; exit}' rec=$myrec $binfile | uudecode
curfield=`expr $curfield + 1 `
done
}

for binfile in $*
do
linenums=`nawk '$0 ~ /^begin / {myrec = (NR - 1); print myrec}' $binfile`
fields=`echo $linenums|nawk '{print NF}'`
curfield=1
if ( test $fields -ge 1 )
then infunc
fi
done

exit
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"dltogl2" script from Neil Nelson ([email protected]):
#!/bin/sh
# File name: dltogl2
# Usage: dltogl2 dl-filename

NAME=`basename $1 .dl`
dltogl $1
mv dl.txt $NAME.txt
glib -u $NAME.gl $NAME.txt *.pic *.clp
rm -f $NAME.txt *.clp *.pic

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XII. BONGO FILE LISTING

Here's the most recent 0filelist from bongo, showing all the archived
software there (all under the "gifstuff" directory).

0filelist ;this file... an annotated ``ls -R''
apple ;directory for Apple ][ series
amiga ;directory for Commodore Amiga
ftpsites ;list of pictures-related FTP sites
gifutils ;directory for miscellaneous GIF utilities
ibmpc ;directory for PC-Clones
iris ;directory for Silicon Graphics Iris conversion utilities
mac ;directory for Macintosh line
sunview ;directory for Sun series running SunView
uutools ;directory with source for current version of UUXFER
and other uudecode tools and info...
xwindows ;directory with source for X11R4

amiga:
GIFMachine.lzh ;LZH-compressed GIFMachine
gl1-1.lzh ;LZH-compressed GL viewer for Amiga

apple:
ii ;directory for Apple ][+/c/e
iigs ;directory for Apple ][GS

apple/ii:
iigif ;][Gif program for Apple []+/c/e

apple/iigs:
gif3200.shk ;GIF3200 and VIEW3200 shareware files (Shrinkit)
iffconv.shk ;shareware to convert AMIGA IFF files (Shrinkit)

gifutils:
giftest.c ;C source code for testing integrity of GIF files
giftops.c ;C source code for GIF to postscript converter

ibmpc:
cshw821b.zip ;CSHOW v 8.21b in ZIP format
grasp35.zip ;ZIP'ed GRASP viewer (GRASPRT v 3.5)
vpic34.zip ;ZIP'ed VPIC v 3.4 (*HIGHLY* recommended!)

iris:
fromgif.c ;C source to convert GIF files to IRIS format
togif.c ;C source to convert IRIS format to GIF

mac:
quick-gif.hqx ;QuickGif, in BinHex 4.0
visionlab.hqx ;VisionLab, also in BinHex 4.0

sunview:
artshow ;Directory for Alan Sparks' ARTSHOW viewer for SunView
viewgif ;Directory for ViewGif for SunView

sunview/artshow:
Makefile ;Makefile for ArtShow
README.artshow ;Installation notes for ArtShow
artshow.tar.Z ;ArtShow sources, tar'ed and compressed.

sunview/viewgif:
viewgif.shar.Z ;Compressed shar file for ViewGif

uutools:
uucat.c ;C source for uucat
uuconvert.c ;C source for uuconvert
uudecode.c ;standard Berkeley uudecode (source)
uuencode.txt ;description of uuencode 'standard'
README ;Notes for UUXFER
uuxfer20.c ;C source for UUXFER ver. 2.0
uuxfer20.doc ;Documentation & installation notes for UUXFER v 2.0

xwindows:
xloadimage ;Directory for Xloadimage
xshowgif ;Directory for xshowgif
xv ;Directory for xv
xviewgl ;Directory for xviewgl

xwindows/xloadimage:
README.1st ;Installation notes for xloadimage
xloadimage.3.01.tar.Z ;Compressed tar file for xloadimage 3.01

xwindows/xshowgif:
README.1st ;Installation notes for xshowgif
xshowgif.tar.Z ;Compressed tar file for xshowgif

xwindows/xv:
README.1st ;Installation notes for xv v. 2.00
xv2.tar.Z ;Compressed tarfile for xv v. 2.00

xwindows/xviewgl:
README.1st ;Installation notes for xviewgl
xviewgl_v1.0.tar.Z ;Compressed tar file for xviewgl
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

That's about it for this introduction. If you have any suggestions
for things to include in future versions, don't hesitate to let me
know...

--
Jim Howard *** [email protected] *** http://infolane.com/deej/index.html
Author, "The Internet Voyeur" (http://infolane.com/deej/voyeur.html)
(^:= Flames cheerfully ignored. =:^)
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