On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:21:56 -0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
> Dear List:
> I tried the "big" download of the GS {Grammar Sherriff Terri}
> but it failed. I have 140+ kb DOS memory offline and the error
> message said that my computer has insufficient memory. This could
> be. But when I went to the cache file, it read as an empty file.
> This puzzles me. Could you shed some light on this?
> http:/.....ar-gal.htm, etc., etc.
How much video memory do you have?
That JPEG converted to BMP by Arachne for viewing is going to be a
little over 9MB in size.
Here's what my current cache looks like after clearing it and
loading only http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/tf-port.jpg
L:\ARACHNE>sf.exe -lhstwa cache\*.*
Listing directory: L:\ARACHNE\CACHE\
Name mask: *.*
92131235.JPG 206459 6-09-2001 20:01:26 -----A--
92131235.BMP 9608054 6-09-2001 20:01:38 -----A--
Sub-Directories: 0
9814513 bytes used in 2 files.
It helped to manually change Arachne.cfg to read as follows...
JPEGargs -bmp -colors 256
L:\ARACHNE>sf.exe -lhstwa cache\*.*
Listing directory: L:\ARACHNE\CACHE\
Name mask: *.*
92131621.JPG 206459 6-09-2001 20:07:54 -----A--
92131621.BMP 3209078 6-09-2001 20:08:12 -----A--
Sub-Directories: 0
3415537 bytes used in 2 files.
It did not help to change *both* Arachne.cfg *and* Mime.cfg
so that GIFs would be used instead of BMPs.
(the GIF in *this* particular case, is even bigger that the 256c BMP) :(
JPEGargs -gif
-- mime.cfg line for "online" and "attached" JPEGs ---
image/jpeg JPG>GIF|$edjpeg32.exe $j $1 $2
L:\ARACHNE>sf.exe -lhstwa cache\*.*
Listing directory: L:\ARACHNE\CACHE\
Name mask: *.*
92131914.JPG 206459 6-09-2001 20:12:48 -----A--
92131914.GIF 3631411 6-09-2001 20:13:04 -----A--
Sub-Directories: 0
3837870 bytes used in 2 files.
BTW,
These are the lines in mime.cfg that control what Arachne
does with "local" JPEGs. ( file://c:\pics\myhouse.jpg )
file/.jpg >BMP|$edjpeg32.exe $j $1 $2
file/.jpe >BMP|$edjpeg32.exe $j $1 $2
BTW2,
Did anyone notice how I did the "body" of the gallery ???
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ar-gal.htm
(BODY bgcolor="gray" background="file://strobo.gif" text="#ffffff")
The background image is actually a file on your own HDD.
(in your "arachne_main_directory")
So.....
Only Arachne users will get a BG image.
Everyone else will get just a gray background. ;-)
--
Glenn
http://arachne.cz/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
