Hi Listers...
very quiet this weekend from the list. Did some list mail get lost?
I did not see back my own contribution to the list regarding the
"viewer" subject. I'll resent it.
Yes, LD hit the notion and others came up with the push/pop solution
which works quite well.
But on my computer Arachne does not finish correctly and is therefore
NOT returning to the BAT file to pick up the original filename to return
to; be it the LD solution or the push/pop solution. (I invented some
more solutions but all go wrong at the same cause.)
Arachne.bat is not properly ended if :fastexecute is performed in stead
of :execute. Fastexecute is used in converting .jpg and .pdf or .ps to
BMP (PDF and PS done by the 'Joerg' system).
JPG viewing can be improved by not converting .jpg to bmp but to GIF.
In many Arachne versions (e.g. 1.61) horizontal scrolling of BMP does
not function for some reason. Hor. scrolling on GIF is OK though.
This can be changed in mime.cfg; use djpeg to convert jpg to gif.
CU Bastiaan
PS: Joerg would it be possible to make gostscript convert to GIF in stead
of BMP?
PS: Pitty Arachne cann't view bmpmono = bmp black and white only.
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:01:03 +0100, John C Sparks wrote:
> Hi,
> Glenn's suggestion could be extended to save the starting directory
> path and to return there. The following is a bit messy but works within
> the same partition/drive (at least with my MS DOS 5)
> Expect someone can improve on this!
> Step 1: keep a text file containing the two characters cd followed by
> a space character but NO cr or lf (some editors can't create this)
> Step 2: in a BAT file used to start Arachne as a viewer:- copy the
> cd text file to a temporary BAT file.
> Step 3: in the BAT file used to start Arachne as a viewer:- then execute
> "cd >> temp.bat"
> Step 4: in the BAT file used to start Arachne, after returning from Arachne,
> call temp .bat which should contain:-
> "cd C:\START\PATH\NAME
> Is there a prize for dirty solutions?
> John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Gilbreath, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, November 11, 2001 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Arachne as "Viewer" for HTML Pages
>> Hi Gang!
>> LD hit upon the notion, so I'll explain a bit to "HowTo" for a batch file for
>> using Arachne as
> offline web page/HTML viewer::::
>> First, you'll need to set Arachne's TCP/IP setup to use "No Network
>> Available"...use the "Options",
> "TCP/IP" setup screen to do this easiest.
>> Next, fire up your favorite text editor, even EDIT.COM from MS works for
>> this...if you had SETUP
> create a "quickstart" batch, locate this batch file, default name is
> A.BAT...open it in your text
> editor.
>> Make SURE there is a line to change directory to your ARACHNE directory, default
>> is C:\ARACHNE,
> look for this line:
>> CD C:\ARACHNE
>> Substitute your directory PRN (Pro Re Nata, Latin for AS NEEDED)
>> Now, save that file. Then, change directory at command line (CD C:\ARACHNE, or
>> whatever) to your
> Arachne directory (folder), open the file ARACHNE.BAT in your text editor, and
> page down to the
> bottom of the file. Look for the seciton labeled
>> :EXIT or :END
>> at the bottom of this section of this batch program, type in
>> CD C:\ (or wherever you want to be when finished)
>> EXIT
>> Save the file...now anytime you view pages offline with Arachne, use A.BAT to
>> start it...when
> finished, Arachne will always exit to your root directory on Drive C in my
> example. You can use
> "variables" in your A.BAT if desired, to set current directory as whatever, then
> in ARACHNE.BAT,
> last bit will read
>> CD C:\whatever the variable is.
>> I used these methods for YEARS prior to having an ISP that allowed me to login
>> without some sort of
> Windows OS! Worked absolutely fantastic, and I didn't have to find PUSH.COM or
> PULL.COM or
> whatever!
>> C U L8R!
>> Wiz <{:-)
>> --
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>> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
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