> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> gqview (while gtk1.2) ... are ok for images.
just an observation. recently, i had a street map of Chicago c 1923 ( 1 sq m : 2 sides) digitised & copied the images (N & S) from CD to my hard disk, 92 MB each ; it shows the street car lines (then the World's largest system), railways, canals, parks, street names, an inset for the Loop etc. i pointed Gqview at the appropriate directory & clicked the 1st filename: it took a few seconds -- & the OS swapped out a lot of other stuff -- , but BOTH images were loaded successfully & i was able to move around easily just by dragging the image with the mouse; i found out both images were there when i switched from north to south & the latter came up instantly. the smooth handling of such large images is really impressive: i have a 466 MHz processor & 384 MB RAM. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
