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In article <1993Jan22.000555.5956@ais.com>, bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:
> In article <1jn26aINNfnu@access.usask.ca>, maton@herald.usask.ca (Terry Maton) writes:
> > Is it possible to view GIFs on DECwindows?
> > 
> > NASA now has limited FTP access, but all the graphic files
> > available are GIFs.
> 
> You don't say what platform you're on -- VMS or Unix-based?
> 
> If it's VMS, there is a primitive GIF viewer in DECW$EXAMPLES named
> PICT.EXE -- you use it by defining a symbol:
> 
> 	$ pict :== $decw$examples:pict
> 
> 	$ pict filename.gif
> 
> Several fancier GIF viewers have also been ported to VMS.
> 
> If you're on Unix, it should be pretty easy to get hold of a copy
> of a Gif viewer by FTP or mail server -- versions ported to VMS are
> slightly less common.
> 
> Bruce C. Wright

        Both XV (v2.21a) and Xloadimage (v??) have both been ported to
VMS (both XUI and Motif).  I know about XV.  You can get the VMS patches
from acfcluster (as well as many other sites, Cerritos, etc.) and John
Bradley's original Unix code from export.

        Here is my "form" letter to people who first inquire about XV...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    If you have FTP access, you have a couple options.  The first is to
pick up the original Unix-style package from

                export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xv-2.21.tar.Z
                export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xv-2.21.patch

and then pick up the VMS patch kit I put together to fill in the missing
VMS gaps (in 4 parts at acfcluster, see below). John B. had most of the
VMS stuff in v2.21 but he released it before we could check it out and
there were a couple changes and additions for VMS.  It is all documented
(see README.VMS in the patch kit) and mostly trivial to build with the
patch kit.  I posted this to the newsgroup "vmsnet.sources" of USENET
quite a while ago and it has been archived at several sites.  Look in
the following FTP sites:

acfcluster.nyu.edu (128.122.128.16) [.VMS]XV-2-21A.*        (01 thru 08)
cerritos.edu       (130.150.200.21) [.VMSNET]XV221.BCK_Z;1  7371  14-JUL-1992
public.tgv.com     (161.44.128.87)  [.MAHAN]XV211.BCK;1    33124   1-APR-1992

Among them they either have VMS backup save-sets of the pre-built VMS
version and/or the patch kit to build it yourself.  I recommend getting
the original source and patching in the VMS changes so it will be easier
for you to patch in any new updates.  John has been updating every 4-5
months.  Believe me, you will like XV when you get it running!  Please
feel free to let me know if you encounter any problems.

Another caveat about the pre-built versions is that it may not work with
your shareable system libraries if they have different idents...

Good Luck,
rick
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