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1.1       root        1: Readme file for browse.exe:
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                      3: The Video I/O (VIO) system can be used in OS/2 to simplify presentation of
                      4: data on the screen.  Presentation Manger supports windowed text output with
                      5: its Advanced Video I/O (AVIO) system.
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                      7: Viobrows.exe is a simple file browser to demonstrate the use of VIO in
                      8: fullscreen mode or OS/2 without PM.
                      9: 
                     10: Browse.exe is an extension of Viobrows, designed to demonstrate the use of
                     11: AVIO with Presentation Manager and techniques for converting a VIO
                     12: application to an AVIO application.  It employs many of the functions from
                     13: the AVIO Template also included with the Toolkit.
                     14: 
                     15: Note that with both programs you select the file you want to browse with the
                     16: first argument on the command line.  E.g., "browse browse.c" will allow you
                     17: to examine the source code.  You can also browse from stdin, which is most
                     18: useful for piping to the browser.  E.g., "cl foo.c| browse" will allow you
                     19: to browse through error messages.
                     20: 
                     21: Also note that there are severe memory restrictions on the file being
                     22: browsed:  the limit is min( 64K of text , 4096 lines of text). The number
                     23: of lines is limited by the constant NUM_DATA_LINES found in browse.h.
                     24: The size of the text area is limited to 64K by virtue of the c malloc()
                     25: function.
                     26: 
                     27: ===================
                     28: 
                     29: Note:  Compiler warning C4100 will occur at warning level 3 and can be ignored.
                     30: 
                     31: Source Files:
                     32:     viobrows.                  viobrows.h
                     33:     viobrows.lnk               viobrows.c
                     34: 
                     35:     browse.                    browse.h
                     36:     browse.def                 browinit.c
                     37:     browse.lnk                 brownres.c
                     38:     browse.rc                  browres.c
                     39:     browse.ico

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