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1.1     ! root        1: .TH FLICKS 9.1
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_term
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: flicks, fflicks, preflicks, 2mux \- movie graphics for 5620
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B flicks
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -fmte
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I file ...
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B preflicks 
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -fmtvloics
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .I file ...
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B fflicks
        !            19: [
        !            20: .I flickfile
        !            21: ]
        !            22: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            23: .I Flicks
        !            24: interprets each of the
        !            25: .I files
        !            26: as a grey-scale frame in the form of
        !            27: .IR picfile (5)
        !            28: (or a square raster of unsigned bytes),
        !            29: dithers them, and displays them on the terminal.
        !            30: Once the frames have been downloaded the frames can be played
        !            31: as a movie, controlled by a menu on button 3.
        !            32: Most menu selections are self-explanatory.
        !            33: .I Step
        !            34: shows individual frames,
        !            35: stepping forward with button 1, or backward with button 2.
        !            36: Button 3 brings back the main menu.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: The size of a frame is an option:
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .B -f
        !            41: full size: same size as the input (typically 512\(mu512)
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: .B -m
        !            44: medium size: half the input size (typically 256\(mu256) default
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: .B -t
        !            47: tiny size: quarter of the input size (typically 128\(mu128)
        !            48: .PD
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: If only one image is processed, full size is the default. For more
        !            51: than 11 pictures, tiny size is default. Anything in between is
        !            52: medium size by default.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: The frames are rendered with dithering by default,
        !            55: and with error propagation if
        !            56: .B -e
        !            57: is specified.
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: .I Fflicks
        !            60: downloads frames
        !            61: that have been preprocessed by
        !            62: .IR preflicks
        !            63: into a
        !            64: .I flickfile.
        !            65: .I Fflicks
        !            66: downloads much faster than
        !            67: .I flicks.
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: The options for
        !            70: .I preflicks
        !            71: include
        !            72: .BR -f ,
        !            73: .BR -m ,
        !            74: and
        !            75: .B -t
        !            76: as for
        !            77: .I flicks,
        !            78: plus
        !            79: .TP
        !            80: .B -l
        !            81: Use logarithmic dither.
        !            82: .TP
        !            83: .B -v
        !            84: Chatter on standard error.
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B -o
        !            87: Write the flickfile onto standard output;
        !            88: by default output goes into file
        !            89: .BR _movie .
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: .B -i
        !            92: Print a summary of the contents of
        !            93: the flickfiles.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .B -c
        !            96: Catenate named flickfiles onto the standard output.
        !            97: .TP
        !            98: .BI -s X , Y
        !            99: the (one only) input file is assumed to be a sequence of
        !           100: .IR X\(muY -byte
        !           101: frames.
        !           102: If
        !           103: .I X
        !           104: and
        !           105: .I Y
        !           106: may be omitted, 512\(mu512 is assumed.
        !           107: .PP
        !           108: .I Fflicks
        !           109: display is controlled by a menu on button 3.
        !           110: The selection `movie rate' tries to run the display at 24 frames/sec.
        !           111: .PP
        !           112: Frames prepared with
        !           113: .I preflicks
        !           114: are compacted.
        !           115: Thus
        !           116: .I fflicks
        !           117: can play a longer sequence than
        !           118: .IR flicks :
        !           119: up to roughly 120 medium sized or 480 tiny frames (20 seconds of movie).
        !           120: Still longer sequences (about twice as long) can be downloaded if
        !           121: .I fflicks
        !           122: is run within
        !           123: .I 2mux
        !           124: instead of
        !           125: .I mux.
        !           126: The price of compaction is speed.
        !           127: Menu selections are available
        !           128: for uncompacting some (even- or odd-numbered) frames.
        !           129: .SH FILES
        !           130: .B _movie
        !           131: .br
        !           132: .B /usr/jerq/lib/2term
        !           133: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           134: .IR pico (1),
        !           135: .IR picfile (5),
        !           136: .IR rebecca (9.1),
        !           137: .IR flickfile (9.5),
        !           138: .IR movie (9.1)

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