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        !            12: ..
        !            13: .TH MOVIE 1
        !            14: .SH NAME
        !            15: movie, stills \- algorithm animation
        !            16: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            17: .B movie
        !            18: [ file ]
        !            19: .br
        !            20: .B stills
        !            21: [ file ]
        !            22: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            23: The first step in animating an algorithm is to prepare a
        !            24: .I "script file"
        !            25: (with suffix
        !            26: .BR ".s" )
        !            27: using these commands:
        !            28: .DS
        !            29: \f2optional label:\fP text   \f2options\fP \f2x\fP \f2y\fP \f2string\fP
        !            30: \f2optional label:\fP line   \f2options\fP \f2x1\fP \f2y1\fP \f2x2\fP \f2y2\fP
        !            31: \f2optional label:\fP box    \f2options\fP \f2x1\fP \f2y1\fP \f2x2\fP \f2y2\fP
        !            32: \f2optional label:\fP circle \f2options\fP \f2x\fP \f2y\fP \f2radius\fP
        !            33: erase  \f2label\fP
        !            34: clear
        !            35: click  \f2optional_name\fP
        !            36: view   \f2name\fP
        !            37: .DE
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: The command
        !            40: .BR "movie fname.s"
        !            41: develops
        !            42: .BR fname.s
        !            43: into the intermediate file
        !            44: .BR fname.i
        !            45: and uses that intermediate file to project the movie in a 
        !            46: .IR mux (9.1)
        !            47: or Sun window.
        !            48: Button 1 stops and starts the movie;
        !            49: button 2 adjusts view sizes and selects times;
        !            50: button 3 sets various parameters.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: The program
        !            53: .I stills
        !            54: is a preprocessor that converts commands bracketed by
        !            55: .BR \&.begin
        !            56: .BR stills
        !            57: and
        !            58: .BR \&.end
        !            59: into
        !            60: .IR pic (1)
        !            61: commands; other output is passed through untouched.
        !            62: Commands include
        !            63: .DS
        !            64: view   \f2viewname\fP \f2optional title, with blanks\fP
        !            65: print  all | final | \f2clickname\fP all | \f2clickname\fP \f2int\fP+
        !            66: file   \f2filename\fP.s
        !            67: \f2parameter_name\fP  \f2value\fP
        !            68: .DE
        !            69: The script file is developed before being used.
        !            70: Parameters include
        !            71: .BR frameht
        !            72: and
        !            73: .BR framewid
        !            74: (in inches),
        !            75: .BR frames
        !            76: and
        !            77: .BR times
        !            78: .BR "" ( invis
        !            79: or
        !            80: .BW vis )
        !            81: and
        !            82: .BR across
        !            83: and
        !            84: .BR down
        !            85: (an optional value tells how many frames across or down the page).
        !            86: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            87: An insertion sort program might be animated by augmenting
        !            88: the comparison and swap routines to write the script file
        !            89: .BR "sort.s" .
        !            90: One plays the movie by the command
        !            91: .BR "movie sort.s" .
        !            92: To make a series of several stills from the file, give
        !            93: .I stills
        !            94: input such as
        !            95: .DS
        !            96: \&.begin stills
        !            97: file sort.s
        !            98: print stages all
        !            99: \&.end
        !           100: .DE
        !           101: .SH FILES
        !           102: .br
        !           103: .BR anim :
        !           104: host end of animation; calls animterm
        !           105: .br
        !           106: .BR animterm :
        !           107: terminal end of animation
        !           108: .br
        !           109: .BR develop
        !           110: converts
        !           111: .BR file.s
        !           112: into
        !           113: .BR file.i
        !           114: if necessary; calls
        !           115: .BR fdevelop
        !           116: .br
        !           117: .BR fdevelop
        !           118: is used by develop
        !           119: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           120: .IR pic (1),
        !           121: .IR troff (1).
        !           122: .br
        !           123: .IR "A System for Algorithm Animation" ,
        !           124: J. L. Bentley and B. W. Kernighan,
        !           125: CSTR 132 (Jan. 1987)
        !           126: .SH BUGS
        !           127: Inevitably.

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