ANSIVIEW documentation
                       Copyright (c) 1994 by Cal Drennen

     ANSIVIEW is an ANSI file viewer written for use by CDV. Other ANSI viewers
tested crashed and burned when invoked in a dos shell. This happened without
fail if EMM386 was loaded. ANSIVIEW does not intercept characters on their way
to dos. It reads the ANSI file; interprets the escape sequences; and does its
own display.
     ANSIVIEW can be used alone from the command line.

                                   ADVANTAGES

     1. Does not require ANSI.SYS. If the ANSI driver is present, it will not
        interfere with ANSIVIEW. It is simply bypassed.

     2. Completely immune to "ANSI bombs".

     3. Optional speed control for animation.

     4. Optional wait for keypress after display to prevent a destructive cursor
        in the image.

     5. Turns off the cursor during display to eliminate the jittery flicker
        caused by rapid cursor movement during animation.

     6. Gives you the option of displaying in 43 or 50 line mode. EGA can
        display 43 lines. VGA can display 50 lines.

                            COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS

Usage: ANSIVIEW filename.ext [speed] [w][seconds] [/4350]

     filename.ext = An ANSI file to be displayed. Wildcards OK.

     speed = Optional speed of the display. Typical values
             are 0-20 but can be as high as 65535. 0 is fastest.
             The default is 0.

     w = Wait for keypress with cursor off when display is complete.

     w[seconds] = Wait for selected number of seconds after display. Does not
                  require keypress. Any key aborts the delay.

     /4350 = Use 43 or 50 line mode. EGA can display 43 lines; VGA 50.

     Press <ESC> to skip the file being displayed.

     Press any key during a delay between images in a slideshow to skip the
     delay.

     Press Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break to abort a slideshow.


Examples of valid commands:

     ANSIVIEW somefile.ans          [Displays ANSI file]
     ANSIVIEW somefile.ans 5        [Displays more slowly]
     ANSIVIEW somefile.ans 10 w     [Displays more slowly & waits for keypress]
     ANSIVIEW somefile.ans w        [Default speed, waits for keypress]
     ANSIVIEW *.ans w2              [Display all ANSI files matching the
                                     wildcard name. Wait two seconds between
                                     files. To abort entire sequence press ESC
                                     during a wait for keypress]
    ANSIVIEW somefile.ans /4350     [Displays in 43 line mode on EGA monitor or
                                     50 line mode on VGA]

     Command line parameters after the filename can be in any order.