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     Watch_it v 1.0a displays GIFs in a GEM window.

     Watch-It v 1.0a is a GIF Picture Viewer for ST/STE/TT/Falcon 030
computers. This version only supports GIF format at the present, but
the author states that other formats will soon follow. This application
can also be installed as an accessory.

     It was planned as a viewer for the new Falcon computer only,
supporting the 256-colour-resolution and the truecolour-resolution,
but as it is a plain GEM-program, you can also start it on the "old"
Ataris as well.

     WATCH-IT runs on all memory-configurations, but 512 KByte may be
too small for big pictures.

     There are three ways to run the program:
     i) application : if you start WATCH-IT as an application, a file
                      selector will appear. Choose a picture file here
                      Once the file is loaded, depacked and transformed
                      into a bitmap, it will be displayed in a window.

    ii) commandline : starting the program from a shell or from the
                      desktop with one or more filenames as arguments
                      will load all specified files as long as
                    - there are AES-windows left,
                    - there is enough memory left and
                    - the internal limit of 32 windows is not exceeded.
                      WATCH-IT uses ARGV for extended commandlines.

   iii) accessory   : clicking on the menu entry will give you the file
                      selector where you can choose a picture (see i).