The XV japanese extension

What is the XV japanese extension?

Outline

The XV japanese extension patch enhances the power of the XV-3.10a.
The name of the package is `JAPANESE EXTENSION', but the powers extended are useful for users out of Japan.
Using this package, XV-3.10 gets to be able to handle more image formats, to be able to handle archived files as directory and so on.
Executing image of latest distribution is here[gif, 40691bytes].

Features

• To enable to display images in MAKI, MAG, PIC, Pi, and PIC2 formats.
• To enable to save images in MAKI, MAG, PIC, Pi, and PIC2 formats.
• To enable to display images in Kodak PhotoCD format.
• To enable to display images in MacBinary format (which includes data information on the first 128 bytes of file.)
• To enable to automatically expand files archived arc, arj, lzh, tar, tar+compress (or gzip and pack), zip, and zoo formats.
• To enable to display the text file including Japanese with TextViewer.
• To enable to display icons which generated by Virtual Shunauzer in correct aspect ratio of original image.
• To enable to maintaining icons which used by Virtual Shunauzer by using the effect of Virtual directory until quitting XV, even if we cannot create a directory for maintenance of them.
• To enable to convert unsupported typed images to an available typed image with a filter command, and display/save it.

Additional Powers

Image formats

The XV japanese extension make XV-3.10a to be able to load/save some additional image formats.
The additional formats are follows:

• MAKI(4bit indexed color, 640x400pixel fixed)
• MAG(8bit indexed color)
• PIC(15[5/5/5] bit color)
• Pi(8bit indexed color)
• PIC2(24bit color)
• PhotoCD(24bit color)

Automatic archive expansion

Using this feature, you can see image files in the archeved file without expanding.
The archived file are expanded in a temporary area, and XV recognizes it as "virtual directory". Contents in this directory can't be changed at all.
The following archive formats are supported:

• arc
• arj
• lzh
• tar(+gzip)
• zip
• zoo

Multilingual TextViewer

Patched TextViewer automatically recognizes character code-set and display Multilingual text.
Here is Multilingual TextViwer image[gif, 16932bytes].

User definable filters(Plug-ins support for image formats)

With this feature, XV can convert unsupported typed images to an available typed image with a filter command, and display it. Conversely, it can save images in an unsupported type.

Others

Applying the package, XV-3.10a can display Macbinaried images as is, can reflect right aspect ratio to icons in VisualSchnauzer and keep icons on VisualSchnauzer even if the directory is write protected.

History

The latest release version of the XV japanese extension is revision 5.3.3. And the corresponding version of XV is 3.10a. If you want to get these archive, see Get the XV japanese extension section.
The ChangeLog of XV japanese extension is here(written Japanese language only).

Bugs

• Not supported extensions using comment region of PIC image.
• The 8bit PIC2 format is not supported.
• When XV saves an image with a user defined filter, system sometimes aborts it if the command is not proper. Also, a few OS's can be confused by trapping the signal SIGCHLD. (Solaris 2.1 is known to be confused.)
• On VMS, execution confirmation is not done. Reports and codes on VMS are welcome.

Get the latest release version of XV japanese extension,
and the corresponding version of XV.

Members of the XV japanese extension team

• HARANO Yuuki <ymh@mars.dtinet.or.jp>
• HIRAMOTO Kouji <hiramoto@Angel.nanako.or.jp>
• IKEMOTO Masahiro <ikeyan@airlab.cs.ritsumei.ac.jp>
• INOUE Tetsuya <inoue@eindsman.tsh.cae.ntt.jp>
• KUMAGAI Masaaki <mec006@cc.mech.tohoku.ac.jp>
• MIYOKAWA Nobuyoshi <nmiyo@hic.co.jp>
• SHUDOH Kazuyuki <shudoh@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp>
• YOKOYAMA Noboru <yokoyama@cbs.canon.co.jp>
  (alphabetically)

License

Copyrights of each patch and file are held by each writer. Distribution of this patch is free, if and only if you include all files in this archive.
Usage of this patch is treated as the same as original XV. (For business use etc,) if you are allowed to use original XV by permission of Mr. Bradley, you are also allowed to use this patch.

Notice!
The XV-3.10a is shareware. Read the License Information in the README of XV-3.10a.

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