The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

README

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Welcome to GFF, The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats.

Between the day when the final PostScript files were sent off for
printing and the day on which the final CD was cut, a few changes
occurred in the GFF product.  This file, and the readme files for each
of the platforms, describes those few changes.

This file provides an updated quick reference for installing GFF.
Please also read the readme.txt file for your platform.

To install GFF:

  On Windows:

     1. Install Spyglass Mosaic 2.11 by running:

        \pc\mosaic\disk1\setup.exe

	on the CD-ROM.

     2. Install GFF for Windows 3.1 by running:

        \pc\win31\setup.exe

        or install GFF for Windows 95/NT by running:

        \pc\win95\setup.exe

	on the CD-ROM.

     3. Run GFF by starting the installed GFF application.

  For more information about Windows, please read \pc\readme.txt.

  On a Macintosh:

     1. Install Spyglass Mosaic 2.11 by double-clicking the "mosaic" 
        self-extracting archive file in the Mac folder on the CD-ROM.

     2. Install GFF by double-clicking the "GFF" self-extracting archive
        fine in the Mac folder on the CD-ROM. 

        Please note: when the book was printed, we assumed it would be
        possible to run GFF directly off of the CD-ROM.  For technical
        reasons, this turned out to be a problem so the GFF program was
        packaged into a self-extracting archive.  GFF is quite small,
        so installing it on your hard disk should not be a problem.

     3. Run GFF by double-clicking the installed GFF icon.  If you have
        never run Spyglass Mosaic on your system, you may need to run
        Mosaic once by hand before GFF will be able to start Mosaic for
        you.  If GFF complains that it "cannot register protocol," please
        run Mosaic before running GFF.  You should have to do this
        only once.

   For more information about the Macintosh, please read readme.txt in the
   Mac folder.

   Under UNIX:

     1. Install Spyglass Mosaic 2.11 by extracting: 

        /unix/<platform>/mosaic/mosaic-ora-211.tar.Z
  
        into /usr/local/Enhanced_Mosaic on your system and follow
        the installation instructions provided by Spyglass.

     2. Install GFF by running /unix/<platform>/install.gff.

        Please note: in order to install GFF, you must be able to write to
        the directories where you want to install it.  Typically, these
        directories reside under /usr/local and therefore you must be root
        in order to install GFF.

     3. Run GFF by running "gff" at the shell prompt.  You may have to
        update your shell's command hash table by running "rehash" or
        "hash -r" first.  Alternatively, you can specify the complete 
        pathname of the installed gff executable.

   For more information about UNIX, please read /unix/readme.txt.