XmHTML(1) V1.1.0 XmHTML(1)
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NAME
XmHTML - XmHTML Widget Set
SYNOPSIS
XmHTML
DESCRIPTION
XmHTML is a Motif widget capable of displaying HTML 3.2 documents.
Features include a very good HTML parser (which is as also available
as a Widget) with excellent document verification and repair
capabilities (the best I've ever seen), built in support for X11
bitmaps, pixmaps, GIF87a & GIF89a (using a patent free LZW decoding
method), animated gifs, JPEG (baseline and progressive) and PNG (all
features supported), anchor highlighting, text justification, full
HTML <FRAME> support, HTML frames and many more. It also comes with
four examples demonstrating possible use of the XmHTML widget. XmHTML
is currently in Beta stage and publically available.
OVERVIEW
XmHTML, a high performance Motif Widget capable of displaying HTML 3.2
confirming text. Amongst it's many features are the following:
builtin image support for X11 bitmaps, X11 pixmaps,
GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG and PNG;
GIF images are decoded using a patent free scheme;
builtin support for animated GIF89a and animated GIF89a
with NETSCAPE2.0 loop extension.
XmHTML supports all GIF89a disposal methods;
image support covers all X11 visual types and display
depths;
delayed image loading;
progressive image loading;
builtin scrolling interface (both keyboard and mouse);
anchors can be displayed as pushbuttons;
anchor can be highlighted for enhanced visual feedback;
autosizing;
capable of displaying text/html, text/plain and standalone
images;
supports the full HTML 3.2 standard; as well as the
HTML 4.0 <FRAMESET> tags;
an extensive set of callback resources;
full text justification;
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smart and user-definable font mapping;
can work with a predefined palette (which it can even
create for you);
builtin quantizer using Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion;
four different dithering methods allow one to achieve an
optimum balance between performance and image quality;
HTML Table support;
Support for HTML4.0 Events;
fully compatible with LessTif;
comes with an extensive set of documentation (manual
pages Programmers and Reference Guide and a
collection of examples);
MORE INFORMATION
For more information see
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PROGRAM AUTHOR
Koen D'Hondt & Niels Hilbrink <ripley@xs4all.nl>
MAN PAGE
Mehdi Lavasani <lavasani@csc.liv.ac.uk>
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