Freeshow - a free java slideshow program ======================================== by Mikael Borg (Mikael [dot] Borg [at] gmail [dot] com) Features ======== * plays slides, where each slide consists of an image, any number of text strings and a sound file * program input in simple xml format * fully configurable string and image placement, font size, colors, etc. * image formats: gif, jpeg or png * sound formats: wav or ogg Quickstart Instructions ======================= * see samples/testshow.xml and samples/freeshow.dtd for input syntax * change default values for slides by using a modified dtd file. The dtd can also be included in the xml file. * run show with: java -jar [FREESHOWJAR] [INPUTFILE] where [FREESHOWJAR] is the Freshow jar file and [INPUTFILE] is the xml file with slideshow data. * key strokes: ESC : terminates program LEFT : previous slide RIGHT : next slide DOWN : restart current slide HOME : restart show END : last slide P : toggle paus T : toggle text display I : toggle image display S : toggle sound * see src/Xpm.java for a list of valid color names Licence ======= * see COPYING