X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~yarrgweb/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pctb%2FREADME.files;h=87a90de5f51220110dab83e504caaeb54cf40bfb;hb=af7006f2ffc8a3219fb4c70b0f62e423f18b5b5b;hp=b2384a1125b572defc47823dfa6eab3a3b550748;hpb=124bfe502b5841d6d05f3f7e9fc825f918d3109d;p=ypp-sc-tools.web-live.git diff --git a/pctb/README.files b/pctb/README.files index b2384a1..87a90de 100644 --- a/pctb/README.files +++ b/pctb/README.files @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Files we use and update The program reads and writes the following files: - * _pages.ppm + * _pages.ppm.gz Contains one or more images (as raw ppms, end-to-end) which are the screenshots taken in the last run. This is (over)written whenever @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ The program reads and writes the following files: You can specify a different file with --screenshot-file. If you want to display the contents of this file, `display' can do - it. Don't try `display vid:_pages.ppm' as this will consume - truly stupendous quantities of RAM - it wedged my laptop. + it, although you may have to uncompress it first. Don't try + `display vid:_pages.ppm' as this will consume truly stupendous + quantities of RAM - it wedged my laptop. * _master-newcommods.txt _local-newcommods.txt @@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ The program reads and writes the following files: character set dictionary is missing the lowercase `y ' glyph. See README.charset. - * _master-char*.txt _local-char*.txt - _master-pixmap.txt _local-pixmap.txt + * _master-char*.txt _local-char*.txt + _master-pixmap.txt.gz _local-pixmap.txt Character set and image dictionaries. For the semantics of the char* files README.charset. There is not currently any accurate @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ The program reads and writes the following files: _master-*.txt contain the centrally defined and approved data. They are downloaded automatically from the SC PCTB server and - updated each run. You can safely delete this file, if everything + updated each run. You can safely delete these files, if everything is online, if you want to fetch a fresh copy. _local-*.txt are a local copy of your submissions, so that they