anderson@fpg.waterloo.edu (Glen Anderson) (03/25/91)
I think my problem with GIFConverter created gif files is that it stores them incorrectly. I can not read the files back using other gif programs such as Giffer 1.08 and QuickGIF 1.0. It there a patch?
baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (03/26/91)
In article <1991Mar25.131906.27498@watserv1.waterloo.edu> anderson@fpg.waterloo.edu (Glen Anderson) writes:
I think my problem with GIFConverter created gif files is that it
stores them incorrectly. I can not read the files back using other
gif programs such as Giffer 1.08 and QuickGIF 1.0.
It there a patch?
The problem is that the latest versions of GIFConverter (from 2.2d4
on, I believe) are now correctly tagging GIF files as being "GIF89a",
rather than the older "GIF87a". It does this because GIFConverter
makes use of some of the newer GIF89a features (multiple images in one
file, etc.). Older versions were incorrectly tagging these files as
"GIF87a" files.
Unfortunately, there's no option that says, "I'm just saving a plain
old GIF87a file with no special features, so please tag it as such."
You can achieve the same results by opening and resaving the file with
an older version of GIFConverter (2.1.1 works fine). You can also
open the file with something like SUM Tools and change the "GIF89a" to
"GIF87a" at the beginning of the file. That's what I do when I upload
files to my Unix box at work (except I use Emacs instead).
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cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Lettermananderson@fpg.waterloo.edu (Glen Anderson) (03/30/91)
Is there a newer version? This version "crashes" when switched out by multi-finder.