This is aview version 1.3.0

Usage: aview [options] filename.p[ngbp]m Options: -driver select driver available drivers:linux slang curses X11 stdout stderr -kbddriver select keyboard driver available drivers:slang curses X11 stdin -mousedriver select mouse driver available drivers:X11 gpm cursesdos Size options: -width set width -height set height -minwidth set minimal width -minheight set minimal height -maxwidth set maximal width -maxheight set maximal height -recwidth set recomended width -recheight set recomended height Attributes: -dim enable usage of dim (half bright) attribute -bold enable usage of bold (double bright) attribute -reverse enable usage of reverse attribute -normal enable usage of normal attribute -boldfont enable usage of boldfont attrubute -no<attr> disable (i.e -nobold) Font rendering options: -extended use all 256 characters -eight use eight bit ascii -font <font> select font(This option have effect just on hardwares where aalib is unable to determine current font available fonts:vga8 vga9 mda14 vga14 X8x13 X8x16 X8x13bold vgagl8 line Rendering options: -inverse enable inverse rendering -noinverse disable inverse rendering -bright <val> set bright (0-255) -contrast <val>set contrast (0-255) -gamma <val> set gamma correction value(0-1) Ditherng options: -nodither disable dithering -floyd_steinberg floyd steinberg dithering -error_distribution error distribution dithering -random <val> set random dithering value(0-inf) Monitor parameters: -dimmul <val> multiply factor for dim color (5.3) -boldmul <val> multiply factor for dim color (2.7) The default parameters are set to fit my monitor (15" goldstar) With contrast set to maximum and bright set to make black black This values depends at quality of your monitor (and setting of controls Defaultd settings should be OK for most PC monitors. But ideal monitor Needs dimmul=1.71 boldmul=1.43. For example monitor used by SGI is very close to this values. Also old 14" vga monitors needs higher values.