what is it? =========== Ida is a small and fast image viewer, motif-based. For people who don't want the KDE/GNOME overhead. Some basic editing functions are available too. build ===== Check the INSTALL file for detailed build instructions. ida uses Motif 2.x features (utm, render tables). This means you need openmotif, lesstif does *not* cut it. It also uses the usual graphics libraries (libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, ...), you should have them installed to get support for these image formats. usage ===== There is a manual page, check it out. what "ida" stands for? ====================== It is just a name. The utility used to be named "iv" for "Image Viewer", but that gave lots of name clashes. Its very likely that people name such a tool "iv", it is also used as shortcut for InterViews (remember Sun's Open Windows?). So i decided to rename it. I looked for a short name starting with 'i' in a list for children first names. I like "ida", so I picked this one. It is a old, german name. Have fun, Gerd -- Gerd Hoffmann