: hugi eighteen                ``^""^``                                ``
: the eminent one                 :.............. . .   .      .       ..sl.

:::==═> ·H·U·G·I· ·I·S·S·U·E· ·1·8· :: ·T·H·E· ·E·M·I·N·E·N·T· <═==:::

· Once Upon A Time There Was A Giant.  A huge giant with  a large tummy, ·
· frightening sharp teeth and hands of steel. This giant lived in a cave ·
· in  the  dark woods of Asgaroth. He  enjoyed his life very much. Every ·
· day  he went out from his cave in order to hunt deer and eat it slowly ·
· and  with great pleasure in the evening. Of course it was hard for him ·
· in  the  beginning  to hunt deer because  he  was such a big creature. ·
· Everybody could see him  from a mile away.  What he had to achieve was ·
· high speed.  And so he trained very hard every day,  running ten miles ·
: up and down the highland near the forest.  He always measured the time :
: he took.  With the years, it started to improve. In the end, he gained :
: such a speed that he could catch every deer no matter how fast it was. :
: The  people  who  visited  Asgaroth soon started telling legends about :
: this quick giant.  One day the mighty god Thor learned about it.  Thor :
: was the fastest of the gods and was sure that he would beat such a fat :
giant  easily.  Thus Thor made the  journey to the  giant's realm.  He
stood straight in  front of the  cave  and  brandished  his  dangerous
looking axe.  "Giant!  Thor, your master,  is waiting for you. I heard
: that you are quick.  So, let's have a running competition.  The winner :
: is the one who reaches the big lark at the other  end  of  the  forest :
: first.  If you lose, I will kill you!"  This did not impress the giant :
: much: "Ah well, okay, let's start." And the two heroes ran. There were :
: many obstacles in the path,  which Thor could easily surpass using his :
: axe. This advantage the giant did not have.  But he did what he could. :
· And at the end,  when the path got clearer,  the giant really  started :
· rushing - and reached the end sooner than the god.  "Incredible", said ·
· the god, "you are indeed faster than me. Well, I will not only let you ·
· live; no,  all the surrounding area,  including the next few villages, ·
· are from now  on your area."  The giant thanked Thor  and reigned over ·
· his country wisely.  The period of his reign was so just and  peaceful ·
· that he,  the  giant  who  beat  the  great  god  Thor  in  a  running ·
· competition, is still in our memories today. His name was: Hugi.       ·

:   ─══( MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS )══─    :

Pentium-comp. CPU . Video card w/ hardware blitter . 32 mb RAM . DirectX

:         ─══( KICKSTART )══─         :

· You should read this before you start.                                 ·

· The  Interface was designed to work no matter what is wrong with it or ·
· with  the  user's computer. If the  Interface enters a fullscreen mode ·
: and  hangs  (this  happens e.g. on  S3  Trio),  first try the /hicolor :
: switch to limit it to high-color mode, and if this won't help, you can :
: still  run it in windowed mode using the /windowed switch. In critical :
: situations  you can try /noeffects and /novsync switches (also if your :
PC is slow).

If the attached modules/songs consume too much processor time (complex
: modules  can  work slow even on PII),  try  to limit the music quality :
: with  /22 /8 /mono and /11  switches (these correspond to 22kHz, 8bit, :
: mono  output  and 11kHz). You can  also disable music or overall sound :
: with /nomusic and /nosound switches, respectively.                     :

· Please report any bugs to cdragan@ams.ampr.org                         ·
· Comments (positive or negative) are also welcome.                      ·

:   ─══( STARTING THE INTERFACE )══─  :

· Typically  the Interface chooses the highest possible mode depth (i.e. ·
· number  of Bits Per Pixel). The  depth may be 8bpp (palettized), 16bpp ·
· (including RGB555), 24bpp or 32bpp.                                    ·

· If the Interface runs slowly (weak processor) or if there are problems ·
· with a true color mode (24 or 32bpp), the user may choose to limit the ·
· depth to maximum 16bpp using /hicolor switch.                          ·

· In  some cases the Interface may not  want to run at all in fullscreen ·
· mode,  and  the  user may choose to  run  it in a windowed mode, using ·
· /windowed or /gui switch.                                              ·

· There  are  some  special  effects in  the  Interface,  such as smooth ·
· scrolling  or  cross-fading.  If these effects  are  too slow or cause ·
· crashes, the user may disable them using the /noeffects switch.        ·

: The  user may want to disable sound  from some reason (bugs in player, :
: listens  to  CD audio, etc.). The  /nosound switch disables all sound, :
: /nomusic only music and /nosfx only sound effects.                     :

: If  the  user  has a very slow  hardware,  or  the tunes used with the :
: Interface  have lots of channels, the  user might want to decrease the :
: quality  of  music,  gaining some free  processor  cycles. This can be :
: accomplished with the following switches:                              :

: /8 - sets music output to 8-bit (by default 16-bit is used),           :
/mono - sets music output to mono (by default stereo is used),
/22 - sets output frequency to 22050Hz (by default 44100 is used),
/11 - sets output frequency to 11025Hz.

The  /8  switch has effect only if  the Interface uses the BASS module
player.  The  /mono switch does not  affect  FMOD module player. (Note
that  the Interface can use three  music systems: an internal one that
plays  only XMs (not all!), external  BASS or external FMOD. This Hugi
: issue uses BASS and the internal player.)                              :

: The  Interface  was designed to take  advantage  of mouse wheels. This :
: cute  invention enhances scrolling capabilities, but unfortunately has :
: three  different  standards.  If the  mouse  program  sends WM_VSCROLL :
: messages,  the user may wish to  create a vertical scrollbar to handle :
: these  messages. This can be accomplished with /weirdwheel switch. The :
: other two handling techniques are done automatically. (The /weirdwheel :
: switch is only needed on WinNT 3.x and Win95.)                         :

: The  Interface can play external tunes.  For this purpose there is the :
· /music  switch,  after  which the path and  name  of  a module must be ·
· specified.  One  can  also  use /xm  switch,  which  uses the internal ·
· player, capable of playing only XM tunes.                              ·

· As  no  page  flipping is used,  the  Interface waits for the vertical ·
· retrace  before drawing anything. To skip this waiting and gather some ·
· milliseconds,  the  user may specify  the /novsync switch. Doing this, ·
· however,  can decrease quality in some  cases (if there is no hardware ·
· blitter, synchronizing with vertical retrace does not matter anyway).  ·

· In  case  you  do  not know,  Windows  applications  can have switches ·
· entered  at  commandline,  just like in  DOS  or  Linux. Accessing the ·
· command  line  is accomplished through the  Run command from the Start ·
· menu  or in Shortcut properties (right-click on a shortcut, then enter ·
· the switches after the program name).                                  ·

:         ─══( NAVIGATING )══─        :

· It  is easy to navigate through articles both with mouse and keyboard. ·
· As there are two types of articles, ones with contiguous contents, and ·
· ones  with fixed-height pages that can contain columns, the techniques ·
· of scrolling them differ a bit.                                        ·

· To scroll a typical contiguous article, the user may:                  ·
· - use   up/down  arrows,  which  select   links  and  scroll  articles ·
·   vertically by a fixed small amount (typically a line),               ·
· - use page up/page down keys to scroll articles by a page,             ·
· - press space key to precisely scroll articles down,                   ·
· - roll  the  mouse wheel which scrolls  articles in a way depending on ·
·   the wheel settings,                                                  ·
· - move  mouse  cursor  to the upper or  lower  edge  of the screen, to ·
·   scroll articles by a line,                                           ·
: - drag the progressbar (scrollbar) thumb to quickly position articles, :
: - click  on  the progressbar beyond the  thumb to cause scrolling by a :
:   page,                                                                :
: - press  home  or end key to scroll  an article to the beginning or to :
:   the end.                                                             :

: To  scroll  an article with fixed  positions  (e.g. with columns), the :
: user may:                                                              :
: - use   up/down  arrows,  which  select   links  and  scroll  articles :
:   vertically by a page,                                                :
: - use page up/page down keys to scroll articles by a page,             :
: - use  left/right  arrows,  which scroll articles  left  or right by a :
:   column (only if there are at least two columns),                     :
: - roll  the  mouse wheel to scroll articles  up  or down by a page per :
threshold,
- move  mouse  cursor  to the upper or  lower  edge  of the screen, to
scroll articles by a line,
- move mouse cursor to the left or right edge of the screen, to scroll
articles left or right by a column,
- drag the progressbar (scrollbar) thumb to quickly position articles,
- click  on  the progressbar beyond the  thumb to cause scrolling by a
page,
- press  home  or end key to scroll  an article to the beginning or to
the end.

Some other legacy key combinations also exist:
- shift+arrow down/up work like page down/up,
- ctrl+home and ctrl+end work like home and end,
- ctrl+page up and ctrl+page down also work like home and end,
- left  and  right in single-column articles  scroll  by a page up and
down.

The  user  may move between visible  links  either using left and down
arrow  keys,  or pointing the links  with mouse. To enter (activate) a
link  the user may press enter,  ctrl+right arrow or simply click left
mouse  button  on  that link. This way  the  user enters an article or
causes some external action (e.g. starts a web browser).

: To  exit  an article and return to  a previous one, the user may click :
: right mouse button, press backspace, esc or ctrl+left arrow.           :

: To  quit the Interface being in the main article (e.g. menu), the user :
: may  double  click right mouse button,  press backspace or esc. In any :
: other article the user may press F10, alt+q or alt+x.                  :

: Pressing  keys  1 through 8 the user  can select a tune. Of course the :
: actual  number  of available tunes depends  on an issue. In this issue :
: there  are three tunes. To select  a tune entered at commandline (e.g. :
: with /music switch), the user may press F3 key. To turn off the music, :
: the user may press 0 key.                                              :

· If  an  issue  (or  an  article)  contains  more  than  one background ·
· image/theme,  the other themes can  be selected using ctrl+number keys ·
· (numbers 1 through 9 are available). This issue comes along with three ·
· background themes.                                                     ·

· Other available keys:                                                  ·
· - F1 - display help,                                                   ·
· - F2 - save current article to disk in HTML, if only possible,         ·
· - F4 - enable/disable effects (e.g. smooth scrolling) at run-time,     ·
· - F7 - search through articles by words,                               ·
· - ctrl+enter - copy selected link to clipboard.                        ·

· What  follows  is  a list of all  switches  and keys available in this ·
· issue.                                                                 ·

:  ─══( COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS )══─  :

· /hicolor ................ limits the Interface to use a 16bpp mode     ·
· /music name.ext ......... plays name.ext in background (mod/xm/s3m/it) ·
: /xm name.ext ............ plays name.ext in background (only xm)       :
: /noeffects .............. disables special video effects (see also F4) :
: /novsync ................ disables synchronization with vert. retrace  :
: /nosound ................ disables music and sound effects             :
/nomusic ................ disables music
/nosfx .................. disables sound effects
/8 ...................... limits music output to 8-bit
: /mono ................... limits music output to mono                  :
: /22 ..................... limits music output frequency to 22050Hz     :
: /11 ..................... limits music output frequency to 11025Hz     :
: /gui .................... activates windowed mode                      :
· /windowed ............... activates windowed mode                      ·
· /weirdwheel ............. creates scrollbar for some mouse wheels      ·

:      ─══( KEYBOARD CONTROL )══─     :

· cursor up ......... goes to previous link or scrolls upwards line-wise ·
· cursor down ....... goes to next link or scrolls downwards line-wise   ·
· cursor left ....... scrolls left column-wise or upwards page-wise      ·
· cursor right ...... scrolls right column-wise or downwards page-wise   ·
· page up ........... scrolls upwards page-wise                          ·
· page down ......... scrolls downwards page-wise                        ·
· shift+up .......... scrolls upwards page-wise                          ·
· shift+down ........ scrolls downwards page-wise                        ·
: home .............. goes to the top of the article                     :
: end ............... goes to the bottom of the article                  :
: ctrl+home ......... goes to the top of the article                     :
: ctrl+end .......... goes to the bottom of the article                  :
: ctrl+page up ...... goes to the top of the article                     :
: ctrl+page down .... goes to the bottom of the article                  :
: space ............. pixel down (only in one-column articles)           :
: enter ............. selects a link                                     :
ctrl+cursor right.. selects a link
ctrl+enter ........ copies an external link to the clipboard
backspace ......... exits the current article or quits
esc ............... exits the current article or quits
: ctrl+cursor left .. exits the current article                          :
: alt+x ............. exits to the operating system                      :
: alt+q ............. exits to the operating system                      :
: f10 ............... exits to the operating system                      :
: f1 ................ displays this help text                            :
: f2 ................ saves the article to disk in HTML                  :
: f3 ................ selects tune entered at commandline                :
: f4 ................ toggles (enables/disables) effects                 :
: f7 ................ enters article search mode                         :
· 0 ................. stops music                                        ·
· 1 ................. selects tune 1 ("One of a kind" by Acumen)         ·
· 2 ................. selects tune 2 ("Late nights" by Andromeda/Noice)  ·
· 3 ................. selects tune 3 ("exclusive" by traymuss/GiRaFfE)   ·
· ctrl+1 ............ selects default background (by dines/blabla)       ·
· ctrl+2 ............ selects background from hugi17 (by Hellfire/HjB)   ·
· ctrl+3 ............ selects background from hugi16 (by Flood/Noice)    ·

:       ─══( MOUSE CONTROL )══─       :

· move mouse to the top ................... scrolls upwards line-wise    ·
: move mouse to the bottom ................ scrolls downwards line-wise  :
: move mouse to the left .................. scrolls upwards page-wise    :
: move mouse to the right ................. scrolls downwards page-wise  :
roll mouse wheel ........................ scrolls (depends on settings
......................................... in the Control Panel of Win)
move mouse over link .................... selects a link
left mouse button on link ............... enters a link
: left mouse button on progressbar ........ scrolls by a page            :
: right mouse button ...................... exits the current article    :
: double-click right mouse button ......... in main article: quits       :
· drag progressbar thumb .................. scrolls                      ·

:     ─══( THE ROYAL FAMILY )══─      :

· The  Royal  Family  consists of the  members  of the former Hugi Crew, ·
: which  is  now called Hugi Core, and  some of the people who have been :
most  important  for  the success of  Hugi.  Only people who have been
active for Hugi and supported it with high-quality contributions for a
: long  time can become members of The Royal Family. The current members :
· are:                                                                   ·

··-- King and Prophet Adok. Editor, Coder. Hugi. hugi@netway.at       --··
··-- Prince Chris Dragan. Coder, Editor. cdragan@ams.ampr.org         --··
··-- Mage Dario Phong. Coder, Editor. Hugi. dario_phong@mixmail.com   --··
··-- Prince Dendrite. Musician, Coder, Editor. Hugi. srj22@cam.ac.uk  --··
··-- Prince Hellfire. Coder, Graphician. Haujobb. hellfire@haujobb.de --··
··-- Prince Jabberwocky. Writer. Lower Bavaria.                       --··
··-- Prince Makke. Editor, Musician. Hugi, Visuale. makke@trebel.org  --··
··-- Prince Mr. SEQ. Musician. Hugi, NoLogic. daniel.tuecks@t-online.de ··
··-- Prince Psykax. Editor, Coder. Hugi. psychoalien@earthling.net    --··
··-- Prince Salami. Coder, Web-host. Nothing.                         --··
··-- Prince Slash. Editor, Ascii artist. Secular. secular@mail.ru     --··
··-- Prince Street Raider. Coder. DDT Entertainment. sraider@aha.ru   --··

:      ─══( RELEASES SO FAR )══─      :

··--   1996/04 · Hugendubelexpress Intro Pack         · "intro"       --··
··--   1996/05 · Hugendubelexpress #1                 · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1996/08 · Hugendubelexpress #2                 · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1996/11 · Hugendubelexpress #3                 · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/01 · Hugendubelexpress #4                 · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/03 · Hugi #5                              · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/05 · Hugi #6                              · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/07 · Hugi #7                              · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/10 · Hugi #8                              · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1997/10 · Adok's Way to Assembler              · tutorial      --··
··--   1997/12 · Hugi #9 - The Next Generation        · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1998/03 · mags.faq v1.0                        · textfile      --··
··--   1997/03 · Adok's Way to C                      · tutorial      --··
··--   1998/04 · mags.faq v1.1                        · textfile      --··
··--   1998/04 · Hugi #10                             · diskmag.de    --··
··--   1998/06 · mags.faq v1.2                        · textfile      --··
··--   1998/06 · mags.faq v1.3                        · textfile      --··
··--   1998/06 · Hugi #11 - Obscene Scene Magascene   · diskmag       --··
··--   1998/09 · Hugi #12 - The Huge Disk Mega Zine   · diskmag       --··
··--   1998/12 · Hugi #13 - For Educational Purposes  · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/02 · Hugi #14 - Hugi in Afghanistan       · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/05 · Hugi #15 - Whenever You Are Alone    · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/06 · Austrian Scene Meeting Photo Pack    · photopack     --··
··--   1999/07 · Hugi #16 - The Royal Scene Magazine  · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/08 · Hugi #16 - Russian Edition           · diskmag.ru    --··
··--   1999/08 · Hugi #17 - For International Affairs · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/08 · Hugi #17 Bonus Pack                  · sourcecodes   --··
··--   1998/09 · mags.faq v1.4                        · textfile      --··
··--   1999/12 · Hugi #18 - The Eminent               · diskmag       --··
··--   1999/12 · Hugi #18 - Russian Edition           · diskmag.ru    --··

··--   Moreover, we release a weekly newsletter called HugiNews.      --··

:   ─══( WE BEAM GREETINGS TO )══─    :

· $een,  303dim,  Aardbei, Abaddon, Abdur,  Abholpapi, Abyss, Acid, Acid ·
· Rain,  Acme,  Adet,  Aion,  Alba,  Alpha  Millennium,  Altair, Amable, ·
· Amnesia, Anakata, Android's Dream, Anti-Social, Appendix, Arf!Studios, ·
· Asoziale  Randgruppe  Frankfurt, Astroidea,  Atomik,  Autopsy, Avalon, ·
· Beam,   Beyond,   Bionix,   Black   Maiden,   Blasphemy,  BNC,  Bomb!, ·
· Boombassrecords,  Bora, BPM, Brainchild,  Byterapers, C-Lous, Calodox, ·
· Calvados,  Capital,  Castrum  Doloris,  Chaos Energy Group,  Centolos, ·
· Chalice,  Chemical Reaction,  Chroma Desire,  Chrome Design, Church of ·
· AntiScene,  CNCD,  Colorfast,  Comic  Pirates,  CoPro, Crazy Pinheads, ·
· Cryonics,  Crystal,  Crystal Tokyo Clan,  Cubic Team,  Cycla, Damones, ·
· Dance, Darkage, Dawn, Dawn3, Daze, Dazed, DC5, De Brasserie, Deep Deep ·
· Trouble  Entertainment, Defacto 2, Defect, Deltaspace, Der harte Kern, ·
· Deranged,   Desire,  Diffusion,  Digital  Nerds,  Digitalis,  Dilemma, ·
· Dinasty,  Dirty  Minds,  Dolphin,  Domino,  Doomsday,  Dope  4 Nation, ·
· Dragon,  Drei,  Dual  Crew  Shining,  Eichel,  Elitecrew,  Elitegroup, ·
· Endzeit,  Escape,  Essence, Ethos9,  Evolve,  Ex-Kolor, Ex-Tc, Exceed, ·
· Excess,  Excite, Exiles, Expulsion,  Extensive, F&S, Fairlight, Faith, ·
: Fake  That, Farts Music, Fatum,  Ficken Crew, Fissure, Five Musicians, :
: Fizz,  Flare,  Fleur, Flood, Flow,  Fobia Design, Food, Forsaken, FRC, :
: Frequency,  Fridge, Fudge, Fun, Fungi,  Funny Makers Crew, Fuse, Gaia, :
: Genetix,  Gods, Goferz, GP, Grinders,  Grotesque, Halcyon, Harald Kern :
: Fanclub,  Haujobb,  Headcrash, Hellcore,  Hoax Arts, Hypermatrix, Ice, :
: Image, Image!, Imago, Immortals, Imphobia, Index, Inferiors, Interror, :
: Ivory, Japotek, Jecoute, Jello, Jolly, June, Just For Fun, K!Prod, K2, :
: Kainai,  Kibosh  Ansi, Knights, Kolor,  Komplex,  Kosmic Fifty Members :
: Foundation,  Less  Music Productions, Level-D,  Lime,  Liquid, Loaf of :
Brain,   Logic,  Lookain,  Mac,   Mandula,  Matrix,  Measure,  Melcom,
Metaphor,   Milk,  Mingus,  Mist,  Mnemonic,  Monotonik,  Moonhunters,
Moplayaz,  Moppi, Mushroom Brothers, Mystery, Mystic Bytes, Nah-kolor,
Napalm,  Nebula,  Necromaniax,  Neithernor.org,  Neutron,  Nextempire,
: Nocturnal,  Noice, Noise, NoLogic,  Nomad, Nostalgia, Nothing, Nuance, :
: Numb,  NWO,  Oblivion,  Obscure, October  Labs  Rendering  Corp, Odds, :
: Officium,  Omnicolour, ONE, Ooze, Ooze  Labs, Orange, Orange Juice, P, :
: Pain,  Parenthesis,  Peace and Love,  Pengo,  Peon, PhyMosys, Platoon, :
: Poets of Decay, Poison Mixers, Polar Dreams, POX, Prism!, Procreation, :
: Prometheus,  Proxium, Pulse, Purge,  Purple, Pyorrhoea, Quad, Quasars, :
: QVC,  Radical Rhythms, Raiders Of the Lost Empire, RamJam, Razor 1911, :
: RBI,  Recreation,  Rectum Cauda, Red,  Real Fake, Replay, Rhyme, Riot, :
: Ritual,  Royal,  Surprise!Productions,  Sanction,  Satori,  Scene.org, :
· Scienide,  Scoopex,  Scream!, Sensory  Overload, Septic, Shizophrenia, ·
· Shock  Sector,  Singularity,  Smash Designs,  Solid,  Sorrox, Save Our ·
· Souls,  Spantobi,  Spetsnaz,  Spinning  Kids,  Standard,  Stoned Brain ·
· Records,   Storm,   Style,  Sublogic,   Suburban   Creations,  Sukkaz, ·
· Sunflower,  Sunlikamelo-D,  Superstition,  Supporters  Club, Surround, ·
· Suspect, Suspect Records, Suspend, Syndrome, T-Rex, tAAt, Tatanka, The ·
· Dark   Sun  Coders,  The  Digital  Philosophers,  Teklords,  Tektonic, ·
· Tequila,  Tesko, The Black Lotus, The  Coexistence, The Lost Boyz, The ·
· Lost Patrol, The Obsessed Maniacs, Thekool, Theloop, Theralite, Theta, ·
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· Sector  Inc,  TSCC,  TUM, Twilight,  Two  Headed  Squirrel, TZT, Unik, ·
· United  Cracking  Force, United  Trackers,  UniVerse, Vacuum, Vantage, ·
· Vertigo,  Virtual  Illusions,  Visuale, Way-X,  Winter  In  July, Wire ·
· Maniacs,  Woorlic,  X-Seed, Xography,  Xpiriax,  Xtatic, Yedi Records, ·
· Zero  Or  One,  #Chscene,  #Coders,  #Coders.Ger,  #Demofr, #Ilcoders, ·
· #Kotraum,   #Pixel,  #Polishscene,   #Riot,  #Swedescene,  #Szene.Ger, ·
· #Thescene, #Trax & all other sceners who deserve them!                 ·

:::==═> A Royal Family Production Of 1999. http://www.hugi.de/ <═==:::