This is an application using the new support for Microsoft's
Rich Text Format (RTF) built into applications based on the
DCLAP programming platform.  This RTF support is developed based
on Paul DuBois' RTF utilities, and NCBI's platform independent
C library.

Currently RTFViewer will display RTF documents when you use the
File/Open command.  Macintosh, MSWindows and X/Motif windows
versions are available.   Many commonly available commercial
wordprocessors will read and write RTF format documents.

The current RTF routines support embedded pictures, but as yet only
in Macintosh PICT format.  MS Windows bitmap and metafile will be
added later.  

There are still various bugs in the program, including improper color
map support of PICT images for X and MS Windows pixelmaps, no printing
from X WIndows, miscellaneous failures to properly interpret RTF, lack
of support for several of the RTF specified features (tables, indexing,
...), etc.

Bug reports are welcome at 'dclap@bio.indiana.edu'.  Source code is
available at ftp.bio.indiana.edu:/util/dclap/src/...

-- Don Gilbert,    7 June 94