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Starting a farVIEW Session

Double-click on the farVIEW shortcut you created according to the directions given in the Installing farVIEW page. Note that the new install file automatically creates a shortcut.

Here is a short heads-up on how to use the mouse in a Contents window:

FYI: During initialization, farVIEW looks for a preferences file in the following sequence:
  1. If the farBook is identified by a far://-URL, then load farview.fix. Look for it first in the working directory. If not there, look in the executable directory.
  2. Use the farBook name to generate the preferences file name, then look for it first in the working directory. If not there, look in the executable directory.
  3. If unsuccessful, then farVIEW loads farview.fix. It looks for it first in the working directory. If not there, it looks in the executable directory.
  4. Failing that, farVIEW quits.
For example, if the farBook name is myBook.vue, then farVIEW looks for myBook.fix. If it can't find that, it looks for farview.fix