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= alt, # = winkey.\r\nQuickViewHotkey=\r\n; QuickViewOff: to disable QuickView + half size set to 1 \r\nQuickViewOff=\r\n\r\n; name of font e.g. Segui, Arial, MS sans serif\r\nFont=\r\n; size in points e.g. 12\r\nFontSize=\r\n\r\n; color values in HTML RGB format or one of the available keywords:\r\n; Aqua, Black, Blue, Fuchsia, Gray, Green, Lime, Maroon\r\n; Navy, Olive, Purple, Red, Silver, Teal, White, Yellow\r\n; (default black and white)\r\nForegroundColor=\r\nBackgroundColor=\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Notes\r\n\r\nDoes not take into account:\r\n\r\n* Custom panel widths in combination with QuickView - overlay will have incorrect dimensions in such cases\r\n* Moving TC window once QVD is activated (GUI remains at start position)\r\n* Update file comments if edited while QVD is active (restart required)\r\n* TC's QuickView being active BEFORE starting QVD - it won't be able to set the view to half the height of the panel.\r\n\r\n### Screenshots:\r\n\r\n* Multiline file comment: https://github.com/hi5/_resources/blob/master/qvdmultilline.png\r\n* Multiline file comment with QuickView: https://github.com/hi5/_resources/blob/master/qvdmultilline_qv.png\r\n\r\n\r\n# Descript.ion Viewer (DV) - standalone\r\n\r\nA standalone descript.ion files viewer using two panels (file list (left), file comment (right)).\r\n\r\nTo view a descript.ion file, start script and:\r\n\r\n* Drag \u0026 Drop a folder on the GUI\r\n* Drag \u0026 Drop a file on the GUI - it doesn't have to be a descript.ion file as it will look for a descript.ion file in the folder of the dropped file.\r\n* or start with a folder as argument:  \r\n\r\n\u003e description_viewer.ahk c:\\path\\to\\folder\\\r\n\r\nIf a descript.ion file can not be found or read, QVD will display a warning message.\r\n\r\nIt will show all files listed in the descript.ion file. 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