<It seems silly, but while I've located things like tgif that can  edit
<gif  files, and various tools to convert to/from gif format, I haven't
<been able to locate a program that just opens a window and displays  a
<gif file in it.  I've looked thru various faq files, also to no avail.
<Is there one lurking about in some  archive?   Nothing  sophisticated;
<just "show the pretty picture"?
<
<Alternatively, if I could locate the specs for gif, I don't suppose it
<would be too hard to write it myself, but I have no idea where to even
<start looking for the spec.  (Well, actually, I do have an idea - this
<newsgroup.  ;-)

Get, xv, version 3.0.  It reads/displays/manipulates many different formats.