| = GIFLIB = |
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| This is the README file of GIFLIB, a library for manipulating GIF files. |
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| Latest versions of GIFLIB are currently hosted at: |
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib |
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| == Overview == |
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| GIF is a legacy format; we recommend against generating new images in |
| it. For a cleaner, more extensible design with better color support |
| and compression, look up PNG. |
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| giflib provides code for reading GIF files and transforming them into |
| RGB bitmaps, and for writing RGB bitmaps as GIF files. |
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| The (permissive) open-source license is in the file COPYING. |
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| You will find build instructions in build.adoc |
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| You will find full documentation of the API in doc/ and on the |
| project website. |
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| Please report bugs to the bug tracker on sourceforge: |
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| http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=102202 |
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| The project has a long and confusing history, described in history.adoc |
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| The project to-do list is in TODO. |
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| == Authors == |
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| Gershon Elber <gershon[AT]cs.technion.sc.il> |
| original giflib code |
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| Toshio Kuratomi <toshio[AT]tiki-lounge.com> |
| uncompressed gif writing code |
| former maintainer |
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| Eric Raymond <esr[AT]snark.thyrsus.com> |
| current as well as long time former maintainer of giflib code |
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| There have been many other contributors; see the attributions in the |
| version-control history to learn more. |
