Re: Picture viewing library

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From: Ryan Rubley (rubleyr@csis.gvsu.edu)
Date: Thu 11 Apr 2002 - 06:36:46 IDT


I ported FreeImage from win32 to linux occasionally, 2.4.2 worked fine 
under Linux, the save functions are simple one line functions that take a 
file name and a pointer to some image data.

The examples section for Linux includes svgalib and gtk examples I wrote 
for easy image loading.



On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Jay Link wrote:

> 
> Ok, guys:
> 
> It's clear to me that SVGAlib needs its own graphic file / picture viewing
> capabilities, perhaps as an additional add-in library such as vgagl or the
> threeDKit.
> 
> This has got to be one of the #1 requests that people have. We need, at a
> minimum, the ability to read & write .GIFs, .JPGs, and 24-bit .BMPs.
> Others would be nice, but not essential to start.
> 
> Sure, there exist libraries such as libLUG that already do this, but
> several versions exist, they're inconsistent, and many people have trouble
> with them. This has to be simple & straight forward.
> 
> Russell, you've already got a lot of these major formats built into zgv.
> Would you be willing to contribute? Alternately, could we just hack some
> of your code?
> 
> I think this is going to be my project for this summer (for those of you
> in the Northern hemisphere). Would anyone care to participate? I accept
> any and all suggestions, and I think this could be working in a matter of
> weeks.
> 
> Best,
> 
> -Jay Link
> 
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