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diff --git a/graphics/fbm/DESCR b/graphics/fbm/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..50008bfd84b --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/fbm/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The Fuzzy BitMap tools. (Adapted directly from the FreeBSD Ports +system.) + +This package provides a set of UNIX filter commands which perform +image-processing steps, and can read and write multiple formats. +A NOP filter, fbcat, can be used to perform format conversions. Similar +to netpbm or urt. The key reason that I wanted fbm is because fbm can +deal with IFF FORM ILBM files, while other tools at my disposal cannot. + +Two caveats: + +I left in FreeBSD patches that keep fbm from using standard graphics +libraries. If, like me, you only use fbm to import an odd file or two, +then uninstall, then you might appreciate not needing to install +various graphics libraries. + +There seems to be some buggy code for emitting ILBM's. IFF requires +that all chunks be padded to 16-bit boundaries; this also applies to +each scanline of each bitplane in FORM ILBM. It appears that fbcat +(at least) fails to properly handle this padding on at least one +case of reading or writing ILBM files. (This isn't a problem if +the ILBM width is a multiple of 16.) |