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diff --git a/graphics/gd/pkg/DESCR b/graphics/gd/pkg/DESCR index b7a08dc1f56..ac93e67ac56 100644 --- a/graphics/gd/pkg/DESCR +++ b/graphics/gd/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,19 +1,22 @@ DESCRIPTION - gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images - complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from - other images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a .GIF file. - This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where .GIF - is the format used for inline images. + gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw + images complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut + and paste from other images, and flood fills, and write out + the result as a .GIF file. This is particularly useful in + World Wide Web applications, where .GIF is the format used for + inline images. - gd is not a paint program. If you are looking for a paint program, try - xpaint by David Koblas, available by anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com - in pub/ko/koblas. (That package is for the X Window System; for the Mac - and the PC, paint programs are considerably easier to find.) + gd is not a paint program. If you are looking for a paint + program, try xpaint by David Koblas, available by anonymous + FTP from ftp.netcom.com in pub/ko/koblas. (That package is + for the X Window System; for the Mac and the PC, paint + programs are considerably easier to find.) + + gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics + operation. It is not necessary or desirable for gd to become + a kitchen-sink graphics package, but gd incorporates most of + the commonly requested features for a 2D package. - gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation. It - is not necessary or desirable for gd to become a kitchen-sink graphics - package, but version 1.3 incorporates most of the commonly requested - features for a 2D package. AUTHOR - gd 1.3 was written by Thomas Boutell and is currently distributed by + gd was written by Thomas Boutell and is currently distributed by boutell.com, Inc. |