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diff --git a/graphics/giflib/DESCR b/graphics/giflib/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..974ae0b7020 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/giflib/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Giflib is a GIF manipulation library and tools. Note that this package +has potential patent problems: giflib incorporates the LZW compression +algorithm whose patent is currently held by Unisys. + +The tools include programs to clip, rotate, scale, and position +GIF images. It includes code to dump GIFs to an Epson-compatible printer +in graphics mode, and several conversion utilities. + +The library includes program-callable entry points for reading and writing +GIF files, an 8x8 utility font for embedding text in GIFs, and an error +handler. GIF manipulation can be done at a relatively low level by +sequential I/O (which automatically does/undoes image compression) or at +a higher level by slurping an entire GIF into allocated core. |