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diff --git a/graphics/libcaca/DESCR b/graphics/libcaca/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..424594141da --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/libcaca/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +The libcaca library is a graphics library that outputs text instead +of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals. +It is not unlike the famous AAlib library. libcaca needs a terminal +to work, thus it should work on all Unix systems (including Mac OS +X) using either the slang library or the ncurses library. + +The differences with AAlib are the following: + + * 16 available colours for character output (256 colour pairs) + * dithering of colour images + * basic sprite primitives + +But libcaca also has the following limitations: + + * no support for brightness, contrast, gamma + * unefficient character-choosing algorithms + * no alternate fonts + * no raw keyboard support + * no custom output drivers a la AA-on-X |