libAfterImage 0.90 released
sasha@aftercode.net)
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:30:46 -0500
Greeting AfterStep users.
I'm happy to annonce that we've released fresh new version of libAfterImage -
new image backend for development AfterStep.
Althou development AfterStep is some distance away still, this library
represents rather completed and quite usefull piece of software. Apart from
being much better solution for image handling due to its superior quality of
output it also delivers some value to non-developer users.
It includes several sample applications, such as asview image viewer, asscale,
asmerge and ascompose. I'd like to attract you attention that this last one
is nothing but very powerfull XML scripting tool for image manipulation. The
great thing about it is that it can be used for automating process of
graphics generation of web sites. That was actually main purpose of it all
along, and I'm greatefull to allanon for developing it. Since library's
license has been changed to LGPL and its been moidified to allow for
operation without X Window system, it is a perfect tool for anybody messing
around with web sites.
It may seems strange for some that there are no compileable AfterStep so far,
and it depresses me too, but I'd like to note that most of the work done
nowdays is on the AfterStep itself ( since backend libraries are mor eor less
complete ) so something interesting should show up sometime soon. Of course
the fact that I work on it alone sugnificantly slows things dow, but we are
making progress. At the same time I'm working on visual configuration tool
for AfterStep (called asclook ), so that such tool will appear at the same
time as new AfterStep.
I thank you for your continuing interest in AfterStep.
Regards
Sasha Vasko
on behalf of AS development team.
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