> the links web browser also required a port of libpng in a > subdirectory of its source tree. that's where the test images and > clients we used against p9's png came from. not sure how useful that > is, but i thought it worth mentioning.
Yes, I did remember. Like GS, "links" also uses libjpeg, which has value in itself. GD, libTIFF and GeoTiff all also contribute to a graphics workbench and all are actually quite open to being converted to native Plan 9. That is where I'm hoping to go, but I have some immediate objectives that have slightly higher priority, as mentioned. In the process, I've had to make adjustments to the APE headers and to my view of the Plan 9 directory hierarchy that I hope will benefit others as well. In the medium term, I think there'd be advantages to extracting zlib, libpng and libjpeg (at least) from GS, "links" and possibly other places and accept them as first class citizens in the Plan 9 system. ++L
