"Konstantin Klyatskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.absoluteword.com/jpglib/
> JPEG/GIF decompression library for Palm OS
> available in sources and binaries. Free if you are OK with nags it draws.
> --
>

I did see your library. Unfortunatly, to comply with the GNU GPL I believe I
have to be able to make the source code public.

> Depends on what you mean by GIF-support, there are issues with encoding
> since the LZW compression algorithm is patented (some more info
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html), decoding is not a probem though
> since both patents covering the LZW only include compression and not
> decompression.
> I don't have any specific info on any available products though I'm
afraid.
>
> - Veronica Loell

Yes, I am only interested in decompression for displaying as inline images
in WML pages.

> Really sorry I dont know what is "Free if you are OK with nags it draws",
I
> went to  http://www.absoluteword.com/jpglib/
> but I downloaded only a sample (not sources and binaries). So where I can
> get it now?

The Jpeg Library I use is at: http://www.nyctergatis.com/jpeglib/. It works
perfect. It is also open source and does not have any nags. If you cannot
get it there I believe that I have a copy of the library from the site.

> Regardless, PNG is, and always has been, a far superior graphics format.
> There hasn't been any good excuse to use GIF for quite some time now
> (animation doesn't count, either.)

I would also like to add PNG support. The problem is that a lot of WAP sites
use GIF images as their default color images and I need to have support for
a broad range of images. I was able to find a PNG/GIF library from the
PiNGer app in ZBoxZ (http://palmboxer.sourceforge.net/), but the way it went
about decoding, temporarily storing, and drawing did not work fro me. I
tried to get it to work but I need something that, preferably, creates a
BitmapPtr so that I can draw it to an offscreen window (buffer) which will
be copied to the screen. Also, if there is a library it needs to be
compatible with PalmOS 4.0 and up and can be compiled with GCC/PRC-Tools. I
believe the JpegLib at absoluteworld uses CodeWarrior Libraries.

Thanks,
Donald

>
> "Donald C. Kirker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I used the PalmJpeg Lib and loved it. It worked wonderfully. I have a
> > similar question. My question is, I am working on an open source WAP
> browser
> > (WAPUniverse) and would like to add GIF support, is there a *free* GIF
> > library that I can use?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Donald
> >
>
>
>



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