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- README for libpng version 1.2.34 - December 18, 2008 (shared library 12.0)
- See the note about version numbers near the top of png.h
- See INSTALL for instructions on how to install libpng.
- Libpng comes in several distribution formats. Get libpng-*.tar.gz,
- libpng-*.tar.lzma, or libpng-*.tar.bz2 if you want UNIX-style line
- endings in the text files, or lpng*.7z or lpng*.zip if you want DOS-style
- line endings. You can get UNIX-style line endings from the *.zip file
- by using "unzip -a" but there seems to be no simple way to recover
- UNIX-style line endings from the *.7z file. The *.tar.lzma file is
- recommended for *NIX users instead.
- Version 0.89 was the first official release of libpng. Don't let the
- fact that it's the first release fool you. The libpng library has been in
- extensive use and testing since mid-1995. By late 1997 it had
- finally gotten to the stage where there hadn't been significant
- changes to the API in some time, and people have a bad feeling about
- libraries with versions < 1.0. Version 1.0.0 was released in
- March 1998.
- ****
- Note that some of the changes to the png_info structure render this
- version of the library binary incompatible with libpng-0.89 or
- earlier versions if you are using a shared library. The type of the
- "filler" parameter for png_set_filler() has changed from png_byte to
- png_uint_32, which will affect shared-library applications that use
- this function.
- To avoid problems with changes to the internals of png_info_struct,
- new APIs have been made available in 0.95 to avoid direct application
- access to info_ptr. These functions are the png_set_<chunk> and
- png_get_<chunk> functions. These functions should be used when
- accessing/storing the info_struct data, rather than manipulating it
- directly, to avoid such problems in the future.
- It is important to note that the APIs do not make current programs
- that access the info struct directly incompatible with the new
- library. However, it is strongly suggested that new programs use
- the new APIs (as shown in example.c and pngtest.c), and older programs
- be converted to the new format, to facilitate upgrades in the future.
- ****
- Additions since 0.90 include the ability to compile libpng as a
- Windows DLL, and new APIs for accessing data in the info struct.
- Experimental functions include the ability to set weighting and cost
- factors for row filter selection, direct reads of integers from buffers
- on big-endian processors that support misaligned data access, faster
- methods of doing alpha composition, and more accurate 16->8 bit color
- conversion.
- The additions since 0.89 include the ability to read from a PNG stream
- which has had some (or all) of the signature bytes read by the calling
- application. This also allows the reading of embedded PNG streams that
- do not have the PNG file signature. As well, it is now possible to set
- the library action on the detection of chunk CRC errors. It is possible
- to set different actions based on whether the CRC error occurred in a
- critical or an ancillary chunk.
- The changes made to the library, and bugs fixed are based on discussions
- on the png-mng-implement mailing list
- and not on material submitted privately to Guy, Andreas, or Glenn. They will
- forward any good suggestions to the list.
- For a detailed description on using libpng, read libpng.txt. For
- examples of libpng in a program, see example.c and pngtest.c. For usage
- information and restrictions (what little they are) on libpng, see
- png.h. For a description on using zlib (the compression library used by
- libpng) and zlib's restrictions, see zlib.h
- I have included a general makefile, as well as several machine and
- compiler specific ones, but you may have to modify one for your own needs.
- You should use zlib 1.0.4 or later to run this, but it MAY work with
- versions as old as zlib 0.95. Even so, there are bugs in older zlib
- versions which can cause the output of invalid compression streams for
- some images. You will definitely need zlib 1.0.4 or later if you are
- taking advantage of the MS-DOS "far" structure allocation for the small
- and medium memory models. You should also note that zlib is a
- compression library that is useful for more things than just PNG files.
- You can use zlib as a drop-in replacement for fread() and fwrite() if
- you are so inclined.
- zlib should be available at the same place that libpng is, or at
- ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/
- You may also want a copy of the PNG specification. It is available
- as an RFC, a W3C Recommendation, and an ISO/IEC Standard. You can find
- these at http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngdocs.html
- This code is currently being archived at libpng.sf.net in the
- [DOWNLOAD] area, and on CompuServe, Lib 20 (PNG SUPPORT)
- at GO GRAPHSUP. If you can't find it in any of those places,
- e-mail me, and I'll help you find it.
- If you have any code changes, requests, problems, etc., please e-mail
- them to me. Also, I'd appreciate any make files or project files,
- and any modifications you needed to make to get libpng to compile,
- along with a #define variable to tell what compiler/system you are on.
- If you needed to add transformations to libpng, or wish libpng would
- provide the image in a different way, drop me a note (and code, if
- possible), so I can consider supporting the transformation.
- Finally, if you get any warning messages when compiling libpng
- (note: not zlib), and they are easy to fix, I'd appreciate the
- fix. Please mention "libpng" somewhere in the subject line. Thanks.
- This release was created and will be supported by myself (of course
- based in a large way on Guy's and Andreas' earlier work), and the PNG group.
- Send comments/corrections/commendations to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net
- (subscription required; visit
- https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-implement
- to subscribe) or to glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
- You can't reach Guy, the original libpng author, at the addresses
- given in previous versions of this document. He and Andreas will read mail
- addressed to the png-mng-implement list, however.
- Please do not send general questions about PNG. Send them to
- the (png-mng-misc at lists.sourceforge.net, subscription required, visit
- https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-implement to subscribe)
- On the other hand,
- please do not send libpng questions to that address, send them to me
- or to the png-mng-implement list. I'll
- get them in the end anyway. If you have a question about something
- in the PNG specification that is related to using libpng, send it
- to me. Send me any questions that start with "I was using libpng,
- and ...". If in doubt, send questions to me. I'll bounce them
- to others, if necessary.
- Please do not send suggestions on how to change PNG. We have
- been discussing PNG for twelve years now, and it is official and
- finished. If you have suggestions for libpng, however, I'll
- gladly listen. Even if your suggestion is not used immediately,
- it may be used later.
- Files in this distribution:
- ANNOUNCE => Announcement of this version, with recent changes
- CHANGES => Description of changes between libpng versions
- KNOWNBUG => List of known bugs and deficiencies
- LICENSE => License to use and redistribute libpng
- README => This file
- TODO => Things not implemented in the current library
- Y2KINFO => Statement of Y2K compliance
- example.c => Example code for using libpng functions
- libpng-*-*-diff.txt => Diff from previous release
- libpng.3 => manual page for libpng (includes libpng.txt)
- libpng.txt => Description of libpng and its functions
- libpngpf.3 => manual page for libpng's private functions
- png.5 => manual page for the PNG format
- png.c => Basic interface functions common to library
- png.h => Library function and interface declarations
- pngconf.h => System specific library configuration
- pngerror.c => Error/warning message I/O functions
- pngget.c => Functions for retrieving info from struct
- pngmem.c => Memory handling functions
- pngbar.png => PNG logo, 88x31
- pngnow.png => PNG logo, 98x31
- pngpread.c => Progressive reading functions
- pngread.c => Read data/helper high-level functions
- pngrio.c => Lowest-level data read I/O functions
- pngrtran.c => Read data transformation functions
- pngrutil.c => Read data utility functions
- pngset.c => Functions for storing data into the info_struct
- pngtest.c => Library test program
- pngtest.png => Library test sample image
- pngtrans.c => Common data transformation functions
- pngwio.c => Lowest-level write I/O functions
- pngwrite.c => High-level write functions
- pngwtran.c => Write data transformations
- pngwutil.c => Write utility functions
- contrib => Contributions
- gregbook => source code for PNG reading and writing, from
- Greg Roelofs' "PNG: The Definitive Guide",
- O'Reilly, 1999
- msvctest => Builds and runs pngtest using a MSVC workspace
- pngminus => Simple pnm2png and png2pnm programs
- pngsuite => Test images
- visupng => Contains a MSVC workspace for VisualPng
- projects => Contains project files and workspaces for building DLL
- beos => Contains a Beos workspace for building libpng
- c5builder => Contains a Borland workspace for building libpng
- and zlib
- visualc6 => Contains a Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) workspace
- for building libpng and zlib
- netware.txt => Contains instructions for downloading a set of
- project files for building libpng and zlib on
- Netware.
- wince.txt => Contains instructions for downloading a Microsoft
- Visual C++ (Windows CD Toolkit) workspace for
- building libpng and zlib on WindowsCE
- scripts => Directory containing scripts for building libpng:
- descrip.mms => VMS makefile for MMS or MMK
- makefile.std => Generic UNIX makefile (cc, creates static libpng.a)
- makefile.elf => Linux/ELF makefile symbol versioning,
- gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34)
- makefile.linux => Linux/ELF makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34)
- makefile.gcmmx => Linux/ELF makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34,
- uses assembler code tuned for Intel MMX platform)
- makefile.gcc => Generic makefile (gcc, creates static libpng.a)
- makefile.knr => Archaic UNIX Makefile that converts files with
- ansi2knr (Requires ansi2knr.c from
- ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost)
- makefile.aix => AIX makefile
- makefile.cygwin => Cygwin/gcc makefile
- makefile.darwin => Darwin makefile
- makefile.dec => DEC Alpha UNIX makefile
- makefile.freebsd => FreeBSD makefile
- makefile.hpgcc => HPUX makefile using gcc
- makefile.hpux => HPUX (10.20 and 11.00) makefile
- makefile.hp64 => HPUX (10.20 and 11.00) makefile, 64 bit
- makefile.ibmc => IBM C/C++ version 3.x for Win32 and OS/2 (static)
- makefile.intel => Intel C/C++ version 4.0 and later
- libpng.icc => Project file, IBM VisualAge/C++ 4.0 or later
- makefile.netbsd => NetBSD/cc makefile, PNGGCCRD, makes libpng.so.
- makefile.ne12bsd => NetBSD/cc makefile, PNGGCCRD, makes libpng12.so
- makefile.openbsd => OpenBSD makefile
- makefile.sgi => Silicon Graphics IRIX (cc, creates static lib)
- makefile.sggcc => Silicon Graphics
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34)
- makefile.sunos => Sun makefile
- makefile.solaris => Solaris 2.X makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34)
- makefile.so9 => Solaris 9 makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.34)
- makefile.32sunu => Sun Ultra 32-bit makefile
- makefile.64sunu => Sun Ultra 64-bit makefile
- makefile.sco => For SCO OSr5 ELF and Unixware 7 with Native cc
- makefile.mips => MIPS makefile
- makefile.acorn => Acorn makefile
- makefile.amiga => Amiga makefile
- smakefile.ppc => AMIGA smakefile for SAS C V6.58/7.00 PPC
- compiler (Requires SCOPTIONS, copied from
- scripts/SCOPTIONS.ppc)
- makefile.atari => Atari makefile
- makefile.beos => BEOS makefile for X86
- makefile.bor => Borland makefile (uses bcc)
- makefile.bc32 => 32-bit Borland C++ (all modules compiled in C mode)
- makefile.tc3 => Turbo C 3.0 makefile
- makefile.dj2 => DJGPP 2 makefile
- makefile.msc => Microsoft C makefile
- makefile.vcawin32=> makefile for Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 and
- later (uses assembler code tuned for Intel MMX
- platform)
- makefile.vcwin32 => makefile for Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 and
- later (does not use assembler code)
- makefile.os2 => OS/2 Makefile (gcc and emx, requires pngos2.def)
- pngos2.def => OS/2 module definition file used by makefile.os2
- makefile.watcom => Watcom 10a+ Makefile, 32-bit flat memory model
- makevms.com => VMS build script
- SCOPTIONS.ppc => Used with smakefile.ppc
- Good luck, and happy coding.
- -Glenn Randers-Pehrson (current maintainer)
- Internet: glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
- -Andreas Eric Dilger (former maintainer, 1996-1997)
- Internet: adilger at enel.ucalgary.ca
- Web: http://members.shaw.ca/adilger/
- -Guy Eric Schalnat (original author and former maintainer, 1995-1996)
- (formerly of Group 42, Inc)
- Internet: gschal at infinet.com