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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: GIF write support
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-06 8:39:03
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mosfet wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sure this is going to be a controversial subject but we really need
> to have GIF write support if we are going to have apps like Pixie and
> KImageShop taken seriously by web developers and such. Since Pixie
> especially is aimed at these people I feel it is essential that I
> support it... I know of the legal issues involved with GIF but I also
> know it's something my users are going to need...
> 
> We have the code, it's just not used. If it's going to remain unused I
> would *very much* like to add the QImageIO code to pixie itself, but
> think I should ask first because it is a CVS application and as such
> part of the KDE project as a whole.
> 
I thought we once planed on making it a configurable option in kdelibs
to install it. As kimgio is modular (this GIF stuff was the main reason
I did that :) this shouldn't be a problem

Greetings, Stephan

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