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= GIFLIB =
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This is the README file of GIFLIB, a library for manipulating GIF files.
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Latest versions of GIFLIB are currently hosted at:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
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== Overview ==
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GIF is a legacy format; we recommend against generating new images in
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it. For a cleaner, more extensible design with better color support
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and compression, look up PNG.
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giflib provides code for reading GIF files and transforming them into
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RGB bitmaps, and for writing RGB bitmaps as GIF files.
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The (permissive) open-source license is in the file COPYING.
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You will find build instructions in build.asc
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You will find full documentation of the API in doc/ and on the
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project website.
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The project has a long and confusing history, described in history.asc
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The project to-do list is in TODO.
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