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+ =========================== |
+ PNG: The Definitive Guide |
+ =========================== |
+ |
+ Source Code |
+ |
+Chapters 13, 14 and 15 of "PNG: The Definitive Guide" discuss three free, |
+cross-platform demo programs that show how to use the libpng reference |
+library: rpng, rpng2 and wpng. rpng and rpng2 are viewers; the first is |
+a very simple example that that shows how a standard file-viewer might use |
+libpng, while the second is designed to process streaming data and shows |
+how a web browser might be written. wpng is a simple command-line program |
+that reads binary PGM and PPM files (the ``raw'' grayscale and RGB subsets |
+of PBMPLUS/NetPBM) and converts them to PNG. |
+ |
+The source code for all three demo programs currently compiles under |
+Unix, OpenVMS, and 32-bit Windows. (Special thanks to Martin Zinser, |
+zinser@decus.de, for making the necessary changes for OpenVMS and for |
+providing an appropriate build script.) Build instructions can be found |
+below. |
+ |
+Files: |
+ |
+ README this file |
+ LICENSE terms of distribution and reuse (BSD-like or GNU GPL) |
+ COPYING GNU General Public License (GPL) |
+ |
+ Makefile.unx Unix makefile |
+ Makefile.w32 Windows (MSVC) makefile |
+ makevms.com OpenVMS build script |
+ |
+ rpng-win.c Windows front end for the basic viewer |
+ rpng-x.c X Window System (Unix, OpenVMS) front end |
+ readpng.c generic back end for the basic viewer |
+ readpng.h header file for the basic viewer |
+ |
+ rpng2-win.c Windows front end for the progressive viewer |
+ rpng2-x.c X front end for the progressive viewer |
+ readpng2.c generic back end for the progressive viewer |
+ readpng2.h header file for the progressive viewer |
+ |
+ wpng.c generic (text) front end for the converter |
+ writepng.c generic back end for the converter |
+ writepng.h header file for the converter |
+ |
+ toucan.png transparent PNG for testing (by Stefan Schneider) |
+ |
+Note that, although the programs are designed to be functional, their |
+primary purpose is to illustrate how to use libpng to add PNG support to |
+other programs. As such, their user interfaces are crude and definitely |
+are not intended for everyday use. |
+ |
+Please see http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngbook.html for further infor- |
+mation and links to the latest version of the source code, and Chapters |
+13-15 of the book for detailed discussion of the three programs. |
+ |
+Greg Roelofs |
+http://pobox.com/~newt/greg_contact.html |
+16 March 2008 |
+ |
+ |
+BUILD INSTRUCTIONS |
+ |
+ - Prerequisites (in order of compilation): |
+ |
+ - zlib http://zlib.net/ |
+ - libpng http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html |
+ - pngbook http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/sources.html |
+ |
+ The pngbook demo programs are explicitly designed to demonstrate proper |
+ coding techniques for using the libpng reference library. As a result, |
+ you need to download and build both zlib (on which libpng depends) and |
+ libpng. A common build setup is to place the zlib, libpng and pngbook |
+ subdirectory trees ("folders") in the same parent directory. Then the |
+ libpng build can refer to files in ../zlib (or ..\zlib or [-.zlib]), |
+ and similarly for the pngbook build. |
+ |
+ Note that all three packages are designed to be built from a command |
+ line by default; those who wish to use a graphical or other integrated |
+ development environments are on their own. |
+ |
+ |
+ - Unix: |
+ |
+ Unpack the latest pngbook sources (which should correspond to this |
+ README file) into a directory and change into that directory. |
+ |
+ Copy Makefile.unx to Makefile and edit the PNG* and Z* variables |
+ appropriately (possibly also the X* variables if necessary). |
+ |
+ make |
+ |
+ There is no "install" target, so copy the three executables somewhere |
+ in your path or run them from the current directory. All three will |
+ print a basic usage screen when run without any command-line arguments; |
+ see the book for more details. |
+ |
+ |
+ - Windows: |
+ |
+ Unpack the latest pngbook sources (which should correspond to this |
+ README file) into a folder, open a "DOS shell" or "command prompt" |
+ or equivalent command-line window, and cd into the folder where you |
+ unpacked the source code. |
+ |
+ For MSVC, set up the necessary environment variables by invoking |
+ |
+ %devstudio%\vc\bin\vcvars32.bat |
+ |
+ where where %devstudio% is the installation directory for MSVC / |
+ DevStudio. If you get "environment out of space" errors under 95/98, |
+ create a desktop shortcut with "c:\windows\command.com /e:4096" as |
+ the program command line and set the working directory to the pngbook |
+ directory. Then double-click to open the new DOS-prompt window with |
+ a bigger environment and retry the commands above. |
+ |
+ Copy Makefile.w32 to Makefile and edit the PNGPATH and ZPATH variables |
+ appropriately (possibly also the "INC" and "LIB" variables if needed). |
+ Note that the names of the dynamic and static libpng and zlib libraries |
+ used in the makefile may change in later releases of the libraries. |
+ Also note that, as of libpng version 1.0.5, MSVC DLL builds do not work. |
+ This makefile therefore builds statically linked executables, but if |
+ the DLL problems ever get fixed, uncommenting the appropriate PNGLIB |
+ and ZLIB lines will build dynamically linked executables instead. |
+ |
+ Do the build by typing |
+ |
+ nmake |
+ |
+ The result should be three executables: rpng-win.exe, rpng2-win.exe, |
+ and wpng.exe. Copy them somewhere in your PATH or run them from the |
+ current folder. Like the Unix versions, the two windowed programs |
+ (rpng and rpng2) now display a usage screen in a console window when |
+ invoked without command-line arguments; this is new behavior as of |
+ the June 2001 release. Note that the programs use the Unix-style "-" |
+ character to specify options, instead of the more common DOS/Windows |
+ "/" character. (For example: "rpng2-win -bgpat 4 foo.png", not |
+ "rpng2-win /bgpat 4 foo.png") |
+ |
+ |
+ - OpenVMS: |
+ |
+ Unpack the pngbook sources into a subdirectory and change into that |
+ subdirectory. |
+ |
+ Edit makevms.com appropriately, specifically the zpath and pngpath |
+ variables. |
+ |
+ @makevms |
+ |
+ To run the programs, they probably first need to be set up as "foreign |
+ symbols," with "disk" and "dir" set appropriately: |
+ |
+ $ rpng == "$disk:[dir]rpng-x.exe" |
+ $ rpng2 == "$disk:[dir]rpng2-x.exe" |
+ $ wpng == "$disk:[dir]wpng.exe" |
+ |
+ All three will print a basic usage screen when run without any command- |
+ line arguments; see the book for more details. Note that the options |
+ style is Unix-like, i.e., preceded by "-" rather than "/". |
+ |
+ |
+RUNNING THE PROGRAMS: (VERY) BRIEF INTRO |
+ |
+ rpng is a simple PNG viewer that can display transparent PNGs with a |
+ specified background color; for example, |
+ |
+ rpng -bgcolor \#ff0000 toucan.png |
+ |
+ would display the image with a red background. rpng2 is a progressive |
+ viewer that simulates a web browser in some respects; it can display |
+ images against either a background color or a dynamically generated |
+ background image. For example: |
+ |
+ rpng2 -bgpat 16 toucan.png |
+ |
+ wpng is a purely command-line image converter from binary PBMPLUS/NetPBM |
+ format (.pgm or .ppm) to PNG; for example, |
+ |
+ wpng -time < toucan-notrans.ppm > toucan-notrans.png |
+ |
+ would convert the specified PPM file (using redirection) to PNG, auto- |
+ matically setting the PNG modification-time chunk. |
+ |
+ All options can be abbreviated to the shortest unique value; for example, |
+ "-bgc" for -bgcolor (versus "-bgp" for -bgpat), or "-g" for -gamma. |