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--- index.html Mon Nov 25 11:39:31 2002
+++ index.html Wed Nov 27 12:47:38 2002
@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@
modern image formats such as PNG and JPEG as soon as possible.
+<p>Note, that the FreeBSD port of gd2 includes support for GIF files
+ported from the earlier releases of gd. If the WITH_LZW was defined at
+build time, the software will also use LZW-compression when creating
+GIF files.
+
<p>
gd 2.0.8 <strong>requires</strong> that the following libraries
@@ -116,4 +121,18 @@
Portions relating to WBMP copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Maurice Szmurlo and Johan Van
den Brande.
+
+<p>
+GIF decompression code copyright 1990, 1991, 1993, by David Koblas
+(koblas@netcom.com).
+<p>
+Non-LZW-based GIF compression code copyright 1998, by Hutchison Avenue
+Software Corporation (<a href="http://www.hasc.com">http://www.hasc.com/<;/a>,
+info@hasc.com).
+<p>
+LZW-based GIF compression code David Rowley.
+Obtaining a license for the Unisys LZW compression patent is
+entirely between the user and Unisys. The authors of gd can provide
+NO assistance in this matter.
+
<p>
<strong>Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in any
@@ -192,5 +211,22 @@
<li><a href="http://martin.gleeson.com/fly/">fly</a>, by Martin Gleeson
</ul>
-<P>
+
+<P><A NAME="gifpatch"><H3>What does the FreeBSD port add?</H3></A>
+
+<p>This version reinstates GIF support. Specifically, the following
+functions are added: gdImageGif, gdImageGifPtr, gdImageGifCtx,
+gdImageGifToSink, gdImageCreateFromGif, gdImageCreateFromGifCtx,
+gdImageCreateFromGifSource.
+The can be used just like the corresponding functions for the other
+image formats.
+
+<p>Other functions added, but not documented, are: gdImageLzw,
+gdImageLzwPtr, gdImageLzwCtx, gdImageBigGif, gdImageBigGifPtr,
+gdImageBigGifCtx.
+
+<p>The <a href=#gdImageOpenPolygon>gdImageOpenPolygon</a> is added.
+This is basically the same as <a href=#gdImagePolygon>gdImagePolygon</A>,
+but it does not join the start and end points. It is required by GD.pm.
+
<A NAME="whatsnew2.0.8"><H3>What's new in version 2.0.8?</H3></A>
<P>
@@ -1058,5 +1094,6 @@
<DD>
Represents a point in the coordinate space of the image; used
-by <A HREF="#gdImagePolygon">gdImagePolygon</A> and
+by <A HREF="#gdImagePolygon">gdImagePolygon</A>,
+<A HREF="#gdImageOpenPolygon">gdImageOpenPolygon</A>, and
<A HREF="#gdImageFilledPolygon">gdImageFilledPolygon</A>.
<PRE>
@@ -1068,5 +1105,6 @@
<DD>
A pointer to a <A HREF="#gdPoint">gdPoint</A> structure; passed
-as an argument to <A HREF="#gdImagePolygon">gdImagePolygon</A>
+as an argument to <A HREF="#gdImagePolygon">gdImagePolygon</A>,
+<A HREF="#gdImageOpenPolygon">gdImageOpenPolygon</A>,
and <A HREF="#gdImageFilledPolygon">gdImageFilledPolygon</A>.
</DL>
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