Re: ee: missing functionality

[Toshio Kuratomi <badger prtr-13 ucsc edu>]

On Sat, 16 May, 1998 at 08:07:33PM -0400, raster@redhat.com set free these words:
> On 16 May, Toshio Kuratomi shouted:
> ->  Hi!
> ->  
> ->  I started using ee in earnest today and found that it is
> ->  lacking a key feature: control of image saved.  By that I mean
> ->  ee is lacking the ability to tune the compression ratio and
> ->  colour depth of images it saves.  It also doesn't give png
> ->  users the choice of filters to use or interlace capabilities.
> 
> imlib allows for some of this (quality for jpegs, color on/opp for
> psotscript and psoscript page settings) but not much more. the Imlbi
> interface to saving is VERY simple. its braindead. if you want more
> control i suggets using the libs directly. It would be nice to do for
> EE but noit a priority right now.
> 
Okay.  Guess I'll have to go grab the xv source and recompile against the
new libjpeg for now.

-Toshio
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