Announce: gsf-0.1.0.tar.gz (pre-alpha sprite library)

[Tore Skjellnes <torsk guardian no>]

GSF, which stands for Gtk+ SpriteField, is a library for using sprites
with the GTK+ toolkit.  It is currently in its pre-alpha stage
(version 0.1.0), with many features missing.  This announcement is
intended as a possibility for me to get feedback and help on the code
developed so far.  The design is based on the QwSpriteField by Warwick
Allison.(for the Qt toolkit).

Some features:
  - efficient collision detection
  - flickerless redrawing
  - designed to suppport large number of sprites
  - generalized sprites, using the object oriented approach of Gtk+
  - multiple views of one spritefield

You can download it at 
  ftp://ftp.guardian.no/pub/free/gsf/

Nothing is actually installed if you type 'make install', as the
library is not yet ment for any other pupose than developing and
testing it further.  A simple example program, 'tetris', is included
for testing the library :-).  The 'gsftest' program used BIG sprites
which is not included because of size considerations.

The following libraries are required to compile and run it:
  glib-1.1.0   
  gtk+-1.1.0
  imlib-1.7      (get it at http://gnome.labs.redhat.com/imlib/)
  libpng-1.0.1   (                -- " --                      )
  zlib-1.1.2     (                -- " --                      )

Other versions may also work.  If you want to try an earlier version
of glib or gtk+, you must edit the configure script.  The library has
only been tested on a Linux i586 system.


Please feel free to send comments, suggestions and patches to
torsk@guardian.no