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Giflib is a GIF manipulation library and tools. Note that this package
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has potential patent problems: giflib incorporates the LZW compression
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algorithm whose patent is currently held by Unisys.
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The tools include programs to clip, rotate, scale, and position
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GIF images. It includes code to dump GIFs to an Epson-compatible printer
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in graphics mode, and several conversion utilities.
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The library includes program-callable entry points for reading and writing
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GIF files, an 8x8 utility font for embedding text in GIFs, and an error
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handler. GIF manipulation can be done at a relatively low level by
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sequential I/O (which automatically does/undoes image compression) or at
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a higher level by slurping an entire GIF into allocated core.
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