source: general/genutils/compface.xml@ a0f03b0

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<!ENTITY compface-download-http "http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/convert/compface-&compface-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY compface-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY compface-size "28 KB">
<!ENTITY compface-buildsize "520 KB">
<!ENTITY compface-time "0.01 SBU">

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<sect1 id="compface" xreflabel="Compface-&compface-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy: $</othername>
<date>$Date: $</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="compface.html"?>
<title>Compface-&compface-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Compface</application></title>

<para><application>Compface</application> provides utilities and a library to
convert from/to X-Face format, a 48x48 bitmap format used to carry thumbnails
of email authors in a mail header.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&compface-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&compface-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &compface-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &compface-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &compface-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/compface-&compface-version;-errno-2.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Compface</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Compface</application> by running the
following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../compface-&compface-version;-errno-2.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>This package contains <command>compface</command>,
<command>uncompface</command> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libcompface</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>compface</title>
<para><command>compface</command> is a filter for generating highly compressed
representations of 48x48x1 face image files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>uncompface</title>
<para><command>uncompface</command> is an inverse filter which performs an 
inverse transformation with no loss of data.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libcompface</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libcompface</filename> allows the 
compression and decompression algorithms to be used in other programs such as
<acronym>MTA</acronym>s.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

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