source: general/graphlib/aalib.xml@ edf34da5

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY aalib-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/aa-project/aalib-&aalib-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY aalib-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY aalib-md5sum        "9801095c42bba12edebd1902bcf0a990">
  <!ENTITY aalib-size          "388 KB">
  <!ENTITY aalib-buildsize     "6.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY aalib-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="aalib" xreflabel="AAlib-&aalib-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="aalib.html"?>


  <title>AAlib-&aalib-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="aalib">
    <primary sortas="a-AAlib">AAlib</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to AAlib</title>

    <para>
      <application>AAlib</application> is a library to render any graphic into
      ASCII Art.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&aalib-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&aalib-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &aalib-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &aalib-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &aalib-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &aalib-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AAlib Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
      <xref linkend="xorg7-font"/> (runtime),
      <xref linkend="slang"/>, and
      <xref linkend="gpm"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of AAlib</title>

    <para>
      Fix a minor problem with the included m4 file:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/AM_PATH_AALIB,/s/AM_PATH_AALIB/[&amp;]/' aalib.m4</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Change the default X11 font from <xref linkend='xorg7-legacy'/> to
      <xref linkend='xorg7-font'/>:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -e 's/8x13bold/-*-luxi mono-bold-r-normal--13-120-*-*-m-*-*-*/' \
    -i src/aax.c</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Fix an overuse of some ncurses internal data structure to allow
      building this package with ncurses-6.5 or later:
    </para>

    <screen><userinput>sed 's/stdscr->_max\([xy]\) + 1/getmax\1(stdscr)/' \
    -i src/aacurses.c</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To allow building this package with GCC-14 or later, add some missing
      <literal>#include</literal> directives and fix a bad
      <literal>return</literal> statement to make the code C99-compatible.
      Then regenerate the <command>configure</command> script to ensure
      the C code for probing system features C99-compatible as well:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '1i#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;'                            \
    src/aa{fire,info,lib,linuxkbd,savefont,test,regist}.c &amp;&amp;
sed -i '1i#include &lt;string.h&gt;'                            \
    src/aa{kbdreg,moureg,test,regist}.c                   &amp;&amp;
sed -i '/X11_KBDDRIVER/a#include &lt;X11/Xutil.h&gt;'           \
    src/aaxkbd.c                                          &amp;&amp;
sed -i '/rawmode_init/,/^}/s/return;/return 0;/'          \
    src/aalinuxkbd.c                                      &amp;&amp;
autoconf</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr             \
            --infodir=/usr/share/info \
            --mandir=/usr/share/man   \
            --with-ncurses=/usr       \
            --disable-static          &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>aafire, aainfo, aalib-config, aasavefont, and aatest</seg>
        <seg>libaa.so</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="aafire">
        <term><command>aafire</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a demo of <application>AAlib</application>, rendering
            an animated fire in ASCII Art
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib aafire">
            <primary sortas="b-aafire">aafire</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aainfo">
        <term><command>aainfo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides information for your current settings related to
            <application>AAlib</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib aainfo">
            <primary sortas="b-aainfo">aainfo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aalib-config">
        <term><command>aalib-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides configuration info for <application>AAlib</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib aalib-config">
            <primary sortas="b-aalib-config">aalib-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aasavefont">
        <term><command>aasavefont</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            saves a font to a file
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib aasavefont">
            <primary sortas="b-aasavefont">aasavefont</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aatest">
        <term><command>aatest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            shows the abilities of <application>AAlib</application>
            in a little test
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib aatest">
            <primary sortas="b-aatest">aatest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libaa">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libaa.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a collection of routines to render any graphical input in
            portable format to ASCII Art. It can be used through many programs
            and has a very well documented API, so you can easily put it into
            your own programs
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aalib libaa">
            <primary sortas="c-libaa">libaa.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>