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Added libungif patch, matched vim instructions with lfs

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[f45b1953]1<sect2>
[e1d7dec]2<title>Introduction to <application>libungif</application></title>
[f45b1953]3
[e1d7dec]4<para>The libungif package contains libraries for reading all
[c2ee009c]5<acronym>GIF</acronym>s and writing non-compressed ones as well as programs for
[e1d7dec]6converting and working with <acronym>GIF</acronym> files. The libraries are
7useful for any graphics program wishing to deal with <acronym>GIF</acronym>
8files while the programs are useful for conversion purposes as well as cleaning
9up images.</para>
[f45b1953]10
[c2ee009c]11<para>The reason libungif only writes non-compressed <acronym>GIF</acronym>s
[e1d7dec]12is due to a legal issue with <acronym>LZW</acronym> compression (which Unisys
13claims a patent on). Reading <acronym>GIF</acronym>s is not a problem as the
[c2ee009c]14decompression routines do not seem to be limited in this way. Note that this
[e1d7dec]15has in the past been disputed. The best way to avoid this whole mess is to
16simply use libungif for looking at <acronym>GIF</acronym> images on the web,
17while in any pages which you design, use the open source <acronym>PNG</acronym>
18format instead (which uses, not surprisingly, the libpng library) which has no
19patent issues at all.</para>
20
21<sect3><title>Package information</title>
22<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
23<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libungif-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
24<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libungif-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
25<listitem><para>Download size: &libungif-size;</para></listitem>
26<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &libungif-buildsize;</para></listitem>
27<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &libungif-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
28</sect3>
[f45b1953]29
[92bf1604]30<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
31<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
32<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
33url="&patch-root;/libungif-4.1.0b1-va_start.patch"/></para></listitem>
34</itemizedlist>
35</sect3>
[f45b1953]36
37</sect2>
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