[hlx] PNG support

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Through the good graces of Jay Belanger, Hyperlatex now supports
generating PNG images, and the default next.gif image and friends have
been replaced with next.png etc.  The next step for me is getting the
release-packaging makefiles together.  As soon as I do that, there
will be a new version, clean of GIFs.

Do you know who at Debian to notify to make sure they re-classify
hyperlatex? 

-tom

> Subject: [ hyperlatex-Feature Requests-910426 ] PNG support instead of GIF
> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 05:11:34 -0800
> 
> Category: functionality to add
> Group: None
> Status: Open
> Priority: 5
> Submitted By: Roland Stigge (stigge)
> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Summary: PNG support instead of GIF
> 
> Initial Comment:
> Please add PNG support to hyperlatex. This is essential
> for system distributions who can't legally provide GIF
> creating programs. The last GIF/LZW patent is running
> out in 2004, but IBM still holds patents which expire
> in 2006, see also http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
> 
> Note that Debian will probably remove all programs
> related to GIF generation from the distribution with
> one of the next releases.
> 
> Thanks!
> 


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