Re: [Plplot-general] Where is the PNG driver ? (wrong attachment)

[Geoffrey F. <fu...@ac...>]

Michael writes:
 > Let me be clear.  I am not the developer of this code.  The fellow
 > that developed the code post the information to the old plplot mail
 > list and I get it from him and tried it out.  I just happened to
 > still have a copy of the plplot library that included that code
 > when Dan asked.  The fonts were not good enough for the data
 > analysts I write code for and I no longer use it.
 > 
 > Geoff seems to know about this code and may recall the author, I've
 > had this stupid laptop crash so many times I have lost all the
 > email and links that I had to him.  I just looked and I have not
 > yet deleted the October 11, 96 version of code that includes the
 > required mods to include the png image format.  I can tar it and
 > upload it again (TPTB clean that site regularly), but I do not
 > support this code and do not want to include it in the CVS until
 > the author can be found and credited.

The origianl author of the code is Randy Phillips, who has helped out
with various things over the years, including these drivers, and also
kick starting the www.plplot.org web site (which I think was in turn
based on previous work by Noel Gorelick).

I have these files somewhere around here, but I don't know exactly
where right now.  Randy made this contribution somewhat before the
"Great PLplot Rehosting", (which shall forever be noted as a time of
great tumult and tribulation in the PLplot community), and I have
never really gotten back around to working on that and getting them
fully checked in.  I think the main outstanding issue for me, isn't
the drivers themselves, but the work that will be needed on the
autoconf system to automate their configuration, as we do for the Tcl
and other similar such driver support.

Someday I will, but I really cannot make promises about dates here, as
I am quite busy at work.  If anyone can't wait, they are free to do a
cvs checkout, make the mods, and submit a patch.

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