mandelzoom python Files

Mandelzoom the Python Mandelbrot generator.
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Note that Mandelzoom uses multiple CPU cores only on Linux. Windows
and osX use only one core to calculate.

This program is written in Python and assumes that Python 3.12 is installed.

To install on Windows and Max osX.

    Download and unpack mandelzoom_1.5.zip to ./mandelzoom_1.5
    
        cd into ./mandelzoom_1.5
    
    insatall one library.
    
        pip3 install pillow
    
    run the program
    
        python3 mandelzoom_1.5.py
    
    Help screens are located in the upper left of thie display.


To install on linux, first use your distribution package
manager to install the following:

    pillow

    Unpack mandelzoom_1.5.zip to mandelzoom_1.5

    cd mandelzoom_1.5
    
    python3 mandelzoom_1.5

    or if you set the execute permission bits,

    mandelzoom_1.5 

    and the shell will run it.


To install on Linux using a virtual environment.

    Download and unpack mandelzoom_1.5.zip to ./mandelzoom_1.5
    
        cd ./mandelzoom_1.5
    
        python3 -m venv venv
    
    activate the virtual environment
    
        source venv/bin/activate
    
    install the library
    
        pip3 install pillow
    
    launch the program
    
        python3 mandelzoom_1.5
    
    Help screens are loacted in the upper left of the display.
    
    When finished, deactivate the virtual environment.
    
        deactivate
    
    To run again, reactivate the virtual environment, you don't need to 
    re-create the virtual environment.
    
        source venv/bin/activate
        python3 mandelzoom_1.5