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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Raster graphics [was Anybody in US using ADA ? New language
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"chris.danx" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> In some ways I agree with you but if you don't have "me too!" then
> people ain't gonna look twice at you.  For example, I would like to do
> some raster graphics work (practice for uni) right now for a course.
> Where is the ada package that lets me do that?  Does it support decoding
> and encoding of raster graphics formats?  Does it support multiple
> colour spaces (eg RGB, RGBA, CYM, HSV, Monotone, Greyscale)?  Is it
> portable?  Can you interface it with GUIs easily?

Try looking at AdaSDL.  Both the thin and thick binding available will allow
you to write directly to the screen.  It supports at least RGB and RGBA.
Plus it plays well will window managers.

> If I get time, I'll finish writing the proposal for Ada 2D that I'm in
> the middle of, but like so many things I've wanted to do or tried to do,
> this might not ever come to be... it might be shelved because I just
> don't have the time with all the Uni work they love to give us.  Failing
> that I will upload it for others to work on, but I doubt anyone else
> would be willing to work on it for any length of time because we're all
> in the same boat - e.g. this is probably why grace is stalled (it's
> certainly true of Aqua)!

Well both Vargas and I have a masters thesis to be working on so that is why
the AdaSDL project is somewhat stalled. ;)  Anyway you should collaborate
with us on AdaSDL.  We have a lot of ground work laid already.  Get a
sourceforge account and get in touch with Vargas.

-CRM