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AAlib-1.4rc5

Introduction to AAlib

AAlib is a library to render any graphic into ASCII Art.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz
Download size: 388 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 6.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.15 SBU

AAlib dependencies

Optional

XFree86-4.3.0.1 and slang-1.4.9

Installation of AAlib

Install AAlib by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr && 
make &&
make install

The AAlib package contains the libaa libraries, aalib-config, aainfo, aatest and aasavefont.

Description

ASCII Art libraries

The ASCII Art library is a collection of routines to render any graphical input in portable format to ASCII Art. It can be used through many programs and has a very well documented API, so you can easily put it into your own programs.

aalib-config

aalib-config provides configuration info for AAlib.

aainfo

aainfo provides information for your current settings related to AAlib.

aatest

aatest shows the abilities of AAlib in a little test.

aafire

aafire is another little toy of AAlib , rendering an animated fire in ASCII Art.

aasavefont

Currently no information available.

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