AAlib-1.4rc5

Introduction to AAlib

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

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.ratmir.tver.ru/pub/FreeBsd/ports/distfiles/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 9801095c42bba12edebd1902bcf0a990
Download size: 388 KB
Estimated disk space required: 6.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.15 SBU

AAlib dependencies

Optional

X (XFree86-4.4.0 or X.org-6.8.2), slang-1.4.9 and GPM-1.20.1

Installation of AAlib

Install AAlib by running the following commands:

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

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.

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