[ANN] Guile-PNG 0.3.0 released

[ANN] Guile-PNG 0.3.0 released

[Artyom V. Poptsov]

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Hello Guilers,

I'm pleased to announce Guile-PNG 0.3.0, Portable Network Graphics
(PNG)[1] library for GNU Guile, implemented in pure scheme:
  https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-png/releases/tag/v0.3.0

This version adds ability to draw polygons and filled rectangles, as
well as fixes line drawing algorithm.  Also now Guile-PNG allows to
create PNG images from scratch.

The library uses Guile-ZLIB[2] to compress/decompress the PNG data.

Also this is the third project of mine that uses Guile State Machine
Compiler (Guile-SMC)[3].


* List of user-visible changes

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* Changes in version 0.3.0 (2022-12-18)
** Improve the image parser
PNG chunks are now decoded properly, including data decompression.
** Improve the image encoder
Implement proper encoders for PNG chunks, including compression.
** Guile-PNG now allows to create PNG images from scratch
This also means that Guile-PNG now allows to create PNG images and draw some
graphics over them (using =(png graphics)= module.)
** =(png graphics)=: Fix line drawing algorithm
Re-implement the better version of Bresenham's line drawing algorithm based on
the GNU Octave code from
<https://www.markwrobel.dk/post/amiga-machine-code-letter12-linedraw/>
** =(png graphics)=: Add "<filled-rectangle>"
** =(png graphics)=: Add "<polygon>"
** Update the documentation
** Add new tests
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Happy hacking!

- Artyom


References:
1. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2083
2. https://notabug.org/guile-zlib/guile-zlib/
3. https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-smc

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Re: [ANN] Guile-PNG 0.3.0 released

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

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"Artyom V. Poptsov" <poptsov.artyom@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm pleased to announce Guile-PNG 0.3.0, Portable Network Graphics
> (PNG)[1] library for GNU Guile, implemented in pure scheme:
>   https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-png/releases/tag/v0.3.0
>
> This version adds ability to draw polygons and filled rectangles, as
> well as fixes line drawing algorithm.  Also now Guile-PNG allows to
> create PNG images from scratch.

That sounds great!

I’ve been missing a way to create images with minimal dependencies, and
this may just fill that gap.

Thank you!

> Also this is the third project of mine that uses Guile State Machine
> Compiler (Guile-SMC)[3].

Very cool!

> References:
> 1. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2083
> 2. https://notabug.org/guile-zlib/guile-zlib/
> 3. https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-smc

Best wishes,
Arne
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