# Re: Xsane and GIF Images

Oliver Rauch (oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:48:03 +0200

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Adam Williams wrote:

> Is there any way to build support for GIF images into Xsane, I need to save
> greyscale gifs. Am I simply missing a library during ./configure or does xsane
> not support gifs?
>

Hi Adam,

gif is no real free standard.

There is a free library that generates uncompressed gifs, but that does not make
sense. Because of the licence problem I will not link against a lib that uses
compressed gif.

So the only solution that makes sense is not to use gif at all!

Bye
Oliver

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