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@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +This is the base package of the GraphLCD project. It contains + - GraphLCD driver library - libglcddrivers + - GraphLCD graphics library - libglcdgraphics + - GraphLCD tools (crtfont, convpic, showpic, showtext) + - GraphLCD media files (pictures and splash screens in GLCD format, fonts) + +written by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de) + +based on the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder + written by Carsten Siebholz (c.siebholz AT t-online.de) + from 0.0.8 on maintained by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de) + gu140x32f driver by Andreas Brachold (vdr04 AT deltab.de) + gu256x64-372 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org) + gu256x64-3xx0 driver by Ralf Mueller (ralf AT bj-ig.de) + gu126x64D-K610A4 driver by Alexander Rieger (Alexander.Rieger AT inka.de) + image driver by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de) + ks0108 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org) + sed1330 driver by Roland Praml (praml.roland AT t-online.de) + Heinz Gressenberger (heinz.gressenberger AT stmk.gv.at) + sed1520 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org) + framebuffer driver by Stephan Skrodzki (skrodzki AT stevekist.de) + serdisplib driver by Wolfgang Astleitner (mrwastl AT users.sourceforge.net) + t6963c driver by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de) + noritake800 drider by Lucian Muresan (lucianm AT users.sourceforge.net) + + +Project's homepage: http://graphlcd.berlios.de/ + + +See the file COPYING for license information. + + +Description +----------- +The GraphLCD base is a project to support graphical LC displays. It is +mainly used by the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder to +display its information. + +The GraphLCD driver library supports the following LCD +controllers/modules: + - Hitachi HD61830 + - Toshiba T6963 + - Samsung KS0108 + - Epson SED1520 (only tested with DIP122 lcd module) + - Epson SED1330 + - Noritake GU140X32F-7806 + - Noritake GU256X64-372 + - Noritake GU256X64-3XX0 (serial or parallel) + - Noritake GU126x64D-K610A4 displays (parallel) + - Noritake 800 series displays + - all controllers supported by serdisplib (http://serdisplib.sourceforge.net) + +Other controllers might be supported in the future. + +Additionally the GraphLCD driver library includes some special drivers: + - framebuffer, for devices that are connected to the VGA connector + - image, for writing image sequences in PBM (Portable Bit Map) format that + show the plugin's output. + + +Installation and Configuration: +------------------------------- +1. Unpack the tarball to an arbitrary directory. + + tar xzf graphlcd-base-0.1.2.tgz + +2. Configure if you want FreeType2 support by commenting/uncommenting + HAVE_FREETYPE2 in Make.config. + +3. Compile the libraries and tools. + + make all (from the package's directory) + +4. Install the libraries and tools. + + make install (from the package's directory) + +5. Edit the configuration file graphlcd.conf to fit your needs. + +6. Copy it to the GraphLCD's default configuration search path (/etc). + + cp graphlcd.conf /etc + + +Notes about FreeType2: +---------------------- +If the HAVE_FREETYPE2 variable is defined, then the new method +cFont::LoadFT2(..) from the graphics library will load a FreeType2-supported +font (only TTFs tested so far) and render it into the raster font structure +that cFont uses normally. The method is also defined if no FT2 support is +compiled in, only then it will return false afer logging an error message in +the system log, telling that graphlcd-base has been compiled without FT2 +support. This way, applications using this library (vdrplugin-graphlcd, or the +wrapper LCDproc "meta-driver" glcdprocdriver for example, can treat this case +and have a fallback to the glcdraphics-native raster font if FT2 is not +supported, or the TTF font could not be loaded for some reason. + |