[gthumb] README: rewritten in markdown format
- From: Paolo Bacchilega <paobac src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gthumb] README: rewritten in markdown format
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:35:49 +0000 (UTC)
commit 0048d2bd697d335ff44197f533187d06880973dd
Author: Paolo Bacchilega <paobac src gnome org>
Date: Thu Nov 21 09:21:57 2019 +0100
README: rewritten in markdown format
README => README.md | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 65%
rename from README
rename to README.md
index 305e409f..69dee6c3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-This is the distribution of gThumb, an image viewer and browser utility
-for the GNOME environment.
+# gThumb
-Information about gthumb can be found at https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb.
+An image viewer and browser utility for the GNOME environment.
+More information can be found at https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb.
-
-What is gThumb
-==============
+## Features
* gThumb is an image browser
@@ -54,67 +52,53 @@ What is gThumb
+ JPEG lossless transformations.
+ Find duplicated images.
+## Extensions
+
+ gThumb has a plug-in system for extensions. Some standard features
+ are implemented as extensions and are supplied with the standard
+ distribution. Users may write (and share) additional extensions.
-Licensing
-=========
+ See https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb/extensions for details.
+
+## Licensing
This program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License (GNU GPL), either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ License (GNU GPL), either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
You can find a copy of the license in the file COPYING.
+## Compiling
-Compiling
-=========
-
- In order to build this program you need a working GNOME environment
- version 2 or greater, with the development tools installed properly.
+ In order to build this program you need GNOME 3, with the development tools installed properly.
The following is the detailed list of libraries you need:
- * glib version >= 2.36.0
- * gtk version >= 3.16
- * gthread
- * gmodule
- * gio-unix
-
- While not mandatory, these libraries greatly increase gThumb's
- basic usefulness:
-
- * exiv2 version >= 0.21
- (embedded metadata support)
-
- * gstreamer version >= 1.0.0
- (video support)
+ * glib >= 2.38.0
+ * gtk >= 3.16
+ * libpng
+ * zlib
+ * libjpeg
+ * gsettings-desktop-schemas
- * libjpeg
- * libtiff
- (jpeg and tiff writing support)
+ While not mandatory, the following libraries greatly increase gThumb's basic usefulness:
+ * exiv2: embedded metadata support;
+ * gstreamer, gstreamer-plugins-base, gstreamer-video: audio/video support;
+ * libtiff: tiff writing support.
- These libraries are optional:
-
- * clutter version >= 1.12.0
- * clutter-gtk version >= 1.0.0
- (These libraries provide enhanced slideshow effects.)
-
- * libraw
- (This adds some support for RAW photos)
-
-
-
-Extensions
-==========
-
- gThumb has a plug-in system for extensions. Some standard features
- are implemented as extensions and are supplied with the standard
- distribution. Users may write (and share) additional extensions.
-
- See https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb/extensions for details.
+ Other optional libraries:
+ * libraw: some support for RAW photos;
+ * librsvg: display SVG images;
+ * libwebp: display and save WebP images;
+ * lcms2, colord: color profile support;
+ * champlain, champlain-gtk: view the place a photo was taken on a map;
+ * clutter, clutter-gtk: enhanced slideshow effects;
+ * libsoup, json-glib, webkit2gtk, libsecret: upload images to and download images from some web services
such as facebook, flickr;
+ * brasero: write images and comments to CDs;
+ * bison, flex: web albums.
-Download
-========
+## Download
* Tar archives can be found here:
@@ -129,5 +113,5 @@ Download
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
- More development information is available at
- https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb/development
+ More development information is available at
+ https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb/development
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