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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:51:44 -0700, Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> GIF files are not limited to 256 colors. There was a link posted in
> allegro.cc's forums about that a while ago, but I can't remember it
> off-hand. The problem is that most GIF writers don't take advantage of
> some facet of the format, and thus limit themselves to 256 colors. And
> I'm not sure if any of the GIF loaders for Allegro are aware of this either.
I didn't see any provision for non-8-bit images when I read the GIF
spec. Can you point out a definitive answer somewhere?
Peter
PS. Guess what? I just attended a talk given by RMS at my university.
The topic: "The Danger of Software Patents". :-)