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diff --git a/graphics/djvulibre/pkg-descr b/graphics/djvulibre/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0bfc4d667132 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/djvulibre/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +The DjVu Reference Library does not contain the entire implementation of +the DjVu system. While it contains the entire decoder, and a big +piece of the encoder, it does not contain the sophisticated encoding +strategies necessary for reaching the highest compression ratios. + +Among other things, The DjVu Reference Library contains the full DjVu +decoder, the full IW44 wavelet encoder/decoder for continuous tone +images, and the back-end of JB2 bilevel image compression technique. +However, it does not contain the code for separating document images +into foreground and background layers, nor does it contain the code of +the lossy JB2 scheme that achieves the highest compression ratios on +bitonal images. + +WWW: http://www.djvu.com/ |