HGL is a compiler/interpreter suite for developing images.
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Welcome to the SVN-Version of HGL. Since April 25th 2013 the source code is available via
Sourceforge.net.

Up to revision 1075 it is a 1:1 copy of the devleopers SVN.
Later commits are synchronized with main developers SVN.

Features:
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    * Simple but powerful own language
    * Output format is configurable by plugins
    * Runtime input is handled by plugins
    * Easy integration into various environments like web servers, graphical applications and more
    * network transparent (currently only in Linux version), i.e. get input from various protocols

The input is taken from a source file, which has to be compiled for quick and often access by the 
interpreter. An interpreter than runs the compiled files, takes it input from custom plugins, 
if neccessary, and outputs its result via custom plugins.

Shipped plugins:
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    * Image output
         1. PNG
         2. JPEG
         3. netpbm
         4. GIF
         5. caca (ASCII art)
		 6. HGL (decompiler)
		 7. SVG (experimental)
		 8. X11 (X Window output)
    * Control input
         1. CGI input module
         2. Command line input module

Prepare checked out sources:
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Run 'autoreconf -ifv' to initialie the build system. From that moment on you will have a source
version you can use like usual autotool based projects.

To get the first binary, you can run

./configure && make

See the debian/rules file for "real" configuration options.
