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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/Tk/Photo.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/Tk/Photo.pod new file mode 100755 index 00000000000..02a691d6261 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/Tk/Photo.pod @@ -0,0 +1,475 @@ +# Copyright (c) 1994 The Australian National University +# Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +# See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +# of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +# Author: Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au), +# Department of Computer Science, +# Australian National University. +# RCS: @(#) $Id: photo.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:22:59 stanton Exp $ +# + +=head1 NAME + +Tk::Photo - Full-color images + +=for category Tk Image Classes + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +S< >I<$widget>-E<gt>B<Photo>(?I<name>??, I<options>?) + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A photo is an L<image|Tk::Image> whose pixels can display any color or be +transparent. A photo image is stored internally in full color (32 +bits per pixel), and is displayed using dithering if necessary. Image +data for a photo image can be obtained from a file or a string, or it +can be supplied from +C code through a procedural interface. At present, only GIF, +XBM, XPM, BMP, JPEG, PNG and PPM/PGM +formats are supported, but an interface exists to allow additional +image file formats to be added easily. A photo image is transparent +in regions where no image data has been supplied +or where it has been set transparent by the B<transparencySet> +subcommand. + +=head1 CREATING PHOTOS + +Photos are created using the B<Photo> method. +B<Photo> supports the following I<options>: + +=over 4 + +=item B<-data> =E<gt> I<string> + +Specifies the contents of the image as a string. +The string can +contain base64 encoded data or binary data. +The format of the +string must be one of those for which there is an image file format +handler that will accept string data. If both the B<-data> +and B<-file> options are specified, the B<-file> option takes +precedence. + +=item B<-format> =E<gt> I<format-name> + +Specifies the name of the file format for the data specified with the +B<-data> or B<-file> option. + +=item B<-file> =E<gt> I<name> + +I<name> gives the name of a file that is to be read to supply data +for the photo image. The file format must be one of those for which +there is an image file format handler that can read data. + +=item B<-gamma> =E<gt> I<value> + +Specifies that the colors allocated for displaying this image in a +window should be corrected for a non-linear display with the specified +gamma exponent value. (The intensity produced by most +CRT displays is a power function of the input value, to a good +approximation; gamma is the exponent and is typically around 2). +The value specified must be greater than zero. The default +value is one (no correction). In general, values greater than one +will make the image lighter, and values less than one will make it +darker. + +=item B<-height> =E<gt> I<number> + +Specifies the height of the image, in pixels. This option is useful +primarily in situations where the user wishes to build up the contents +of the image piece by piece. A value of zero (the default) allows the +image to expand or shrink vertically to fit the data stored in it. + +=item B<-palette> =E<gt> I<palette-spec> + +Specifies the resolution of the color cube to be allocated for +displaying this image, and thus the number of colors used from the +colormaps of the windows where it is displayed. The +I<palette-spec> string may be either a single decimal number, +specifying the number of shades of gray to use, or three decimal +numbers separated by slashes (/), specifying the number of shades of +red, green and blue to use, respectively. If the first form (a single +number) is used, the image will be displayed in monochrome (i.e., +grayscale). + +=item B<-width> =E<gt> I<number> + +Specifies the width of the image, in pixels. This option is useful +primarily in situations where the user wishes to build up the contents +of the image piece by piece. A value of zero (the default) allows the +image to expand or shrink horizontally to fit the data stored in it. + +=back + +=head1 IMAGE METHODS + +When a photo image is created, Tk also creates a new object. +This object supports the B<configure> and B<cget> methods +described in L<Tk::options> which can be used to enquire and +modify the options described above. + +Those options that write data to the image generally expand the size +of the image, if necessary, to accommodate the data written to the +image, unless the user has specified non-zero values for the +B<-width> and/or B<-height> configuration options, in which +case the width and/or height, respectively, of the image will not be +changed. + +The following addition methods are available for photo images: + +=over 4 + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<blank> + +Blank the image; that is, set the entire image to have no data, so it +will be displayed as transparent, and the background of whatever +window it is displayed in will show through. + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<copy>(I<sourceImage> ?,I<option value(s) ...>?) + +Copies a region from the image called I<$sourceImage> (which must +be a photo image) to the image called I<$image>, possibly with +pixel zooming and/or subsampling. If no options are specified, this +method copies the whole of I<$sourceImage> into I<$image>, +starting at coordinates (0,0) in I<$image>. The following +options may be specified: + +=over 8 + +=item B<-from> =E<gt> I<x1, y1, ? ,x2, y2?> + +Specifies a rectangular sub-region of the source image to be copied. +(I<x1,y1>) and (I<x2,y2>) specify diagonally opposite corners of +the rectangle. If I<x2> and I<y2> are not specified, the +default value is the bottom-right corner of the source image. The +pixels copied will include the left and top edges of the specified +rectangle but not the bottom or right edges. If the B<-from> +option is not given, the default is the whole source image. + +=item B<-to> =E<gt> I<x1, y1, ?, x2, y2?> + +Specifies a rectangular sub-region of the destination image to be +affected. (I<x1,y1>) and (I<x2,y2>) specify diagonally opposite +corners of the rectangle. If I<x2> and I<y2> are not specified, +the default value is (I<x1,y1>) plus the size of the source +region (after subsampling and zooming, if specified). If I<x2> and +I<y2> are specified, the source region will be replicated if +necessary to fill the destination region in a tiled fashion. + +=item B<-shrink> + +Specifies that the size of the destination image should be reduced, if +necessary, so that the region being copied into is at the bottom-right +corner of the image. This option will not affect the width or height +of the image if the user has specified a non-zero value for the +B<-width> or B<-height> configuration option, respectively. + +=item B<-zoom> =E<gt> I<x, y> + +Specifies that the source region should be magnified by a factor of +I<x> in the X direction and I<y> in the Y direction. If I<y> +is not given, the default value is the same as I<x>. With this +option, each pixel in the source image will be expanded into a block +of I<x> x I<y> pixels in the destination image, all the same +color. I<x> and I<y> must be greater than 0. + +=item B<-subsample> =E<gt> I<x, y> + +Specifies that the source image should be reduced in size by using +only every I<x>th pixel in the X direction and I<y>th pixel in +the Y direction. Negative values will cause the image to be flipped +about the Y or X axes, respectively. If I<y> is not given, the +default value is the same as I<x>. + +=item B<-compositingrule> =E<gt> I<rule> + +Specifies how transparent pixels in the source image are combined with +the destination image. When a compositing rule of I<overlay> is +set, the old contents of the destination image are visible, as if the +source image were printed on a piece of transparent film and placed +over the top of the destination. When a compositing rule of I<set> +is set, the old contents of the destination image are discarded and +the source image is used as-is. The default compositing rule is +I<overlay>. + +=back + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<data>(?I<option value(s), ...>?) + +Returns image data in the form of a string. +The following options may be specified: + +=over 8 + +=item B<-background> =E<gt> I< color> + +If the color is specified, the data will not contain any transparency +information. In all transparent pixels the color will be replaced by +the specified color. + +=item B<-format> =E<gt> I<format-name> + +Specifies the name of the image file format handler to be used. +Specifically, this method searches +for the first handler whose name matches a initial substring of +I<format-name> and which has the capability to read this image data. +If this option is not given, this method uses the first +handler that has the capability to read the image data. + +=item B<-from> =E<gt> I<x1, y1, ?, x2, y2?> + +Specifies a rectangular region of I<$image> to be +returned. If only I<x1> and I<y1> are specified, the region +extends from I<(x1,y1)> to the bottom-right corner of +I<$image>. If all four coordinates are given, they specify +diagonally opposite corners of the rectangular region, including x1,y1 +and excluding x2,y2. The default, +if this option is not given, is the whole image. + +=item B<-grayscale> + +If this options is specified, the data will not contain color +information. All pixel data will be transformed into grayscale. + +=back + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<get>(I<x, y>) + +Returns the color of the pixel at coordinates (I<x>,I<y>) in the +image as a list of three integers between 0 and 255, representing the +red, green and blue components respectively. + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<put>(I<data> ?,B<-format>=E<gt>I<format-name>? ?,B<-to>=E<gt>I< x1 y1 ?x2 y2?>?) + +Sets pixels in I<$image> to the data specified in I<data>. +This command first searches the list of image file format handlers for +a handler that can interpret the data in I<data>, and then reads +the image encoded within into I<$image> (the destination image). +If I<data> does not match any known format, an attempt to interpret +it as a (top-to-bottom) list of scan-lines is made, with each +scan-line being a (left-to-right) list of pixel colors (see +B<Tk_GetColor> for a description of valid colors.) Every scan-line +must be of the same length. Note that when I<data> is a single +color name, you are instructing Tk to fill a rectangular region with +that color. The following options may be specified: + +=over 4 + +=item B<-format> =E<gt>I<format-name> + +Specifies the format of the image data in I<data>. +Specifically, only image file format handlers whose names begin with +I<format-name> will be used while searching for an image data +format handler to read the data. + +=item B<-to> =E<gt>I<x, y> ?I<, x2, y2>? + +Specifies the coordinates of the top-left corner (I<x1>,I<y1>) +of the region of I<$image> into which data from I<filename> +are to be read. The default is (0,0). If I<x2>,I<y2> is given +and I<data> is not large enough to cover the rectangle specified by +this option, the image data extracted will be tiled so it covers the +entire destination rectangle. Note that if I<data> specifies a +single color value, then a region extending to the bottom-right corner +represented by (I<x2>,I<y2>) will be filled with that color. + +=back + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<read>(I<filename> ?,I<option value(s), ...>?) + +Reads image data from the file named I<filename> into the image. +This method first searches the list of +image file format handlers for a handler that can interpret the data +in I<filename>, and then reads the image in I<filename> into +I<$image> (the destination image). The following options may be +specified: + +=over 8 + +=item B<-format> =E<gt> I<format-name> + +Specifies the format of the image data in I<filename>. +Specifically, only image file format handlers whose names begin with +I<format-name> will be used while searching for an image data +format handler to read the data. + +=item B<-from> =E<gt> I<x1, y1, x2, y2> + +Specifies a rectangular sub-region of the image file data to be copied +to the destination image. If only I<x1> and I<y1> are +specified, the region extends from (I<x1,y1>) to the bottom-right +corner of the image in the image file. If all four coordinates are +specified, they specify diagonally opposite corners or the region. +The default, if this option is not specified, is the whole of the +image in the image file. + +=item B<-shrink> + +If this option is specified, the size of I<$image> will be reduced, if +necessary, so that the region into which the image file data are read +is at the bottom-right corner of the I<$image>. This option +will not affect the width or height of the image if the user has +specified a non-zero value for the B<-width> or B<-height> +configuration option, respectively. + +=item B<-to> =E<gt> I<x, y> + +Specifies the coordinates of the top-left corner of the region of +I<$image> into which data from I<filename> are to be read. +The default is (0,0). + +=back + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<redither> + +The dithering algorithm used in displaying photo images propagates +quantization errors from one pixel to its neighbors. +If the image data for I<$image> is supplied in pieces, the +dithered image may not be exactly correct. Normally the difference is +not noticeable, but if it is a problem, this method can be used to +recalculate the dithered image in each window where the image is +displayed. + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<transparency>(I<subcommand, ?arg, arg ...?>); + +Allows examination and manipulation of the transparency information in +the photo image. Several subcommands are available: + +=over 4 + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<transparencyGet>(I<x, y>); + +Returns a boolean indicating if the pixel at (I<x>,I<y>) is +transparent. + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<transparencySet>(I<x, y, boolean>); + +Makes the pixel at (I<x>,I<y>) transparent if I<boolean> is +true, and makes that pixel opaque otherwise. + +=back + +=item I<$image>-E<gt>B<write>(I<filename> ?,I<option value(s), ...>?) + +Writes image data from I<$image> to a file named I<filename>. +The following options may be specified: + +=over 8 + +=item B<-background> =E<gt> I< color> + +If the color is specified, the data will not contain any transparency +information. In all transparent pixels the color will be replaced by +the specified color. + +=item B<-format> =E<gt> I<format-name> + +Specifies the name of the image file format handler to be used to +write the data to the file. Specifically, this subcommand searches +for the first handler whose name matches a initial substring of +I<format-name> and which has the capability to write an image +file. If this option is not given, this subcommand uses the first +handler that has the capability to write an image file. + +=item B<-from> =E<gt> I<x1, y1, ?, x2, y2?> + +Specifies a rectangular region of I<$image> to be written to the +image file. If only I<x1> and I<y1> are specified, the region +extends from I<(x1,y1)> to the bottom-right corner of +I<$image>. If all four coordinates are given, they specify +diagonally opposite corners of the rectangular region. The default, +if this option is not given, is the whole image. + + +=item B<-grayscale> + +If this options is specified, the data will not contain color +information. All pixel data will be transformed into grayscale. + +=back + +=back + +=head1 IMAGE FORMATS + +The photo image code is structured to allow handlers for additional +image file formats to be added easily. The photo image code maintains +a list of these handlers. Handlers are added to the list by +registering them with a call to B<Tk_CreatePhotoImageFormat>. The +standard Tk distribution comes with handlers for XBM, XPM, BMP, JPEG, +PNG and PPM/PGM formats, which are automatically registered on +initialization. + +When reading an image file or processing +string data specified with the B<-data> configuration option, the +photo image code invokes each handler in turn until one is +found that claims to be able to read the data in the file or string. +Usually this will find the correct handler, but if it doesn't, the +user may give a format name with the B<-format> option to specify +which handler to use. In fact the photo image code will try those +handlers whose names begin with the string specified for the +B<-format> option (the comparison is case-insensitive). For +example, if the user specifies B<-format> B<=E<gt>> B<gif>, then a handler +named GIF87 or GIF89 may be invoked, but a handler +named JPEG may not (assuming that such handlers had been +registered). + +When writing image data to a file, the processing of the +B<-format> option is slightly different: the string value given +for the B<-format> option must begin with the complete name of the +requested handler, and may contain additional information following +that, which the handler can use, for example, to specify which variant +to use of the formats supported by the handler. +Note that not all image handlers may support writing transparency data +to a file, even where the target image format does. + +=head1 COLOR ALLOCATION + +When a photo image is displayed in a window, the photo image code +allocates colors to use to display the image and dithers the image, if +necessary, to display a reasonable approximation to the image using +the colors that are available. The colors are allocated as a color +cube, that is, the number of colors allocated is the product of the +number of shades of red, green and blue. + +Normally, the number of +colors allocated is chosen based on the depth of the window. For +example, in an 8-bit PseudoColor window, the photo image code will +attempt to allocate seven shades of red, seven shades of green and +four shades of blue, for a total of 198 colors. In a 1-bit StaticGray +(monochrome) window, it will allocate two colors, black and white. In +a 24-bit DirectColor or TrueColor window, it will allocate 256 shades +each of red, green and blue. Fortunately, because of the way that +pixel values can be combined in DirectColor and TrueColor windows, +this only requires 256 colors to be allocated. If not all of the +colors can be allocated, the photo image code reduces the number of +shades of each primary color and tries again. + +The user can exercise some control over the number of colors that a +photo image uses with the B<-palette> configuration option. If +this option is used, it specifies the maximum number of shades of +each primary color to try to allocate. It can also be used to force +the image to be displayed in shades of gray, even on a color display, +by giving a single number rather than three numbers separated by +slashes. + +=head1 CREDITS + +The photo image type was designed and implemented by Paul Mackerras, +based on his earlier photo widget and some suggestions from +John Ousterhout. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<Tk::Bitmap|Tk::Bitmap> +L<Tk::Image|Tk::Image> +L<Tk::Pixmap|Tk::Pixmap> + +=head1 KEYWORDS + +photo, image, color + +=cut + + |