1 This is the base package of the GraphLCD project. It contains
2 - GraphLCD driver library - libglcddrivers
3 - GraphLCD graphics library - libglcdgraphics
4 - GraphLCD tools (crtfont, convpic, showpic, showtext)
5 - GraphLCD media files (pictures and splash screens in GLCD format, fonts)
7 written by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de)
9 based on the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder
10 written by Carsten Siebholz (c.siebholz AT t-online.de)
11 from 0.0.8 on maintained by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de)
12 gu140x32f driver by Andreas Brachold (vdr04 AT deltab.de)
13 gu256x64-372 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org)
14 gu256x64-3xx0 driver by Ralf Mueller (ralf AT bj-ig.de)
15 gu126x64D-K610A4 driver by Alexander Rieger (Alexander.Rieger AT inka.de)
16 image driver by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de)
17 ks0108 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org)
18 sed1330 driver by Roland Praml (praml.roland AT t-online.de)
19 Heinz Gressenberger (heinz.gressenberger AT stmk.gv.at)
20 sed1520 driver by Andreas Weinberger (vdr AT smue.org)
21 framebuffer driver by Stephan Skrodzki (skrodzki AT stevekist.de)
22 serdisplib driver by Wolfgang Astleitner (mrwastl AT users.sourceforge.net)
23 t6963c driver by Andreas Regel (andreas.regel AT powarman.de)
24 noritake800 drider by Lucian Muresan (lucianm AT users.sourceforge.net)
27 Project's homepage: http://graphlcd.berlios.de/
30 See the file COPYING for license information.
35 The GraphLCD base is a project to support graphical LC displays. It is
36 mainly used by the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder to
37 display its information.
39 The GraphLCD driver library supports the following LCD
44 - Epson SED1520 (only tested with DIP122 lcd module)
46 - Noritake GU140X32F-7806
47 - Noritake GU256X64-372
48 - Noritake GU256X64-3XX0 (serial or parallel)
49 - Noritake GU126x64D-K610A4 displays (parallel)
50 - Noritake 800 series displays
51 - all controllers supported by serdisplib (http://serdisplib.sourceforge.net)
53 Other controllers might be supported in the future.
55 Additionally the GraphLCD driver library includes some special drivers:
56 - framebuffer, for devices that are connected to the VGA connector
57 - image, for writing image sequences in PBM (Portable Bit Map) format that
58 show the plugin's output.
61 Installation and Configuration:
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63 1. Unpack the tarball to an arbitrary directory.
65 tar xzf graphlcd-base-0.1.2.tgz
67 2. Configure if you want FreeType2 support by commenting/uncommenting
68 HAVE_FREETYPE2 in Make.config.
70 3. Compile the libraries and tools.
72 make all (from the package's directory)
74 4. Install the libraries and tools.
76 make install (from the package's directory)
78 5. Edit the configuration file graphlcd.conf to fit your needs.
80 6. Copy it to the GraphLCD's default configuration search path (/etc).
85 Notes about FreeType2:
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87 If the HAVE_FREETYPE2 variable is defined, then the new method
88 cFont::LoadFT2(..) from the graphics library will load a FreeType2-supported
89 font (only TTFs tested so far) and render it into the raster font structure
90 that cFont uses normally. The method is also defined if no FT2 support is
91 compiled in, only then it will return false afer logging an error message in
92 the system log, telling that graphlcd-base has been compiled without FT2
93 support. This way, applications using this library (vdrplugin-graphlcd, or the
94 wrapper LCDproc "meta-driver" glcdprocdriver for example, can treat this case
95 and have a fallback to the glcdraphics-native raster font if FT2 is not
96 supported, or the TTF font could not be loaded for some reason.