xgrabcolor v1.4.3     README 28-05-14

Not tested much.


0. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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1. INTRODUCTION

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. INSTALLATION

4. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER

5. CONTACT

6. CREDITS

7. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS

8. HISTORY

9. RESTRICTIONS


1. INTRODUCTION
===============

This is the xgrabcolor v1.4.3 port for OS/2 and eComStation.

xgrabcolor is a basic color picker, that allows to grab a color from any pixel on screen, 
display the corresponding colorname, to be used, for instance, in HTML pages, 
the color RGB and HSV values, as well as the color alpha channels. 
Each of these values can also be modified directly by the user in a synchronized way to 
generate new colors. Colors can be stored in a list, for later use.

2. REQUIREMENTS
===============

The following requirements can be installed either by rpm or by zip files.

RPM Installation:
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See the DLL.os2 file

ZIP Installation:
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Look @ http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/ for dll's
F.e http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/libxml2-2_7_7-4_oc00.zip
Inside you find the Libxml2.dll

klibc
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  1. Download klibc 0.6.5 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc for more information)
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg x:\ecs\dll

GCC4Core
--------

  1. Download GCC4Core 1.2.2 or better from http://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

Qt4 dll
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  1. Download Qt4 v4.7.3 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more information)
  2. Install the files according to the readme

3. INSTALLATION
===============

xgrabcolor 
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  1. Create a directory for xgrabcolor.
  2. Extract the xgrabcolor package to the new directory.
  3. Create a WPS object for xgrabcolor.exe
  4. Start xgrabcolor 
  5. Enjoy the app
  
4. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
=================================

(C) 2007-2014 Hugo PEREIRA <hugo.pereira@free.fr>  http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/WWW/publish/hpereira/software/index.php?page=package&package_list=software_list_qt4&package=xgrabcolor&full=0
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


5. CONTACT
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if you find a bug, then add a ticket to the trac at http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps

Only bug reports with a reproducable bug are accepted. :-)



6. CREDITS
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The port was done by: Elbert Pol aka TeLLie

Thanks go to:

  * Hugo PEREIRA
  * Dmitry A. Kuminov
  * Silvan Scherrer

They either helped me when I had some nasty questions or did some testing for me.


7. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
========================

xgrabcolor  is based on volunteer work. If you would like to support further
development, you can do so in one of the following ways:


  * Donate to the Qt4 project: see qt.netlabs.org for more information

  * Contribute to the project: Besides actual development, this also includes
    maintaining the documentation and the project web site as well as help
    for users.


8. HISTORY
==========

Compiled now with Qt v4.7.3 

Version 1.4:

    Added support for Qt5.0
    Simplified layout so that it is more intuitive;
    Remove the ability to detach the saved colors list.
