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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I did not add up numbers for libm libc and ld-linux because they are used 
by all the image-viewing approaches.


> + 200K for Zgv
>
> That's 3.76MB just for _viewing_ images with Svgalib (glibc2)
>
> But we haven't covered _editing_ images, and those apps+dependencies
> are always larger than just viewing apps+dependencies.

netpbm performs the image manipulation functions, and the files are quite 
small, under 20K.  flip, rotate, clip, pad, concatenate, etc.  No GUI.
It does require a 190K library to go with them.

> ---------------
>
> For viewing _and_ editing images with X, I came up with
> 5.5MB for glibc2. Without even trying.


That is nearly 2MB larger.

> The majority of that is for image _editing_. Xv is 874K and there
> are several 200K and less X image viewers with fewer dependencies
> than Xv.

xli does not view pbm files   seejpeg and zgv do

> Also, the xserver and libs include a _lot_ of networking and windowing
> functions, which have nothing to do with viewing or editing images.

I don't need any of that to view or manipulate an image.
X is designed to run GUIs.  svgalib only to display graphics.


> I think we can clearly see above just why Steven chose X instead
> of Svgalib for BasicLinux.

BL1 is based on libvga, BL3 on X.  He tried both.  There is not room on 2 
floppy disks to include the two of them.

> For less space (etc.) than Svgalib requires to just view images,
> you get image viewing _and_ remote-login graphical networking
> _and_ an integrated graphical windowing system.

You do?  5.5MB is less than 3.76MB?

> My window manager, failsafewm, is 7K.
>
> Thanks, Sindi. This study is concluded.
>
> X is smaller that Svgalib and does a _lot_  more.


If I stand on my head the world is upside down.

> Lee