From cf9975125df113ce04db51bb0240d834d35aeb0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dan <dan>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:45:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added notes about hermes library support for Window Maker

---
 INSTALL |  5 +++++
 NEWS    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f9660115..d9ecedb7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ might work too.
 	For GIF image support
 	ftp://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/pub/libungif/
 
+- libHermes 1.3.2 or newer
+	For faster pixel conversion in the wraster library
+        (its used only in some conversions - for TrueColor visuals)
+	http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
+
 - GNU xgettext
 	If you want to use translated messages, you will need GNU gettext.
 	Other versions of gettext are not compatible and will not work.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2366e76b..db8205ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ recreated if missing, but this time it will be saved with the new XPM save
 code which produces good XPM images.
 All the rest of the process is transparent to the user.
 
+Hermes library support
+----------------------
+
+If configure finds hermes library (an optimized pixel format conversion
+library) installed it will use it to do the pixel format conversion in
+the wraster library for some cases (TrueColor visuals without dithering).
+Currently the hermes routines cannot convert to an indexed destination,
+so we can't use hermes for PseudoColor, GrayScale and StaticGray visuals.
+Also hermes only does dithering for just 2 combinations of source/destination
+bits/masks none of them useful to out needs so for dithering we still
+use out routines.
+
+The Hermes library is completely optional, you can build Window Maker
+without having it, it just speeds up the things a little for some
+situations.
+
+hermes library is available here: http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
+
 
 --- 0.64.0
 
-- 
2.11.4.GIT