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diff --git a/doc/public/html/cairo-PNG-Support.html b/doc/public/html/cairo-PNG-Support.html index 2abe276..19bf097 100644 --- a/doc/public/html/cairo-PNG-Support.html +++ b/doc/public/html/cairo-PNG-Support.html @@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ The PNG functions allow reading PNG images into image surfaces, and writing any surface to a PNG file. </p> +<p> +It is a toy API. It only offers very simple support for reading and +writing PNG files, which is sufficient for testing and +demonstration purposes. Applications which need more control over +the generated PNG file should access the pixel data directly, using +<a class="link" href="cairo-Image-Surfaces.html#cairo-image-surface-get-data" title="cairo_image_surface_get_data ()"><code class="function">cairo_image_surface_get_data()</code></a> or a backend-specific access +function, and process it with another library, e.g. gdk-pixbuf or +libpng. +</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Details"> <a name="cairo-PNG-Support.details"></a><h2>Details</h2> |