New: ASCII compression for RAW format to access text data instead of binary.

4 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/im_binfile.h b/include/im_binfile.h
index 6bac31e..08af47a 100644
--- a/include/im_binfile.h
+++ b/include/im_binfile.h
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ unsigned long imBinFileWrite(imBinFile* bfile, void* pValues, unsigned long pCou
  * \ingroup binfile */
 unsigned long imBinFilePrintf(imBinFile* bfile, char *format, ...);
 
+/** Reads an integer number from the current position until found a non integer character.
+ * Returns a non zero value if sucessfull.
+ * \ingroup binfile */
+int imBinFileReadInteger(imBinFile* handle, int *value);
+
+/** Reads an floating point number from the current position until found a non number character.
+ * Returns a non zero value if sucessfull.
+ * \ingroup binfile */
+int imBinFileReadFloat(imBinFile* handle, float *value);
+
 /** Moves the file pointer from the begining of the file.\n
  * When writing to a file seeking can go beyond the end of the file.
  * \ingroup binfile */
diff --git a/include/im_format_all.h b/include/im_format_all.h
index bb43816..fc439d5 100644
--- a/include/im_format_all.h
+++ b/include/im_format_all.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ extern "C" {
         Tags BlackLevel, DefaultCropOrigin and DefaultCropSize are incorrectly interpreted by libTIFF so they are ignored.
         Raw image is loaded in place of the thumbnail image in the main IFD.
         SubIFDCount IM_USHORT (1)    [Number of subifds of the current image.]
-        SubIFDSelect IM_USHORT (1)   [Subifd number to be readed. Must be set before reading image info.]
+        SubIFDSelect IM_USHORT (1)   [Subifd number to be read. Must be set before reading image info.]
       (other attributes can be obtained by using libTIFF directly using the Handle(1) function)
 
     Comments:
diff --git a/include/im_format_ecw.h b/include/im_format_ecw.h
index 701bac3..c9e91a3 100644
--- a/include/im_format_ecw.h
+++ b/include/im_format_ecw.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern "C" {
       Only read support is implemented.
       To read a region of the image you must set the View* attributes before reading the image data.
       After reading a partial image the width and height returned in ReadImageInfo is the view size.
-      The view limits define the region to be readed. 
+      The view limits define the region to be read. 
       The view size is the actual size of the image, so the result can be zoomed.
 \endverbatim
  * \ingroup format */
diff --git a/include/im_format_raw.h b/include/im_format_raw.h
index 80a8203..4600271 100644
--- a/include/im_format_raw.h
+++ b/include/im_format_raw.h
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ extern "C" {
  * \par
  * Internal Implementation.
  * \par
- * Supports RAW binary images. This is a unstructured and uncompressed binary data. 
+ * Supports RAW binary images. This is an unstructured and uncompressed binary data. 
  * It is NOT a Camera RAW file generated in many professional digital cameras. \n
- * You must know image parameters a priori and must set the IM_INT attributes "Width", "Height", "ColorMode", "DataType" before the imFileReadImageInfo/imFileWriteImageInfo functions.
+ * You must know image parameters a priori and must set the IM_INT attributes "Width", "Height", "ColorMode", "DataType" 
+ * before the imFileReadImageInfo/imFileWriteImageInfo functions.
  * \par
  * The data must be in binary form, but can start in an arbitrary offset from the begining of the file, use attribute "StartOffset".
  * The default is at 0 offset. 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ extern "C" {
  * \par
  * The lines can be aligned to a BYTE (1), WORD (2) or DWORD (4) boundaries, ue attribute "Padding" with the respective value.
  * \par
+ * If the compression is ASCII the data is stored in textual format, instead of binary. 
+ * In this case SwitchType and ByteOrder are ignored, and Padding should be 0.
+ * \par
  * See \ref im_raw.h
  * 
  * \section Features
@@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ extern "C" {
     Data Types: <all>
     Color Spaces: all, except MAP.
     Compressions: 
-      NONE - no compression 
+      NONE - no compression [default] 
+      ASCII (textual data)
     Can have more than one image, depends on "StartOffset" attribute.
     Can have an alpha channel.
     Components can be packed or not.
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@ extern "C" {
     Attributes:
       Width, Height, ColorMode, DataType IM_INT (1)
       ImageCount[1], StartOffset[0], SwitchType[FALSE], ByteOrder[IM_LITTLEENDIAN], Padding[0]  IM_INT (1)
+
+    Comments:
+      In fact ASCII is an expansion, not a compression, because the file will be larger than binary data.
 \endverbatim
  * \ingroup format */
 imFormat* imFormatInitRAW(void);