libcaca is a graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals. libcaca library is not unlike the famous AAlib library, with the following improvements:
Libcaca works in a text terminal (and should thus work on all Unix systems including Mac OS X) using the S-Lang or ncurses libraries. It also works natively on DOS and Windows.
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Here are some key features of "libcaca":
· Unicode support
· 4096 available colours (some devices can only handle 16)
· dithering of colour images
· advanced text canvas operations (blitting, rotations)
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This bugfix release improves backwards compatibility by installing legacy headers.