commit 7f89e1310ac49abd17c8bec91e47deec137b9bc1
parent a65f6ec74b252a36ded12c50cd64cddd967a9d34
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 07:53:34 +0000
updating docs as per suggestions from Karl Berry
Diffstat:
| M | ChangeLog | | | 3 | +++ |
| M | NEWS | | | 65 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- |
| M | README | | | 19 | +++++++++++-------- |
3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Thu Sep 6 09:52:13 CEST 2012
+ Updated Ukrainian translation. -CG
+
Tue Mar 27 15:04:00 CEST 2012
Refactoring plugin API to allow seeks to arbitrary positions in the
file (breaks existing plugins, so the current version will not
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -12,10 +12,32 @@ Fri Aug 17 21:28:33 CEST 2012
Automated testcases for (almost all) of the plugins
were also written and the documentation was updated.
- The license was changed to GNU GPL v3+.
+ The license was changed to GNU GPL v3+.
+ PDF support removed (GPLv2-only).
+ REAL support removed (not yet ported).
Mon Nov 28 12:17:42 CET 2011
Added MKV (Matroska) plugin.
+ Releasing libextractor 0.6.3.
+
+Sun Jun 13 13:15:43 CEST 2010
+ Releasing libextractor 0.6.2.
+
+Sun Mar 14 00:09:45 CET 2010
+ Releasing libextractor 0.6.1.
+
+Wed Jan 13 17:11:07 CET 2010
+ Major API change (no longer returning linked lists, using callbacks instead).
+ Releasing libextractor 0.6.0.
+
+Sat Jul 4 23:05:22 CEST 2009
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.23.
+
+Fri Feb 20 00:28:00 MST 2009
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.22.
+
+Sun Nov 2 20:19:02 MST 2008
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.21.
Tue Aug 12 04:40:49 EEST 2008
Added an S3M (Scream Tracker 3 Module) plugin.
@@ -30,9 +52,21 @@ Fri Jun 20 23:34:02 EET 2008
Added an FFmpeg-based thumbnail extractor plugin, initially
supporting only bmp and png files.
+Mon Mar 21 00:00:52 MDT 2008
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.20a.
+
+Thu Mar 20 23:38:47 MDT 2008
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.20.
+
Wed Feb 13 10:16:55 EET 2008
Added a plugin for AppleSingle/AppleDouble files.
+Sat Jan 12 14:14:32 MST 2008
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.19a.
+
+Mon Jan 7 08:46:40 MST 2008
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.19.
+
Wed Dec 26 19:38:22 MST 2007
Added a FLAC (.flac) plugin.
@@ -42,6 +76,9 @@ Wed Dec 26 14:50:11 EET 2007
Sat Jan 6 14:27:18 EET 2007
Added an NSFE (Extended Nintendo Sound Format) plugin.
+Mon Jan 1 19:10:40 MST 2007
+ Added pkgconfig support. Releasing libextractor 0.5.17.
+
Mon Nov 20 22:08:55 EET 2006
Added an SID (C64 music file) plugin.
@@ -55,9 +92,18 @@ Tue Apr 18 14:44:37 PDT 2006
Thu Mar 9 17:55:09 PST 2006
Word history extraction works (wordleaker).
+Sat Feb 18 17:39:10 PST 2006
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.10.
+
+Fri Dec 23 11:28:23 PST 2005
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.9.
+
Thu Jul 14 22:30:45 CEST 2005
exiv2 works.
+Sat May 21 13:42:46 EST 2005
+ Releasing libextractor 0.5.0.
+
Fri May 6 06:02:02 EST 2005
Added Python binding.
@@ -70,6 +116,12 @@ Thu Feb 24 00:34:15 EST 2005
Sun Feb 20 16:36:17 EST 2005
Helix works (new Real format).
+Sat Nov 13 13:23:23 EST 2004
+ Releasing libextractor 0.3.11.
+
+Sat Oct 23 13:21:23 EST 2004
+ Releasing libextractor 0.3.10.
+
Fri Oct 22 19:18:38 EST 2004
id3v2.3 and id3v2.4 work.
@@ -100,6 +152,9 @@ Fri Sep 10 10:35:27 EST 2004
Mon Aug 30 23:16:17 IST 2004
ole2 works (WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint).
+Wed Apr 28 19:28:39 EST 2004
+ Releasing libextractor 0.3.1.
+
Wed Aug 25 18:59:13 IST 2004
GNU gettext support added.
@@ -115,6 +170,12 @@ Sat Apr 10 00:30:19 EST 2004
Sun Apr 4 20:24:39 EST 2004
tiff works.
+Wed Jul 16 13:41:34 EST 2003
+ Releasing 0.2.5.
+
+Mon Jun 30 21:27:42 EST 2003
+ Releasing 0.2.4.
+
Thu Jan 23 00:34:20 EST 2003
rpm works.
@@ -134,7 +195,7 @@ Tue Jun 4 23:21:38 EST 2002
png works.
Sun Jun 2 22:49:17 EST 2002
- jpeg and HTML work.
+ jpeg and HTML work.
Sat May 18 02:35:39 EST 2002
ogg works.
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
About
=====
-GNU libextractor is a simple C library for keyword extraction.
-Common use-cases for GNU libextractor include detail-views in
-file managers, detailed search results in file-sharing networks
-and general information gathering in forensics investigations
-and penetration testing.
+GNU libextractor is a library used to extract meta data from files of
+arbitrary type. It is designed to use helper-libraries to perform the
+actual extraction, and to be trivially extendable by linking against
+external extractors for additional file types. Common use-cases for
+GNU libextractor include detail-views in file managers, detailed
+search results in file-sharing networks and general information
+gathering in forensics investigations and penetration testing.
-Bindings for GNU libextractor exists for many languages in addition to
-the standard C/C++ API (we know about bindings for Java, Perl, PHP,
-Mono, Python, Ruby).
+GNU libextractor is a simple C library with a small API. Bindings for
+GNU libextractor exists for many languages in addition to the standard
+C/C++ API (we know about bindings for Java, Perl, PHP, Mono, Python,
+Ruby).
libextractor uses a plugin mechanism to enable developers to quickly
add extractors for additional formats. Plugins are executed
