ImageReader.st
changeset 6058 7c5c40861f50
parent 6057 5d6464c7f936
child 6060 96649bbbab0c
--- a/ImageReader.st	Mon May 06 15:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/ImageReader.st	Mon May 06 15:15:56 2013 +0200
@@ -907,12 +907,16 @@
 documentation
 "
     Abstract class to provide common functions for image-readers
-    (i.e. TIFFReader, GIFReader etc.)
+    (i.e. TIFFReader, GIFReader etc.). In contrast to what the name suggests,
+    ImageReaders are suposed to support both reading and writing of images
+    (i.e. the name is somewhat outdated, but kept for historic and backward
+    compatibility reasons). They provide functionality similar to Squeak's
+    ImageReaderWriter classes.
 
     ImageReaders are created temporary to read an image from a stream.
     Normally, they are not directly used - instead, the image class is
     asked to read some file, and return an instance for it:
-	Image fromFile:<someFileName>
+        Image fromFile:<someFileName>
     The Image class will guess the images format and forward the task to
     some concrete ImageReaderClass.
     If that class finds, that the files format is incorrect, other readers
@@ -924,20 +928,21 @@
 
     See the implementation of #fromStream: in concrete subclasses.
     The public interfaces are:
-	 <ConcreteReaderClass> fromFile:aFilename
+         <ConcreteReaderClass> fromFile:aFilename
     or:
-	 <ConcreteReaderClass> fromStream:aStream
+         <ConcreteReaderClass> fromStream:aStream
 
-    If you add a new reader, dont forget to add the method #isValidImageFile:
+    If you add a new reader, don't forget to add the method #isValidImageFile:
     which should return true, if this reader supports reading a given file.
-    If your new reader class supports writing files, dont forget to add
+
+    If your new reader class supports writing files, don't forget to add
     #canRepresent:anImage and return true from this method.
 
     [See also:]
-	Image Icon Form
+        Image Icon Form
 
     [author:]
-	Claus Gittinger
+        Claus Gittinger
 "
 ! !
 
@@ -1968,10 +1973,10 @@
 !ImageReader class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.103 2013-05-06 13:13:47 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.104 2013-05-06 13:15:56 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.103 2013-05-06 13:13:47 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.104 2013-05-06 13:15:56 cg Exp $'
 ! !