g3togif (was: web fax viewer...)

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> Hi,
> 
> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > All in all the experiment was quite satisfactory -- the script handling
> > incoming faxes could easily produce the gif files and an HTML page with
> > pointers to all received pages, possibly in both resolutions, etc. etc.
> 
> Actually, I don't like this. Why? It will take up twice the disk space, a
> "delete this fax" operation will have to operate on G3 and GIF data files,
> etc. -- hold data only once, and keep it in G3 format (so that other
> viewing/manipulation tools can still work).

I agree, I was only suggesting a quick hack which would not require writing
a fast 'g3togif' converter.

	Cheers
	Luigi
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