AKFAvatar

Version: 0.15.2

AKFAvatar is software mainly for GNU+Linux, where an image of an avatar appears on the screen and tells things written in a balloon. First the avatar moves slowly in from the right side. Then text is shown in a balloon.

The program avatarsay can be used as a fancy frontend for textconsole programs, or as a fancy text-reader or manpage-viewer. Furthermore the program supports some basic commands, so it can be used as a scripting-language for simple demos.

You can use the libakfavatar library from your own C programs. There is also a rather mature Pascal-binding for GNU-Pascal and Free Pascal.

Status:

• Alpha (under construction, but usable)
• Release Notes
• ChangeLog (CVS)

Source:

• akfavatar-0.15.2.tar.bz2 (signature)
• browse the CVS repository
  (if you want to help with the project, please get in contact with the author)

Binaries for avatarsay:

• GNU+Linux:
  akfavatar-0.15.2.bin.gnu-linux.x86.tar.bz2 (signature)
• Windows: (just partly supported)
  akfavatar-0.15.2.bin.w32.zip (signature)

Requirement:

• SDL-1.2
  You need the “Runtime Libraries” as well as the “Development Libraries”!
• SDL_image for extended functionality

Manual:

• AKFAvatar Manual as HTML - with one page per node
• AKFAvatar Manual as PDF (A4)
• AKFAvatar Manual as compressed PostScript (A4)
• other formats and languages

Other websites:

• Savannah project
• Free Software Directory
• AKFAvatar in the german LinuxWiki

Alternate download-sites:

• Germany
• France
• Canada

Communication:

• Discussion Forum: browse items or submit an item
• Bug-reports: browse items or submit items

Author:

• Andreas K. Förster
• demo about Andreas K. Förster, in German language, made with AKFAvatar

License:

• GPLv3 or any later version

Notes about the license:

• The library is also licensed under the GPL version 3. It is not licensed under the LGPL and there is no linking exception.
• This means, if you publish a program that is linked with the library, you are bound by the terms of the GPL and your software must be published under the same license.
• Programs running in the terminal emulation or use pipes to communicate with avatarsay are however separate works and are not bound by the GPL. Such programs may be distributed together with AKFAvatar (look for the keyword “aggregate” in the GPL).
• The GPL is only binding for published works. If you use the software in private for your own use or your own pleasure, there are no obligations at all.

AKFAvatar was inspired by cowsay. (Comparison with cowsay)