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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:22:28 -0500
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] shrinking an Image?
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you could have skipped this step by disabling error diffusion.
the bugs section of iconv(1) mentions this.

i think the main problem with the current error diffusion is that
the scan always goes from left to right.  a simple fix might be to
alternate the scan from left-to-right then right-to-left.  also, the
error diffusion needs to be extended beyond 3 color channels
(for example, to b&w).

perhaps i don't understand the problem properly, but i think it
might make sense to remove the error diffusion from jpg and friends
and add it to iconv.

- erik