# Easdif README
# $Id: README,v 1.2 2003/04/09 16:07:02 roebel Exp $

(C) Copyright Ircam 2002-2003

# Introduction

Easdif is an Easy Interface to the SoundDescription Interchange Format.

Easdif is a high level API to the functions of the SDIF Library.
By means of encapsulating all low level functions into classes
with intuitive user interface the involved handling of the
SDIF files becomes much simpler. Nevertheless all the
deeper levels of handling SDIF files as for examples Name Value Tables
and embedded types are accessible with Easdif.

libEasdif contains all objects from SDIF compiled with a c++ compiler
to facilitate error handling by means of exceptions. Due to the complete
availability of SDIF in Easdif it can be used as a complete
SDIF replacement library.



# Installation and compilation

To compile Easdif you need to extract the Easdif distribution
cd into the created directory, call ./configure, make and make install.
The installation will install libEasdif and the SDIF distribution which
is part of the current Easdif distribution.

For further information refer to the file INSTALL


# Documentation

The programmer documentation of the Easdif library can either be 
downloaded from http://www/ircam.fr/sdif or if doxygen is installed
may be generated from the local sources by means of calling

> make doc

in a configured source directory.


# License Agreement

Easdif and SDIF are free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser General
Public License. See the file COPYING for further information.


# Contact

SDIF home page: http://www.ircam.fr/sdif