in Support/STBImage/include/stb_image_write.h [497:573]
static int stbi_write_tga_core(stbi__write_context *s, int x, int y, int comp, void *data)
{
int has_alpha = (comp == 2 || comp == 4);
int colorbytes = has_alpha ? comp-1 : comp;
int format = colorbytes < 2 ? 3 : 2; // 3 color channels (RGB/RGBA) = 2, 1 color channel (Y/YA) = 3
if (y < 0 || x < 0)
return 0;
if (!stbi_write_tga_with_rle) {
return stbiw__outfile(s, -1, -1, x, y, comp, 0, (void *) data, has_alpha, 0,
"111 221 2222 11", 0, 0, format, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, x, y, (colorbytes + has_alpha) * 8, has_alpha * 8);
} else {
int i,j,k;
int jend, jdir;
stbiw__writef(s, "111 221 2222 11", 0,0,format+8, 0,0,0, 0,0,x,y, (colorbytes + has_alpha) * 8, has_alpha * 8);
if (stbi__flip_vertically_on_write) {
j = 0;
jend = y;
jdir = 1;
} else {
j = y-1;
jend = -1;
jdir = -1;
}
for (; j != jend; j += jdir) {
unsigned char *row = (unsigned char *) data + j * x * comp;
int len;
for (i = 0; i < x; i += len) {
unsigned char *begin = row + i * comp;
int diff = 1;
len = 1;
if (i < x - 1) {
++len;
diff = memcmp(begin, row + (i + 1) * comp, comp);
if (diff) {
const unsigned char *prev = begin;
for (k = i + 2; k < x && len < 128; ++k) {
if (memcmp(prev, row + k * comp, comp)) {
prev += comp;
++len;
} else {
--len;
break;
}
}
} else {
for (k = i + 2; k < x && len < 128; ++k) {
if (!memcmp(begin, row + k * comp, comp)) {
++len;
} else {
break;
}
}
}
}
if (diff) {
unsigned char header = STBIW_UCHAR(len - 1);
s->func(s->context, &header, 1);
for (k = 0; k < len; ++k) {
stbiw__write_pixel(s, -1, comp, has_alpha, 0, begin + k * comp);
}
} else {
unsigned char header = STBIW_UCHAR(len - 129);
s->func(s->context, &header, 1);
stbiw__write_pixel(s, -1, comp, has_alpha, 0, begin);
}
}
}
}
return 1;
}