Animated GIF export basics working

Tux Paint can export an animated GIF to the export directory
(e.g., ~/Pictures/TuxPaint) from the Open->Slideshow dialog.

To do -- GIF's animated speed should be based on speed slider
in Slideshow dialog.

To do -- Document this new feature (and single image (PNG) export)
in the README documentation.
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$Id$
2020.July.26 (0.9.25)
2020.July.27 (0.9.25)
* New Features
------------
* Export drawings:
* GIF export option from the Open -> Slideshow dialog.
(Closes https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/feature-requests/191/)
* Utilizes "gifenc", public domain by Marcel Rodrigues:
https://github.com/lecram/gifenc
* Depends on "libimagequant", from the "pngquant2" project:
https://github.com/ImageOptim/libimagequant
(GPL v3 or later, for Free/Libre Open Source Software)
* WORK IN PROGRESS
(Closes https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/feature-requests/191/)
* WORK IN PROGRESS -- Ignores speed
* WORK IN PROGRESS -- Needs documentation
* Single image (PNG) export from the Open dialog.
(Closes https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/feature-requests/192/)
* WORK IN PROGRESS -- Needs documentation
* Both utilize XDG user dirs settings, if available, to determine
where to store them, or "~/Pictures", otherwise. In those cases,
files are stored in a new "TuxPaint" subdirectory.