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author | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2000-10-14 15:24:39 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/BUILD b/docs/BUILD index e12b8db2a..b25813a54 100644 --- a/docs/BUILD +++ b/docs/BUILD @@ -1,80 +1,80 @@ + FreeType 2 compilation how-to + ============================= - FreeType 2 compilation how-to - ============================= +Introduction +------------ -Introduction: - -Welcome to this version of the FreeType 2 library. You'll find in this -document instructions on how to compile the library on your favorite -platform. +Welcome to the FreeType 2 library. You'll find in this document +instructions on how to compile the library on your favorite platform. I. QUICK COMMAND-LINE GUIDE --------------------------- - Install GNU Make, then try the following on Unix or any system with gcc: + Install GNU Make, then try the following on Unix or any system with + gcc: - make // this will setup the build - make // this will build the library + make // this will setup the build + make // this will build the library On Win32 + Visual C++: - make setup visualc // setup the build for VisualC++ on Win32 - make // build the library + make setup visualc // setup the build for VisualC++ on Win32 + make // build the library - Then, go to the "demos" directory and type + Then, go to the `demos' directory and type - make + make - Note that on Unix, the first "make" invocation will run a configure - script (which is located in "freetype2/builds/unix/". You can also + Note that on Unix, the first `make' invocation will run a configure + script (which is located in `freetype2/builds/unix/'. You can also pass parameters to this script with the CFG variable, as in: - make CFG="--prefix=/usr/local" - make + make CFG="--prefix=/usr/local" + make If this doesn't work, read the following. - II. COMMAND-LINE COMPILATION ---------------------------- - Note that if you do not want to compile FreeType 2 from a command line - shell, please skip to section III below (DETAILED COMPILATION) + Note that if you do not want to compile FreeType 2 from a command + line shell, please skip to section III below (DETAILED COMPILATION). - FreeType 2 includes a powerful and flexible build system that allows you - to easily compile it on a great variety of platforms from the command - line. To do so, just follow these simple instructions: + FreeType 2 includes a powerful and flexible build system that allows + you to easily compile it on a great variety of platforms from the + command line. To do so, just follow these simple instructions: - a/ Install GNU Make: + a. Install GNU Make - Because GNU Make is the only Make tool supported to compile FreeType 2, - you should install it on your machine. + Because GNU Make is the only Make tool supported to compile + FreeType 2, you should install it on your machine. - Because the FT2 build system relies on many important features of GNU - Make, trying to build the library with any other Make tool will *fail*. + The FreeType 2 build system relies on many features special to GNU + Make -- trying to build the library with any other Make tool will + *fail*. - Make sure that you're invoking GNU Make from the command line, by - typing something like: + Make sure that you are invoking GNU Make from the command line, by + typing something like: - make -V + make -v - to display its version number.. + to display its version number. + b. Invoke `make' + Go to the root directory of FreeType 2, then simply invoke GNU + Make from the command line. This will launch the FreeType 2 host + platform detection routines. A summary will be displayed, for + example, on Win32: - b/ Invoke "make": - Go to the root FT2 directory, then simply invoke GNU Make from the - command line, this will launch the FreeType 2 Host Platform detection - routines. A summary will be displayed, for example, on Win32: - - ======================================================================== + ============================================================== FreeType build system -- automatic system detection The following settings are used: @@ -84,141 +84,137 @@ II. COMMAND-LINE COMPILATION configuration directory ./builds/win32 configuration rules ./builds/win32/w32-gcc.mk - If this does not correspond to your system or settings please remove - the file 'config.mk' from this directory then read the INSTALL file - for help. + If this does not correspond to your system or settings please + remove the file 'config.mk' from this directory then read the + INSTALL file for help. Otherwise, simply type 'make' again to build the library. - ========================================================================= + ============================================================= - If the detected settings correspond to your platform and compiler, - skip to step e/. Note that if your platform is completely alien to - the build system, the detected platform will be "ansi". + If the detected settings correspond to your platform and compiler, + skip to step e. Note that if your platform is completely alien to + the build system, the detected platform will be `ansi'. - c/ Configure the build system for a different compiler: + c. Configure the build system for a different compiler - If the build system correctly detected your platform, but you want to - use a different compiler than the one specified in the summary (for - most platforms, gcc is the defaut compiler), simply invoke GNU Make - like : + If the build system correctly detected your platform, but you want + to use a different compiler than the one specified in the summary + (for most platforms, gcc is the defaut compiler), invoke GNU Make + with make setup <compiler> - For example: - - to use Visual C++ on Win32, type: "make setup visualc" - to use LCC-Win32 on Win32, type: "make setup lcc" - - The <compiler> name to use is platform-dependent. The list of available - compilers for your system is available in the file - "builds/<system>/detect.mk" (note that we hope to make the list - displayed at user demand in the final release).. - - If you're satisfed by the new configuration summary, skip to step e/ - + For example: - d/ Configure the build system for an unknown platform/compiler: + to use Visual C++ on Win32, type: "make setup visualc" + to use LCC-Win32 on Win32, type: "make setup lcc" - What the auto-detection/setup phase of the build system does is simply - copy a file to the current directory under the name "config.mk". + The <compiler> name to use is platform-dependent. The list of + available compilers for your system is available in the file + `builds/<system>/detect.mk' (note that we hope to make the list + displayed at user demand in the final release). - For example, on OS/2+gcc, it would simply copy "builds/os2/os2-gcc.mk" - to "./config.mk" + If you are satisfied by the new configuration summary, skip to + step e. - If for some reason your platform isn't correctly detected, simply copy - manually the configuration sub-makefile to "./config.mk" and go to - step e/. + d. Configure the build system for an unknown platform/compiler - Note that this file is a sub-Makefile used to specify Make variables - used to invoke the compiler and linker during the build, you can easily - create your own version from one of the existing configuration files, - then copy it to the current directory under the name "./config.mk". + The auto-detection/setup phase of the build system copies a file + to the current directory under the name `config.mk'. + For example, on OS/2+gcc, it would simply copy + `builds/os2/os2-gcc.mk' to `./config.mk'. - e/ Build the library: + If for some reason your platform isn't correctly detected, copy + manually the configuration sub-makefile to `./config.mk' and go to + step e. - The auto-detection/setup phase should have copied a file in the current - directory, called "./config.mk". This file contains definitions of various - Make variables used to invoke the compiler and linker during the build. + Note that this file is a sub-Makefile used to specify Make + variables for compiler and linker invocation during the build. + You can easily create your own version from one of the existing + configuration files, then copy it to the current directory under + the name `./config.mk'. - To launch the build, simply invoke GNU Make again: the top Makefile will - detect the configuration file and run the build with it.. + e. Build the library + The auto-detection/setup phase should have copied a file in the + current directory, called `./config.mk'. This file contains + definitions of various Make variables used to invoke the compiler + and linker during the build. - f/ Build the demonstration programs: + To launch the build, simply invoke GNU Make again: The top + Makefile will detect the configuration file and run the build with + it. - Once the library is compiled, go to "demos", then invoke GNU Make. + f. Build the demonstration programs - Note that the demonstration programs include a tiny graphics sub-system - that includes "drivers" to display Windows on Win32, X11 and OS/2. The - build system should automatically detect which driver to use based on - the current platform. - UNIX USERS TAKE NOTE: XXXXXX - - When building the demos, the build system tries to detect your X11 path - by looking for the patterns "X11R5/bin", "X11R6/bin" or "X11/bin" in - your current path. If no X11 path is found, the demo programs will not - be able to display graphics and will fail. Change your current path - if you encounter this problem. - - Note that the release version will use Autoconf to detect everything - on Unix, so this will not be necessary !! - - -II. DETAILED COMPILATION PROCEDURE: +III. DETAILED COMPILATION PROCEDURE ----------------------------------- - If you don't want to compile FreeType 2 from the command-line (for example - from a graphical IDE on a Mac or Windows), you'll need to understand how the - FreeType files are organized. + If you don't want to compile FreeType 2 from the command-line (for + example if you use a graphical IDE on a Mac or Windows), you will + need to understand how the FreeType files are organized. - FreeType 2 has a very modular design, and it is made of several components. - Each component must be compiled as a stand-alone object file, even when it - is really made of several C source files. For example, the "base layer" - component is made of the following C files: + FreeType 2 has a very modular design, and it is made of several + components. Each component must be compiled as a stand-alone object + file, even if it is really made of several C source files. For + example, the `base layer' component is made of the following C + files: src/ base/ ftcalc.c - computations - ftobjs.c - object management - ftstream.c - stream input + ftextend.c - extensions support ftlist.c - simple list management + ftobjs.c - object management ftoutln.c - simple outline processing - ftextend.c - extensions support - - However, you can create a single object file by compiling the file - "src/base/ftbase.c", whose content is basically: - - #include <base/ftcalc.c> - #include <base/ftobjs.c> - #include <base/ftstream.c> - #include <base/ftlist.c> - #include <base/ftoutln.c> - #include <base/ftextend.c> - - Similarly, each component has a single "englobing" C file to compile it - as a stand-alone object, i.e. : - - src/base/ftbase.c - the base layer, high-level interface - src/sfnt/sfnt.c - the "sfnt" module - src/psnames/psnames.c - the Postscript Names module - src/truetype/truetype.c - the TrueType font driver - src/type1/type1.c - the Type 1 font driver + ftstream.c - stream input + However, you can create a single object file by compiling the file + `src/base/ftbase.c', which basically contains + + #include <base/ftcalc.c> + #include <base/ftobjs.c> + #include <base/ftstream.c> + #include <base/ftlist.c> + #include <base/ftoutln.c> + #include <base/ftextend.c> + + Similarly, each component has a single `englobing' C file to compile + it as a stand-alone object: + + src/autohint/autohint.c - the autohinting module + src/base/ftbase.c - the base layer, high-level interface + src/cache/ftcache.c - a glyph and image caching system + (still experimental) + src/cff/cff.c - the OpenType font driver + src/cid/type1cid.c - the CID-keyed font driver + src/psaux/psaux.c - the PS support module + src/psnames/psnames.c - a support module to handle PS glyph + names + src/raster1/raster1.c - the monochrome raster module + src/sfnt/sfnt.c - the `sfnt' module + src/smooth/smooth.c - the anti-aliasing raster module + src/truetype/truetype.c - the TrueType font driver + src/type1z/type1z.c - the Type 1 font driver + + The last module of FreeType 2, winfonts (implementing support for + Windows FNT format), is a single file. To compile one component, do the following: - - add the top-level "include" directory to your compilation include path + - Add the top-level `include' directory to your compilation + include path - - add the "src" directory to your compilation include path. + - Add the `src' directory to your compilation include path. - - compile the component "source" file (see list below), you don't need - to be in the component's directory.. + - Compile the component `source' file (see list below); you don't + need to be in the component's directory. - For example, the following line can be used to compile the truetype driver - on Unix: + For example, the following line can be used to compile the truetype + driver on Unix: cd freetype2/ cc -c -Iinclude -Isrc src/truetype/truetype.c @@ -228,52 +224,45 @@ II. DETAILED COMPILATION PROCEDURE: cd freetype2/src/truetype cc -c -I../../include -I.. truetype.c - The complete list of files to compile for a feature-complete build of - FreeType 2 is: - - src/base/ftsystem.c - system-specific memory and i/o support - src/base/ftinit.c - initialisation layer - src/base/ftdebug.c - debugging component (empty in release build) - src/base/ftbase.c - the "base layer" component - src/base/ftglyph.c - optional convenience functions - src/raster1/raster1.c - the monochrome bitmap renderer - src/smooth/smooth.c - the anti-aliased bitmap renderer - src/sfnt/sfnt.c - the "sfnt" module - src/psnames/psnames.c - the "psnames" module - src/truetype/truetype.c - the TrueType font driver - src/type1/type1.c - the Type 1 font driver (incl. Multiple Masters) - src/cid/type1cid.c - the Type 1 CID-keyed font driver - src/cff/cff.c - the OpenType/CFF/CEF font driver - src/winfonts/winfnt.c - the Windows FNT/FON font driver - - All font drivers are optional. the "sfnt" and "psnames" modules are - mandatory for certain drivers. However, you may need to update the list - of drivers that are statically linked to the library, which is located - in the file "include/freetype/config/ftmodule.h" - - -III. Support for flat-directory compilation: ----------------------------------------- - - It is now possible to put all FreeType 2 source files into a single - directory, with the exception of the "include" hierarchy. - - Note that you'll still need to only compile the 'wrapper' sources described - above. Define the "FT_FLAT_COMPILE" macro when compiling. Here's an - example: + Finally, FreeType 2 contains some other components: + + src/base/ftsystem.c - system-specific memory and i/o support + src/base/ftinit.c - initialization layer + src/base/ftdebug.c - debugging component (empty in release + build) + src/base/ftglyph.c - optional convenience functions + + All font drivers are optional. The `sfnt', `psaux', and `psnames' + modules are mandatory for certain drivers. However, you may need to + update the list of drivers that are statically linked to the + library, which is located in the configuration file + `include/freetype/config/ftmodule.h'. + + +IV. Support for flat-directory compilation +------------------------------------------ + + It is now possible to put all FreeType 2 source files into a single + directory, with the exception of the `include' hierarchy. + + Note that you still need to only compile the `wrapper' sources + described above. Define the `FT_FLAT_COMPILE' macro when + compiling. Here an example: - 1/ Copy all files in current directory: + 1. Copy all files in current directory: - cp freetype2/src/base/*.[hc] . - cp freetype2/src/raster1/*.[hc] . - cp freetype2/src/smooth/*.[hc] . - etc... + cp freetype2/src/base/*.[hc] . + cp freetype2/src/raster1/*.[hc] . + cp freetype2/src/smooth/*.[hc] . + etc. - 2/ Compile sources: + 2. Compile sources: - cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftsystem.c - cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftinit.c - cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftdebug.c - cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftbase.c - etc... + cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftsystem.c + cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftinit.c + cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftdebug.c + cc -c -DFT_FLAT_COMPILE -Ifreetype2/include ftbase.c + etc. + +End of file |