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@@ -5,43 +5,46 @@ directory. This is only a quick starter. I. From the command line ------------------------ - There are two ways to quickly build FreeType 2 from the command line. + There are two ways to quickly build FreeType 2 from the command + line. - The first, and favorite one, is to use the "Jam" build tool. Jam is - a highly portable replacement for Make whose control files do not + The first, and favorite one, is to use the "Jam" build tool. Jam is + a highly portable replacement for Make whose control files do not depend on the current platform or compiler toolset. - For more information, please see: http://www.freetype.org/jam/index.html + For more information, please see: + + http://www.freetype.org/jam/index.html The second one is to use "GNU Make" (and NO OTHER MAKE TOOL). - 1. Building FT2 with "Jam": - =========================== + 1. Building FT2 with "Jam" + -------------------------- - once you've got *our version* of the Jam tool installed on your - system, simply go to the top-level FT2 directory, then type: + Once you've got *our version* of the Jam tool installed on your + system, simply go to the top-level FT2 directory, then type "jam" - on the command line. This will build the library and place it - in the "objs" directory. + on the command line. This will build the library and place it in + the "objs" directory. - By default, a static library is built. On Unix systems, it's possible - to build a shared library through the "libtool" script. You'll need - to have libtool installed on your system, then re-define a few - environment variables before invoking Jam, as in: + By default, a static library is built. On Unix systems, it is + possible to build a shared library through the "libtool" script. + You need to have libtool installed on your system, then re-define + a few environment variables before invoking Jam, as in export CC="libtool --mode=compile" export LINK="libtool --mode=link" jam - In later releases of FT2, building shared libraries with Jam should - become automatic.. + In later releases of FT2, building shared libraries with Jam + should become automatic. - 2. Building FT2 with "GNU Make": - ================================ + 2. Building FT2 with "GNU Make" + ------------------------------- You need to have GNU Make (version 3.78.1 or newer) installed on your system to compile the library from the command line. This will @@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ II. In your own environment (IDE) src/autohint/autohint.c -- auto hinting module src/cache/ftcache.c -- cache sub-system (in beta) - src/sfnt/sfnt.c -- SFNT files support (TrueType & OpenType) + src/sfnt/sfnt.c -- SFNT files support + (TrueType & OpenType) src/cff/cff.c -- CFF/OpenType font driver src/psnames/psnames.c -- Postscript glyph names support src/psaux/psaux.c -- Postscript Type 1 parsing @@ -139,6 +143,6 @@ II. In your own environment (IDE) etc. -For more information, please consult "docs/BUILD" !! +For more information, please consult "docs/BUILD". --- end of INSTALL -- |