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@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-How to build the FreeType 2 library on VMS
------------------------------------------
+How to build the FreeType library on VMS
+----------------------------------------
-It is actually very straightforward to install the FreeType 2 library.
-Just execute vms_make.com from the toplevel directory to build the
+It is actually very straightforward to install the FreeType library.
+Just execute `vms_make.com from` the toplevel directory to build the
library. This procedure currently accepts the following options:
-DEBUG
+* `DEBUG`
Build the library with debug information and without optimization.
-lopts=<value>
- Options to pass to the link command e.g. lopts=/traceback
+* `lopts=<value>`
+ Options to pass to the link command, e.g., `lopts=/traceback`.
-ccopt=<value>
- Options to pass to the C compiler e.g. ccopt=/float=ieee
+* `ccopt=<value>`
+ Options to pass to the C compiler, e.g., `ccopt=/float=ieee`.
In case you did download the demos, place them in a separate directory
-sharing the same top level as the directory of FreeType 2 and follow
-the same instructions as above for the demos from there. The build
-process relies on this to figure out the location of the FreeType 2
+sharing the same top level as the directory of FreeType and follow the
+same instructions as above for the demos from there. The build
+process relies on this to figure out the location of the FreeType
include files.
@@ -28,24 +28,31 @@ The library is available in the directory
[.LIB]
-To compile applications using FreeType 2 you have to define the
-logical FREETYPE pointing to the directory
+To compile applications using FreeType you have to define the logical
+`FREETYPE` pointing to the directory
[.INCLUDE.FREETYPE]
-i.e., if the directory in which this INSTALL.VMS file is located is
-$disk:[freetype] then define the logical with
+i.e., if the directory in which this `INSTALL.VMS` file is located is
+`$disk:[freetype.docs]`, then define the logical with
define freetype $disk:[freetype.include.freetype]
-This version has been tested with Compaq C V6.2-006 on OpenVMS Alpha
-V7.2-1.
+See http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#Freetype for
+the packages FreeType depends on.
+The latest versions were tested using
+ - VSI C V7.4-002 and DECWindows V1.7-F on OpenVMS Alpha V8.4-2L1
+ - VSI C V7.4-001 and DECWindows V1.7-E on OpenVMS IA64 V8.4-2L3
- Any problems can be reported to
- Jouk Jansen <joukj@hrem.stm.tudelft.nl> or
- Martin P.J. Zinser <zinser@zinser.no-ip.info>
+Any problems can be reported to
+
+ Jouk Jansen <joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> or
+
+Orginal version of the build procedures was created by
+
+ Martin P.J. Zinser <zinser@zinser.no-ip.info>
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