Re: [Devel] Using freetype on the Mac

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 3:13 AM -0800 2/6/03, Joseph Kappl wrote:
> I downloaded the  "ft2demos-2.1.3" and am trying to work with it
> on a mac using codewarrior.

        OK.  There should be CodeWarror projects there for you...


> I am unclear about how to proceed. From the documentation and the makefiles
> I think I need to compile the library first and then use the library 
> to try the demos.
> How do I compile the library using Codewarrior ?

        Use the included project files for the library.


> Many of the files rely on a header file entitled "ft2build.h" which doesn't
> seem to be in the download. Is there another download that contains it ?
> Perhaps I have not downloaded the code for the library...

        if you only downloaded the demos, you still need the library itself.


> The mac folder has wrapper code for the ftview and ftview demos.
> Are there no mac wrappers for the other members of the ft2demos modules
> such as ftstring, ftbench, etc ?

        No, there aren't.


> The mac community is in the process of moving to Mac OSX slowly
> and falteringly.

        Mac OS 9 is dead.  The sooner you accept that, the happier you will be.


> I believe that because freetype uses Carbon.lib that
> it might be compiled in either classic or OSX and this is the full
> expression of portability between the two. Nothing else is required. True ?

        Correct.  FT2 will build (via Carbon) for either.


Leonard
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