Re: [ft] definition of FT_EXPORT and FT_BASE for Windows

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> We don't have those macros defined:
>>
>>  BUILD_FREETYPE2_DLL
>>  FREETYPE2_STATIC
>>  USE_FREETYPE2_DLL
>>  USE_FREETYPE2_STATIC
>>
>> It seems to me that this is an attempt to provide some of the
>> `configure' stuff in a different way.  I basically don't object to
>> it, but right now those macros are black box values, so I consider
>> it best if they are part of the package which defines them.
> 
> Do you mean that you would agree if, in addition, the patch adds
> those definitions in configure.ac (for mingw / cygwin) and in the
> visual studios files?

Yes.  Note that I can't maintain the latter since I don't use them.
Ideally, they are created automatically -- it has been mentioned that
`cmake' can do this, but I don't have time (and honestly, not
sufficient interest) to add support for it.


    Werner