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This is a FreeType/2 programmers' mini-FAQ
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Q1: Is the source code available?
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A1: Yes! But if you think you have all you need, you're probably wrong :-)
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The source is now actually part of FreeType project, located at
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ftp://ftp.physiol.med.tu-muenchen.de/pub/freetype
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We have now the permission to distribute the OS/2 IFI headers with
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the FreeType/2 source code. They're all the files beginning with a
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"32" in the "ifi" directory. It seems that some people had problems
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with the download indicated in the last beta.
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Q2: What compilers are supported?
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A2: The development of FreeType/2 was done primarily in IBM's VisualAge C++
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version 3.0. It should be possible to build the DLL with Watcom C/C++ but
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it's not quite working yet.
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It is perhaps possible to build the Font Driver with another compiler,
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but you'll have to know the compiler (and OS/2 of course) _quite_ well.
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Note that the FreeType library itself supports also EMX/GCC (and I
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believe it was mainly developed in it).
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Q3: What other tools do I need?
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A3: You'll need a kernel debugger. Check out IBM's ICAT, it's great and
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it's free! Actually without ICAT this code would probably never happen.
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If you've lived under a rock and don't know what ICAT is, it's actually
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an interface to ol' good KDB. It is a source-level debugger and it looks
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and feels very much like the VisualAge debugger, IPMD.
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And if you haven't got it yet, you'll need _two_ computers to use ICAT.
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But believe me, it's worth it!
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