> > . What values have you used for executing `runme.sh'? I tried > sh runme.sh /home/wl/freetype-2.6.5 test.ttf 20 1 > and I only got > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 1 > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 2 > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 3 > without a single image. Maybe I did something wrong? > To summarize: `sprite' compiles file, it generates an HTML file but no > images (yet).
I've used the same version (2.6.5) and also the same arguments. For me it loaded 95 images in the ./images folder. On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Kushal, > > > there are a bunch of problems with your branch due to 32bit vs. 64bit > libraries. The main issue is that in recent GNU/Linux distributions > it is common that 64bit libraries are installed in `lib64', not `lib'. > Your current setup covers `lib' only. > > Attached you can find a quick patch that I used to make it work (more > or less). As you can see, I loaded a top-level snippet to get access > to the installation directories. Note, however, that this is an > ad-hoc hack that you should not commit. > > What you *really* should do is to actually use the already existing > FreeType infrastructure! It is now time that you add a `tests' target > (or proper `test-xxx' subtargets – whatever you need) to a new file > `builds/tests.mk', which must be properly included in `toplevel.mk'. > > . As a prerequisite (documented in the README) the user must compile > the `base' version of FreeType manually so that a DLL gets > created. This should *not* be handled automatically. And no need > to install them. > > . Similarly, the `test' version of FreeType should be built with a > simple call to `make'. Again there should be no need to install > it. > > . The user should then specify the `base' FreeType `.so' file using > a variable, say, `FREETYPE_BASE_DLL'. > > . Similarly, I suggest to use variables for the other test > parameters. Example: > > FREETYPE_BASE_DLL="/home/wl/base/libfreetype.so.6.12.5" \ > PT_SIZE="15 16 17 18 19 20 22 25 30" \ > DPI="72 96" \ > RENDER_MODE="mono aa" \ > make tests > > . Alternatively, a makefile snippet, say, `tests.mk', might be > loaded that contains the above variables. > > Some more issues that I've noticed. > > . `sprite' should be more verbose; it should report which files are > created where. > > . I think that the HTML files created by `sprite' should be put into > a separate directory, say, `make_png/html'. Maybe you are going > to create more HTML subfiles later on (e.g., one file per font)... > > . Rendering modes should be names, not numbers – please adjust your > `sprite' program accordingly. [I know that the FreeType demo > programs are a bad example for this :-)] > > . Please add *a lot* of comments to the C source code files so that > it is easy to understand its features. > > . What values have you used for executing `runme.sh'? I tried > > sh runme.sh /home/wl/freetype-2.6.5 test.ttf 20 1 > > and I only got > > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 1 > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 2 > Empty Glyph in glyph-index 3 > > without a single image. Maybe I did something wrong? > > To summarize: `sprite' compiles file, it generates an HTML file but no > images (yet). > > > Werner >
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