Re: [ft-devel] ttfautohint now has a GUI

[vernon adams]

On 24/01/12 08:46, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > As a kde user, the qt dependency is a non-issue for me :p but... the
> > build is reliant on qt4.8, which is still pre-release, so even i
> > have to rebuild my whole qt libs to a non-stable state just for
> > ttfautohint.  Fun but overkill.
> Sorry for that.  According to this
>
>    http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/12/15/qt-4-8-0-released/
>
> Qt has been released more than a month ago.

Yes QT4.8 is released but it's use in actual linux distros is only found 
in developer/pre-release versions of kde. Stable release kde in the main 
distros currently is 4.7.*  built on QT4.7 .


> > Using the qt library for ttfautohint is understandable, but i
> > suggest it needs to be aimed to build out of the box on the main
> > linux distros, at the very least.
> I'll try to avoid a 4.8.0 dependency.
>
> > Out of interest, do we know what the situation would be for someone
> > porting ttfautohint to a cocoa etc build for osx?
> Qt binary packages seem to be available for Cocoa:
>
>    http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/qt-for-open-source-cpp-development-on-mac-os-x/
>
> > I know many would want that.
> It seems I have to delve into the cross compilation business.  Another
> completely new frontier for me...

I would suggest the best way to go, if at all possible, is a native osx 
ttfautohint, rather than an X11 version .  In the long run isn't that 
the most elegant solution? a linux/Qt built ttfautohint, and a, 
OSX/cocoa built ttfautohint?


>      Werner