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authorTor Andersson <tor@ghostscript.com>2009-02-27 18:50:11 +0100
committerTor Andersson <tor@ghostscript.com>2009-02-27 18:50:11 +0100
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README for the Fitz distribution.
Fitz is a graphics library.
-MuPDF is a PDF parsing and manipulation library.
-Samus is a Metro parser.
-FzView is a PDF and Metro viewer application.
+MuPDF is a PDF parsing library and viewer.
For Windows, there is also a Mozilla plugin version of the viewer.
-The Viewer has three ports: X11, Windows and Carbon.
-The Carbon port is rotting, so don't bother trying it.
+The Viewer has two ports: X11 and Windows.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,9 +17,7 @@ Before compiling Fitz you need to install thirdy party dependencies.
zlib
libjpeg
- libpng
freetype2
- expat
There are a few optional dependencies that you don't strictly need.
You will probably want the versions that Ghostscript maintains.
@@ -31,11 +26,11 @@ You will probably want the versions that Ghostscript maintains.
jasper
Fitz uses the Perforce Jam build tool. You need the Perforce version 2.5
-or later. Earlier versions (including the FTJam fork) have crippling bugs.
-Boost Jam is not backwards compatible. If you do not have a compiled
-binary for your system, you can find the Jam homepage here:
+or later. FTJam will also work. If you do not have a compiled
+binary for your system, you can find the Jam and FTJam web sites here:
http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html
+ http://www.freetype.org/jam/index.html
I use Mingw and MSYS to compile for Windows. If you use anything
else, you are on your own.
@@ -62,17 +57,22 @@ To build the X11 version under MacOS X, add:
$ jam '-sHAVE_X11=yes'
-INSTALLING
+If you want a crippled version without the builtin CJK fonts and data files,
+to shave a few megabytes off the binary size, add:
+
+ $ jam '-sDEFINES=NOCJK'
-There is no install. The command "jam install" will copy the
-compiled binaries (for the specified build -- debug, release or profile)
-into a "dist/" directory.
+INSTALLING
-There is no support for building a shared library.
+There is no install. Just copy the resulting binary from the build
+directory to a directory in your path.
REPORTING BUGS AND PROBLEMS
-Send reports to tor@ghostscript.com.
+Report bugs on the ghostscript bugzilla, with MuPDF as the
+selected component.
+
+ http://bugs.ghostscript.com/
If you are reporting a problem with PDF parsing,
please include the problematic file as an attachment.