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| author | pfaedit <pfaedit> | 2005-12-25 02:36:02 +0000 |
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| committer | pfaedit <pfaedit> | 2005-12-25 02:36:02 +0000 |
| commit | 34aab04389e672993652ddafc5ff5a801792cb1c (patch) | |
| tree | 3ec36aec1b7744912819c6d963c96e1af1080c6f /README-MS.html | |
| parent | b2ce9e83120b7cb4018c49afed80b543330227b2 (diff) | |
Add a note about setting the PATH variable.
Change shell prompts in text ("$", "#") so they are a different color from the rest of text in hopes users will realize they should not be typed.
Diffstat (limited to 'README-MS.html')
| -rwxr-xr-x | README-MS.html | 139 |
1 files changed, 103 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/README-MS.html b/README-MS.html index 929e4f9b..aea7e7c8 100755 --- a/README-MS.html +++ b/README-MS.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <HEAD> <!-- Created with AOLpress/2.0 --> <!-- AP: Created on: 27-Oct-2005 --> - <!-- AP: Last modified: 11-Nov-2005 --> + <!-- AP: Last modified: 24-Dec-2005 --> <TITLE>FontForge install procedures for cygwin (MS/Windows)</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ <A HREF="#doc-tar">Installing a documentation tarball</A> </UL> <LI> + <A HREF="README-MS.html#PATH">Some notes on the PATH variable</A> + <LI> <A HREF="#run-cygwin">Running FontForge</A> <LI> <A HREF="#Bugs">Reporting Bugs</A> @@ -159,17 +161,17 @@ cygwin gave you) Now type (<SMALL>The "$" or "#" are example prompts from the computer. Do not type them yourself</SMALL>): <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ bunzip2 fontforge_cygwin-*.tar.bz2 -$ tar xf fontforge_cygwin-*.tar -$ cd fontforge -$ ./doinstall + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>bunzip2 fontforge_cygwin-*.tar.bz2 +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>tar xf fontforge_cygwin-*.tar +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cd fontforge +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>./doinstall </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <LI> Then edit the file ~/.bashrc by (end this by typing control-D): <LI> <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ cat >> ~/.bashrc + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cat >> ~/.bashrc PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin ; export PATH MANPATH=${MANPATH:-}:/usr/local/man ; export MANPATH ^D @@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ MANPATH=${MANPATH:-}:/usr/local/man ; export MANPATH <LI> Then each time you want to run fontforge, type: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ xinit + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>xinit </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <LI> @@ -187,13 +189,13 @@ MANPATH=${MANPATH:-}:/usr/local/man ; export MANPATH <LI> From the xterm you should first start a window manager: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ twm & + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>twm & </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <LI> And then you will be able start FontForge. <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ fontforge -new + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>fontforge -new </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </UL> @@ -277,9 +279,9 @@ provide explicit instructions here, because I don't know where your browser put the file) and type (<SMALL>The "$" or "#" are example prompts from the computer. Do not type them yourself</SMALL>): <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ bunzip2 fontforge*.tar.bz2 -$ tar xf fontforge*.tar -$ cd fontforge-* + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>bunzip2 fontforge*.tar.bz2 +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>tar xf fontforge*.tar +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cd fontforge-* </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4> @@ -291,20 +293,20 @@ tree by many users. To set up your own (local) copy of the cvs tree (including documentation), create a new directory, cd into it and type the following (when it asks for a password, just hit return): <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge login + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge login CVS password: -$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge checkout fontforge -$ cd fontforge +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge checkout fontforge +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cd fontforge </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> Once you have established a directory you may update it to obtain the most recent version of the source by typing: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ cd fontforge -$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge login + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cd fontforge +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge login CVS password: -$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge update +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs1.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fontforge update </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> @@ -324,15 +326,15 @@ at the top directory of that tree. You need to configure your package (this is a little program that figures out how to use your system), and then build it: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ ./configure -$ make + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>./configure +<FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>make </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <A NAME="su">Having</A> done this you will probably want to install what you have built. This should be done as root: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ su + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>su password: ****** # make install </PRE> @@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ password: ****** <P> On the mac the process is slightly different: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ sudo make install + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>sudo make install password: ****** </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> @@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ password: ****** The configure script allows you to turn off and on various features of fontforge that might not be appropriate for your system. Type <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ configure --help + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>configure --help </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> @@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ scripting language is described in detail <A HREF="http://fontforge.sf.net/scripting.html">in the section on scripting.</A> <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ configure --without-x + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>configure --without-x </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4> @@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ If you do want to edit PostScript type3 fonts, you can configure fontforge to give you access to more drawing modes than are generally available in fonts. <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ configure --with-multilayer + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>configure --with-multilayer </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4> @@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ fonts. If you do want to create device tables (which allow you to fix up kerning data at a specific pixel size) in OpenType fonts <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ configure --with-devicetables + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>configure --with-devicetables </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4> @@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ data at a specific pixel size) in OpenType fonts <P> If you want to install fontforge in a different directory (say in /usr/bin) <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ configure --prefix=/usr + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>configure --prefix=/usr </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4> @@ -624,8 +626,8 @@ bitmap fonts that fontforge uses <P> To install these, put them in a directory, and in that directory type: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE> $ mkfontdir - $ xset fp+ `pwd` + <PRE> <FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>mkfontdir + <FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>xset fp+ `pwd` </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> @@ -674,7 +676,7 @@ is available online.</A> Once you have downloaded the documentation tarball as described above, you should move to the directory containing it, and type: <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ su + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>su password: ****** # mkdir -p /usr/local/share/doc/fontforge # mv fontforge_htdocs*.tgz /usr/local/share/doc/fontforge @@ -699,7 +701,7 @@ Before you can start fontforge on cygwin you must start the X11 server. <P> Open a cygwin window and type <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ xinit + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>xinit </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> @@ -710,14 +712,79 @@ Be prepared to type commands in this window. The first command you must type will start a window manager (which allows you to move windows around and gives you title bars) <BLOCKQUOTE> - <PRE>$ twm & + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>twm & +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<H3> + Notes on the <A NAME="PATH">PATH</A> variable +</H3> +<P> +On most systems fontforge will install itself into <KBD>/usr/local/bin</KBD> +(that's the standard place for optional software), and this is not always +in the default search path for commands (grrrr). Which means you might have +everything properly installed, but nothing actually works. If you see messages +like <KBD>"fontforge: command not found."</KBD> this has (probably) happened +to you. +<P> +So what do you do? +<P> +You need to set the PATH environment variable so that it includes /usr/local/bin. +The value of the PATH variable is a set of directories separated by colons. +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>echo $PATH +/home/gww/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sbin +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<P> +Unfortunately there are two ways of doing this because there are two different +conventions used by unix shells. Type: +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>echo $SHELL +/bin/bash +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<P> +If the name of your shell is <KBD>bash</KBD> (as above), <KBD>ksh</KBD> or +<KBD>sh</KBD> then you want to type +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH ; export PATH +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<P> +If the name of your shell is <KBD>tcsh</KBD> or <KBD>csh</KBD> then you say +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<P> +But you'd have to do that every time you logged in. Instead you want this +included in the shell's initialization. Again there are two cases, for the +<KBD>bash</KBD> family of shells you want to edit the file +<KBD>~/.profile</KBD> while for the <KBD>csh</KBD> family you want to edit +the file <KBD>~/.login</KBD>. On a bash system the following command is generally +sufficient: +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cat >>~/.profile +PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH ; export PATH +^D +</PRE> +</BLOCKQUOTE> +<P> +(where <KBD>^D</KBD> represents control-D, obtained by holding down the control +key while depressing <KBD>d</KBD>. <BR> +And for the csh family you would type: +<BLOCKQUOTE> + <PRE><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>cat >>~/.login +setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH +^D </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <H3> <A NAME="Starting">Starting</A> fontforge from the command line </H3> <BLOCKQUOTE> - <KBD>$ fontforge font.pfa font2.sfd font3.ttf font4.otf </KBD> + <KBD><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>fontforge font.pfa font2.sfd font3.ttf font4.otf + </KBD> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> will start fontforge looking at the fonts you specify on the command line. @@ -725,18 +792,18 @@ It can read either pfb or pfa fonts, and some ps fonts (type 0 fonts based on a type 1 dictionary) as well as truetype fonts, open type fonts and many other formats. <BLOCKQUOTE> - <KBD>$ fontforge -new</KBD> + <KBD><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>fontforge -new</KBD> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> will cause fontforge to create a new font (in iso-8859-1 encoding) <BLOCKQUOTE> - <KBD>$ fontforge</KBD> + <KBD><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>fontforge</KBD> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> will open up a file picker dialog and allow you to browse till you've found a font file (or have created a new one). <BLOCKQUOTE> - <KBD>$ fontforge -script script.pe fonts...</KBD> + <KBD><FONT COLOR="Gray">$ </FONT>fontforge -script script.pe fonts...</KBD> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> This will invoke fontforge in a non-interactive mode, and have it run the |