removed references to the (not existing) README

[swftools.git] / FAQ

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 53c1cbd..37cba0c 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -21,26 +21,52 @@
     make 
     make install
 
-3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+3.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+
+    In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
+    try the following:
+
+    rm -f config.cache
+    LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure
+
+    Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in
+    /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a
+
+    ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
+    ldconfig /usr/local/lib
+
+    If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
+    before running configure again.
+
+4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc.
     There have been some reports on more or less successfully compling pdf2swf on Win32 using
-    Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version
-    yet.
+    Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version yet.
+
     If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
 
-4.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 
-5.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+6.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+
+    Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch.
+    If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf
+    didn't find some fonts, which may be external references in the pdf. 
+    To fix this, copy the fonts into your current directory and pass the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) 
+    option to pdf2swf. (This doesn't yet work with TTF, only with Type1 Fonts. You can 
+    convert TTF to Type1, however, using ttf2pt1 (http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net)).
+    The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
+    VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
 
-    It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (alpha palettes) since version 0.4.2. 
-    Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.3, however
-    it seems most Flash players don't handle the alpha channel in the resulting 
-    32 bit images correctly.
+7.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 
-6.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
+    It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2. 
+    Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
+
+8.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
 
     Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
     Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
@@ -53,11 +79,11 @@
 
     decompresses.
 
-7.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
 
     Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
 
-8.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
+10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
 
     First list all extractable items:
 
@@ -87,8 +113,9 @@
 
     etc.
 
-9.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
 
-    There used to be, however it was shut down due to lack of traffic. The archive
-    is available as raw INBOX file on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/list.tar.gz.
+    Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
+    
+    http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common