fixed "second swf_LoadT1Font() fails" bug.

[swftools.git] / FAQ

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 93e7770..434c465 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -21,7 +21,22 @@
     make 
     make install
 
-3.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools?
+
+    You need t1lib and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
+    Links:
+       t1lib: 
+        ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+       t1lib (mirrored here): 
+        http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1llib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+       jpeglib: 
+        http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
+
+    Furthermore, if you want to compile avi2swf, you need the avifile library:
+        http://avifile.sourceforge.net
+    .
+
+4.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
 
     In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
     try the following:
@@ -38,19 +53,23 @@
     If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
     before running configure again.
 
-4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+5.) There are problems during compilation:
+    Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
+    as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
 
-    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.
+    Try running configure as
 
-    If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
+    LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
 
-5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+6.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
-    Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
+    Windows versions of all SWF utilities (except for avi2swf) are in
+       http://www.quiss.org/swftools/swftools-win32.zip
+    .
+    Notice: You need to unzip the Archive to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-
+    otherwise it won't be able to find it's fonts.
 
-6.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+7.) 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
@@ -61,12 +80,12 @@
     The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
     VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
 
-7.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 
     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?
+9.) 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:
@@ -79,11 +98,11 @@
 
     decompresses.
 
-9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+10.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
 
     Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
 
-10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
+11.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
 
     First list all extractable items:
 
@@ -113,8 +132,9 @@
 
     etc.
 
-11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+12.) 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