added missing pdf2swf objects

[swftools.git] / FAQ

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index e5722b0..c735e44 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -5,22 +5,17 @@
 
 2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
 
 
 2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
 

-    Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
+    Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz. Then type, on the
+    command-line:

 
 

-    gzip -d swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz
-    gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
-    tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
-    cd t1lib-1.3.1
-    ./configure
-    make 
-    make install
-    cd ..
-    tar -xf swftools-0.x.x.tar
+    tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar

     cd swftools-0.x.x
     ./configure
     make 
     make install
 
     cd swftools-0.x.x
     ./configure
     make 
     make install
 

+    (you will have to be root for the last step)
+

 3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
 
     You need t1lib, freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
 3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
 
     You need t1lib, freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.

@@ -65,13 +60,27 @@
 
 6.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?
 
 
 6.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?
 

-    First, you need to install all the required libs (jpeg, t1lib, freetype, lame) via Fink.
+    You need to get fink (http://fink.sourceforge.net), and install it.
+    After this, you need to install all the required libs (jpeg, freetype, lame):
+   
+    fink install libjpeg libjpeg-shlibs freetype2 freetype2-shlibs lame lame-shlibs
+

     Then, you have to inform configure of where they are:
 
     Then, you have to inform configure of where they are:
 

-    ( setenv LDFLAGS "-L/sw/lib" ; setenv CPPFLAGS "-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ; ./configure )
+    LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ./configure

     make
     sudo make install
 
     make
     sudo make install
 

+    If this doesn't work, especially if you want to use the python library and
+    get weird exceptions, try to remove all versions of jpeglib, freetype and 
+    lame from /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and then run configure / make / make install
+    again.
+
+    If you also want to use the python interface, you may have to copy the
+    Imaging headers (Imaging.h, ImPlatform.h, ImConfig.h) to
+      /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/
+    before running configure.
+

 7.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows?
 
     Windows versions of all SWF utilities are downloadable from
 7.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows?
 
     Windows versions of all SWF utilities are downloadable from

@@ -79,8 +88,6 @@
     .
     (There's a self-extracting .exe version of all versions since 0.6.1, 
      and a .zip or .rar archive of the newest development snapshot)
     .
     (There's a self-extracting .exe version of all versions since 0.6.1, 
      and a .zip or .rar archive of the newest development snapshot)

-    Notice: For now, the utilities need to be installed to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-
-    otherwise it won't be able to find its fonts.

 
 8.) Where's the source code of the Windows version?
 
 
 8.) Where's the source code of the Windows version?
 

@@ -93,6 +100,9 @@
     CXX=i386-mingw32msvc-g++ CPP=i386-mingw32msvc-cpp CC=i386-mingw32msvc-gcc \
     ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc && make
 
     CXX=i386-mingw32msvc-g++ CPP=i386-mingw32msvc-cpp CC=i386-mingw32msvc-gcc \
     ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc && make
 

+    For compiling on Windows itself, there's a HOWTO from Daichi Shinozaki:
+    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/swftools-common/2005-02/msg00023.html
+

 9.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
 
     Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
 9.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
 
     Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.

@@ -104,13 +114,13 @@
     Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf), 
     you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass 
     the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf. 
     Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf), 
     you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass 
     the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf. 

-    If you use a page in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
+    If you use a font in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it

     to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts 
     to make it work all the time.
 
 10.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 
     to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts 
     to make it work all the time.
 
 10.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 

-    It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2. 
+    Yes. 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.
 
 11.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
     Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
 
 11.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?

@@ -139,14 +149,14 @@
     The result is something like:
 
        Objects in file myfile.swf:
     The result is something like:
 
        Objects in file myfile.swf:

-       3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
-       5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
-       3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
-       1 PNG: ID(s) 318
-       3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
-       10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
-
-    Not you can extract a shape using
+        [-i] 3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
+        [-i] 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
+        [-j] 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
+        [-p] 1 PNG: ID(s) 318
+        [-s] 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
+        [-f] 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
+
+    Now you can extract a shape using

 
        swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
 
 
        swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf