From: kramm <kramm>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:10:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: added chapter about the -lstdc++ problem.
X-Git-Tag: release-0-6-0~220
X-Git-Url: http://git.asbjorn.biz/?p=swftools.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c14e5576ce46a85f445214159bc5f43c637387d8

added chapter about the -lstdc++ problem.
---

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 37cba0c..e9c1b5f 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@
     If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
     before running configure again.
 
-4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+4.) There are problems during compilation:
+    Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
+    as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
+
+    Try running configure as
+
+    LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
+
+5.) 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
@@ -46,11 +54,11 @@
 
     If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
 
-5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+6.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 
-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 +69,12 @@
     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 +87,11 @@
 
     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:
 
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@
 
     etc.
 
-11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+12.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
 
     Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to