From: Matijs v. Z. <ma...@ma...> - 2012-05-23 06:03:37
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On 05/22/2012 05:39 PM, Richard Gitschlag wrote: > No offense, but saying "get a new OS and DIY" is about the worst response you > can give to that. Like it or not, a lot of Windows users -- casual and serious > alike -- don't have the time or interest to make an investment in a full > compiler suite and all that. It's a little saddening to see how the "Using Linux means installing everything from source" idea is still being perpetuated. As a Debian user, *nothing* I use in the capacity of a regular user, including FontForge, is installed from source, and it is all updated through a single command. This is all much more convenient than on Windows. (I'm not singling you out here, Richard, it is the general sentiment I read in this thread.) Of course, switching OS is in itself not a simple undertaking. Compiling from source is not part of it, though. > Fontforge isn't a cross-platform app; it's a Linux app, period. The original > idea here is whether/when to start making FF a TRUE cross-platform app, with the > biggest step being native (non-Linux) builds. To allow this to happen, we need at least one developer who has enough interest in the Windows platform to invest a substantial amount of time in this. A quick search shows that such developers do exist, they're just not working under the fontforge umbrella. Perhaps a good first step would be making it easy to find their work from the fontforge site. Regards, -- Matijs |