From: Nir S. <ni...@fr...> - 2003-04-15 14:34:03
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I did a make install to a temp directory. I need your help with the files: ./bin: fribidi* - this is the command line tool. Can It work standalone? can I deliver *only this file* with a GUI that uses it to end users? fribidi-config* - What that? --help does not really help :-) ./include: ./include/fribidi: lot of header files... - include files for projects using the library? ./lib: libfribidi.0.0.0.dylib* - dynamic library? how can I use it in my project? libfribidi.a - static library? how can I use it in my project? libfribidi.la* - libtool config file - why do we need libtool anyway? ./lib/pkgconfig: fribidi.pc - Whats that? What I want to do with fribidi: I want to create a tool for Mac OS X end users (read double clickable) to convert between visual Hebrew ISO-8859-8 and Windows-1255 or Unicode UTF-8 both ways, and maybe other fribidi tricks if needed later. I have two options: 1. Tzafrir Cohen figured that I should use the library in my project. I will need help on how to include the library in my code. Code examples would be great. 2. I was planning to use the command line tool. It is easy and well documented to use Cocoa (read OpenStep) to run a command line tool, write and read data from it using pipes etc. I can also create a quick solution by using AppleScript to run the command line tool. What do you think is the right direction? |