[Apachetoolbox-devel] GD ttf support

[Matthew D. <ma...@ma...>]

Hi,

I use TTF support in GD/PHP a lot, and would like to incorporate support =
for
it into ATB. There's a few options for this when compiling PHP.

*To enable support for FreeType 1.x add --with-ttf[=3DDIR].
*To enable support for FreeType 2 add --with-freetype-dir=3DDIR.
*To enable support for T1lib (Type 1 fonts) add --with-t1lib[=3DDIR].
*To enable support for native TrueType string function add
--enable-gd-native-ttf.

As far as I can see, there's no point in not enabling the native gd ttf
support if we're already compiling in GD support, as far as I know =
nothing
else is required for this. Below is a patch for this.=20

########### Start Patch
--- php-gd	    2003-11-09 11:34:43.000000000 +0000
+++ php-gd      2003-11-09 11:35:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 CONFIGPHP=3D"$CONFIGPHP --with-gd $r--with-zlib-dir=3D\"$LIBZ_DIR\" $r"
 CONFIGPHP=3D"$CONFIGPHP --with-png-dir=3D\"$LIBPNG_DIR\" $r"
 CONFIGPHP=3D"$CONFIGPHP --with-jpeg-dir=3D\"$LIBJPEG_DIR\" $r"
+CONFIGPHP=3D"$CONFIGPHP --enable-gd-native-ttf $r"

 notice "$MENUTRUE" "GD support for PHP setup!\n"
######### End Patch

I'm happy to add support for FreeType 2 which I believe is the most =
commonly
use option - freetype I believe is installed with most *nix OS's. =
Freetype 1
and t1libs are older and not as widely used(?) as far as I know, and I =
also
don't have a system with these installed on.

Would you like patches for these, or prefer changes in CVS?

Matt

PS: good to have the support forums back!