Commit 7ce42f4443dc288eb187c189e4cd78721f3ca7bf

David Turner 2000-05-16T23:18:37

another rather large update

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diff --git a/docs/design/build-system.html b/docs/design/build-system.html
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    <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.5 [fr] (Win98; I) [Netscape]">
    <title>FreeType 2 Internals - I/O Frames</title>
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+     P { text-align=justify }
+     H1 { text-align=center }
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-<h1>
-FreeType 2.0 Build System</h1></center>
+<h1>FreeType 2.0 Build System</h1></center>
 
 <center>
 <h3>
@@ -25,282 +30,825 @@ FreeType 2.0 Build System</h1></center>
 (<a href="mailto:devel@freetype.org">devel@freetype.org</a>)
 </h3></center>
 
-<p><br>
-<hr WIDTH="100%">
-<br>&nbsp;
+<center><table width=650><tr><td>
+
+<p><hr WIDTH="100%"></p>
+
+<h2>Table of Content</h2>
+
+<center><table><tr><td>
+<p><font size="+1"><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></font></p>
+<p><font size="+1"><a href="#features">I. Features & Background</a></font></p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="#features-1">1. Convenience, not Requirement</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-2">2. Compiler and platform independence</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-3">3. Uses GNU Make</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-4">4. Automatic host platform detection</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-5">5. User-selectable builds</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-6">6. Robustness</a>
+  <li><a href="#features-7">7. Simple modules management</a>
+</ul>
+<p><font size="+1"><a href="#overview">II. Overview of the build process</a></font></p>
+<ul>
+  <p><li><a href="#overview-1">1. Build setup</a>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#overview-1-a">a. Default build setup</a>
+    <li><a href="#overview-1-b">b. Selecting another build configuration</a>
+  </ul>
+  </p>
+  
+  <li><a href="#overview-2">2. Library compilation</a>
+</ul>
+<p><font size="+1"><a href="#setup">III. Build setup details</a></font></p>
+<p><font size="+1"><a href="#compilation">IV. Library compilation details</a></font></p>
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="#compilation-1">a. Compiling the <tt>ftsystem</tt> component</a>
+    <li><a href="#compilation-2">b. Compiling the base layer and optional components</a>
+    <li><a href="#compilation-3">c. Compiling the modules</a>
+    <li><a href="#compilation-4">d. Compiling the <tt>ftinit</tt> component</a>
+  </ul>
+</ul>
+</td></tr></table></center>
+
+<hr><a name="introduction">
 <h2>Introduction:</h2>
+
+  <p>This document describes the new build system that was introduced
+     with FreeType 2.</p>
+
+<p><hr></p>
+<a name="features">
+<h2>I. Features and Background:</h2>
+
+  <p>The FreeType 2 build system is a set of Makefiles and sub-Makefiles that
+      are used to build the library on a very large variety of systems easily.
+      One of its main features are the following:</p>
+
+  <a name="features-1">
+  <h3>1. Convenience, not Requirement</h3>
+<ul>
+  <p>Even though the build system is rather sophisticated, it simply is a
+     convenience that was written simply to allow the compilation of the
+     FreeType 2 library on as many platforms as possible, as easily as
+     possible. However, it is not a requirement and the library can be
+     compiled manually or in a graphical IDE without using it, with minimal
+     efforts</p>
+
+  <p>(for more information on this topic, see the <tt>BUILD</tt>
+     document that comes with your release of FreeType, in its <em>Detailed
+     Compilation Guide</em> section).</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-2">
+  <h3>2. Compiler and platform independence</h3>
+<ul>
+  <p>The FreeType 2 build system can be used with any compiler, on any platform.
+     It is independent of object file suffix, executable file suffix, directory
+     separator convention (i.e. "/" or "\"), and compiler flags for path
+     inclusion, macro definition, output naming, ansi compliance, etc..</p>
+
+  <p>Supporting a new compiler is trivial and only requires writing a minimal
+     configuration sub-makefile that contains several Makefile variables
+     definitions that are later used by the rest of the build system. This is
+     described in details later in the document.</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-3">
+  <h3>3. Uses GNU Make</h3>
+<ul>
+ <p>The build system works <em>exclusively</em> with <b>GNU Make</b>. Reason
+    is that it is the only make utility that has all the features required to
+    implement the build system as described below. Moreover, it is already
+    ported to hundreds of various distinct platforms and is widely and
+    freely available.</p>
+
+ <p>It also uses the native command line shell. <em>You thus
+    don't need a Unix-like shell on your platform</em>.
+    For example, FreeType 2 already compiles on Unix, Dos, Windows
+    and OS/2 right "out of the box" (assuming you have GNU Make
+    installed).</p>
+
+ <p>Finally, note that the build system is <em>specifically</em> designed
+    for gnu make and will <em>fail</em> with any other make tool. We have
+    <em>no plans</em> to support a different tools, as you'll rapidly
+    understand by reading this document or looking at the sub-makefiles
+    themselves.</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-4">
+  <h3>4. Automatic host platform detection</h3>
 <ul>
-	This document describes the new build system that was introduced
-    with FreeType 2.
+   <p>When you launch the build system for the first time, by simply invoking
+      GNU make in the top-level directory, it automatically tries to detect
+      your current platform in order to choose the best configuration
+      sub-makefile available. It then displays what it found. If everything
+      is ok, you can then launch compilation of the library, by invoking make
+      a second time.</p>
+
+   <p>The following platforms are currently automatically detected:</p>
+   <ul>
+     <li>Dos (plain-dos, windows in Dos mode, or Dos session under OS/2)
+     <li>Windows 95, 98 + Windows NT (a.k.a win32)
+     <li>OS/2
+     <li>Unix (uses Autoconf/Automake)
+   </ul>
+
+   <p>Note that adding support for a new platform requires writing a minimal
+      number of very small files, and simply putting them in a new sub-directory
+      of <tt>freetype2/config</tt>.</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-5">
+  <h3>5. User-selectable builds</h3>
+<ul>
+ <p>The platform auto-detection rules try to setup the build for a default
+    compiler (<em>gcc</em> for most platforms), with default build options
+    for the library (which normally is
+    <em>"all features enable, no debugging"</em>), as well as the default
+    list of modules (which is <em>"all modules in <tt>freetype2/src</tt>"</em>)</p>
+
+ <p>There are cases where it is important to specify a different compiler,
+    different build options or simply a different module list. The FreeType 2
+    build system is designed in such a way that all of this is easily possible
+    from the command line, <em>without having to touch a single file</em>.
+    The latter is crucial when dealing with projects that need specific
+    builds of the library without modifying a single file from the FreeType
+    distribution.</p>
+
+ <p>The exact mechanism and implementation to do this is described later in
+    this document. It allows, for example, to compile FreeType with any of
+    the following compilers on Win32: gcc, Visual C++, Win32-LCC.</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-6">
+  <h3>6. Robustness</h3>
+<ul>
+  <p>The build system uses a single top-level Makefile that includes
+     one or more sub-makefiles to build the entire library (base layer
+     plus all modules).
+
+  <font color="red">
+    To understand why this is important, we <em>strongly</em> recommend
+    the following article to all of our readers:</font></p>
+  <p>
+    <center>
+      <font size="+2"><a href="http://www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html">
+      Recursive Make Considered Dangerous
+      </a>
+      </font>
+    </center>
+  </p>
+
+  <p>As an example, here's a short list of files that make up the
+     build system. Note that each sub-makefile contains rules corresponding
+     to a very specific purpose, and that they all use the "<tt>.mk</tt>"
+     suffix:</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/Makefile</tt>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/config/detect.mk</tt>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/config/<em>&lt;system&gt;</em>/detect.mk</tt>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/src/<em>&lt;module&gt;</em>/rules.mk</tt>
+    <li><tt>freetype2/src/<em>&lt;module&gt;</em>/module.mk</tt>
+  </ul>
+
+</ul>
+
+  <a name="features-7">
+  <h3>7. Simple Module Management</h3>
+<ul>
+  <p>FreeType 2 has a very modular design, and is made of a core
+     <em>base layer</em> that provides its high-level API as well as
+     generic services used by one or more <em>modules</em>.
+
+     Most modules are used to support a specific font format (like TrueType
+     or Type 1), and they are called <em>font drivers</em>. However, some of
+     them do not support font files directly, but rather provide helper
+     services to the font drivers.</p>
+
+  <p>FreeType 2 is designed so that adding modules at run-time is possible
+     and easy. Similarly, we expect many more modules to come in the near
+     future and wanted a build system that makes such additions to the
+     source package itself dead easy.
+
+     Indeed, all source code (base + modules) is located in the
+     <tt>freetype2/src</tt> directory hierarchy. And the build system is
+     capable of re-generating automatically the list of known modules
+     from the contents of this directory. Hence, adding a new font driver
+     to the FreeType sources simply requires to:</p>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li><p>Add a new sub-directory to <tt>freetype2/src</tt>
+    <li><p>Re-launch the build system</p>
+  </ul>
+
+  <p>There is thus no need to edit a source file</p>
 </ul>
 
 <p><hr><p>
+<a name="overview">
+<h2>II. Overview of the build process(es):</h2>
 
-<h2>I. Features and Background:</h2>
+<p>Before describing in details how the build system works, it is essential
+   to give a few examples of how it's used. This section presents
+   what's the build process is to the typical developer:</p>
+
+<p>Compiling the library is normally done in two steps: the first one
+   configures the build according to the current platform and possible
+   additional parameters, while the second simply compiles the library with
+   the information gathered in the configuration step.</p>
+
+<a name="overview-1">
+<h3>1. Build Setup</h3>
+
+ <a name="overview-1-a">
+ <h4>a. Default build setup</h4>
+<ul>
+ <p>To configure the build, simply invoke gnu make from the top-level FreeType
+    directory. This will launch a series of rules that will detect your current
+    host platform, and choose a configuration file for you. It will then display
+    what it found. For example, here's the output of typing the command "make"
+    on a win32 platform (assuming this calls GNU make):</p>
+
+<pre><font color="blue">
+    <font color="purple">C:\FreeType> make</font>
+
+    FreeType build system -- automatic system detection
+     
+    The following settings are used:
+     
+      platform                     win32
+      compiler                     gcc
+      configuration directory      ./config/win32
+      configuration rules          ./config/win32/w32-gcc.mk  
+     
+    If this does not correspond to your system or settings please remove the file
+    'config.mk' from this directory then read the INSTALL file for help.
+     
+    Otherwise, simply type 'make' again to build the library.
+
+    <font color="purple">C:\FreeType></font>
+</font></pre>
+
+ <p>Note that this step copies the selected configuration file (here
+    <tt>./config/win32/w32-gcc.mk</tt>) to <em>the current directory</em>, under
+    the name <tt><b>config.mk</b></tt>. This file contains data that is used
+    to drive the library compilation of the second step. It correspond to
+    the platform and compiler selected by the auto-detection phase.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that you can re-generate the <tt><b>config.mk</b></tt> file anytime
+    by invoking <tt>make setup</tt> whenever you need it, even when the file is
+    already present in the current directory.</p>
+
+ <p>Finally, if your platform is not correctly detected, the build system will
+    display and use configuration information for the virtual "ansi" platform.
+    </p>
+</ul>
+ <a name="overview-1-b">
+ <h4>b. Selecting another build configuration</h4>
+<ul>
+ <p>You may not be really satisfied by the configuration file selected by the
+    auto-detection routines. Typically, you might be using a compiler that is
+    not the default one for your platform. It is however possible to re-launch
+    the build setup phase with an additional argument, used to specify a
+    different compiler/config file. For example, you can type the following
+    commands on Win32 systems:</p>
+
+ <p align=center><table width="80%"  cellpadding=10><tr valign=top><td>
+ <p><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup</tt></b></p>
+ </td><td>
+ <p>re-run the platform detection phase, and select the default compiler for it.
+ On Win32, this is <em>gcc</em>.</p>
+ </td></tr><tr valign=top><td>
+ <p><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup&nbsp;visualc</tt></b></p>
+ </td><td>
+ <p>re-run the platform detection phase, and select a config file that
+    corresponds to the <em>Visual C++</em> compiler</p>
+ </td></tr><tr valign=top><td>
+ <p><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup&nbsp;lcc</tt></b></p>
+ </td><td>
+ <p>re-run the platform detection phase, and select a config file that
+    corresponds to the <em>Win32-LCC</em> compiler</p>
+ </td></tr></table>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Note that a specific configuration is selected with a command that
+    looks like : <tt><b>make&nbsp;setup&nbsp;<em>compiler</em></b></tt>,
+    where the <em><tt>compiler</tt></em> keywords depends on the platform.
+    Moreover, each one of them corresponds to a specific configuration
+    sub-makefile that is copied as <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b> in the current
+    directory.</p>
+</ul>
+
+
+<a name="overview-2">
+<h3>2. Library compilation</h3>
+
+  <p>Once you're satisfied with the version of <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b> that
+     has been copied to your current directory, you can simply re-invoke
+     gnu make <em>with no arguments</em>. The top-level Makefile will
+     automatically detect the config sub-makefile in the current directory,
+     and use it to drive the library compilation. The latter can be seen
+     as a series of different steps decribed here:</p>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li><p><b>Compiling the <tt>ftsystem</tt> component</b><br><ul>
+        It encapsulates all low-level operations (memory management + 
+        i/o access) for the library. Its default version, located in
+        <tt>./src/base/ftsystem.c</tt> uses the ANSI C library but
+        system-specific implementations are also available to
+        improve performance (e.g. memory-mapped files on Unix).
+        </ul></p>
+        
+    <li><p><b>Compiling the <em>base layer</em> and optional components</b><br><ul>
+        They provide the library's high-level API as well as various useful
+        routines for client applications. Many features of the base layer can
+        be activated or not depending on a configuration file named
+        <tt>ftoption.h</tt>
+        </ul></p>
+        
+    <li><p><b>Compiling the <em>modules</em></b><br><ul>
+        Each module is used to support a specific font format (it is then
+        called a <em>font driver</em>), or to provide helper services to
+        the drivers (e.g. the auto-hinter). They are all located in
+        sub-directories of <tt>./src</tt>, like <tt>./src/truetype</tt>,
+        <tt>./src/type1</tt>.
+        </ul></p>
+        
+    <li><p><b>Compiling the <tt>ftinit</tt> component</b><br><ul>
+        This one is in charge of implementing <tt>FT_Init_FreeType</tt>,
+        the library initialisation routine. It also selects what modules
+        are activated when a new library instance is created.
+        </ul></p>
+  </ul>
+<p><hr><p>
+<a name="setup">
+<h2>II. Details of the build setup.</h2>
+
+ <p>When the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked, it looks for a
+    file named <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b> in the <em>current directory</em>.
+    If this file is found, it is used directly to build the library
+    (skip to <a href="library">Section III</a> for details then).</p>
+
+ <p>Otherwise, the file <b><tt>./config/detect.mk</tt></b> is included
+    by the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> and parsed. Its purpose is to drive the
+    platform-detection phase, by:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+     <li><p>Defining the <tt>PLATFORM</tt> variable, which indicates
+            what the currently detected platform is. It is initially
+            set to the default value "<tt><b>ansi</b></tt>".
+            </p>
+
+     <li><p>Searching for a <tt>detect.mk</tt> file in <em>all
+            subdirectories</em> of <b><tt>./config</tt></b>.
+            Each such file is included and parsed. Each of these files must
+            try to detect if the host platform is a system it knows
+            about. If so, it changes the value of the <tt>PLATFORM</tt> variable
+            accordingly.</p>
+
+     <li><p>Copying the selected configuration submakefile to the current directory
+            under the name <tt><b>config.mk</b></tt>.</p>
+ </ul>
+ <p>This is illustrated by the following graphics :</p>
+    <p><center>
+        <img src="platform-detection.png" border=0>
+    </center></p>
+    
+ <p>Each system-specific <b><tt>detect.mk</tt></b> works as follows:</p>
+ <ul>
+   <li><p>It checks that the value of <tt>PLATFORM</tt> is currently set
+          to <b>ansi</b>, which indicates that no platform was detected
+          for now. If this isn't true, it doesn't do anything</p>
+          
+   <li><p>Otherwise, it runs a series of test to see wether it is on a
+          system it knows about. Here are a few examples of tests:</p>
+    
+       <p><center><table width="80%" cellpadding=5><tr valign=top><td>
+       <em><b>Unix</b></em>
+       </td><td>
+       <p>checks for a file named <tt>/sbin/init</tt>, and runs, when it found
+       it, a 'configure' script to generate the relevant config sub-makefile</p>
+       </td></tr><tr valign=top><td>
+       <em><b>Dos</b></em>
+       </td><td>
+       <p>checks for the <tt>COMSPEC</tt> environment variable, then tries to
+       run the "<tt>ver</tt>" command on the current shell to check that there
+       is a "Dos" substring in its output; if not, it tries to find the
+       substring "<tt>MDOS\COMMAND</tt>" in <tt>COMSPEC</tt>, which indicates
+       a Dos session under OS/2.</p>
+       </td></tr><tr valign=top><td>
+       <em><b>Win32</b></em>
+       </td><td>
+       <p>if the environment variable <tt>OS</tt> is defined and has the value
+       <tt>Windows_NT</tt>, or if <tt>COMSPEC</tt> is defined and the
+       "<tt>ver</tt>" returns a string that contains <tt>Windows</tt> in it,
+       we're on a Win32 system.</p>
+       </td></tr></table></center>
+       </p>
+    
+   <li><p>It sets the value of <tt>PLATFORM</tt> to a new value corresponding
+          to its platform.</p>
+    
+   <li><p>It then tries to select a configuration
+          sub-makefile, depending on the current platform and any optional
+          make target (like "visualc" or "devel", etc..). Note that it can
+          even generate the file, as on Unix through Autoconf/Automake.</p>
+
+   <li><p>It copies the selected configuration sub-makefile to the current
+          directory, under the name <tt><b>config.mk</b></tt>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>If one wants to support a new platform in the build system, it simply needs
+    to provide:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+    <li>A new subdirectory, in <tt>./config</tt>, with a file named
+        <tt>detect.mk</tt> in it, containing relevant checks for the system.
+        
+    <li>One or more configuration sub-makefiles that will get copied to
+        <tt>config.mk</tt> at build setup time. You can use the one in
+        <tt>./config/ansi/config.mk</tt> as a template.
+ </ul> 
+
+ <p>Similary, supporting a new compiler on an existing system simply means:</p>
+ <ul>
+    <li>Writing a new config sub-makefile that contains definitions used to
+        specify the compiler and flags for the build.
+        
+    <li>Change your <tt>./config/<em>system</em>/detect.mk</tt> to recognize
+        a new optional build target that will copy your new config sub-makefile
+        instead of the default one.
+ </ul>
+
+
+<p><hr><p>
+<h2>III. Details of the library compilation.</h2>
+
+<p>When the top-level Makefile is invoked, it looks for a file named
+   <tt>config.mk</tt> in the current directory. If one is found, it
+   defines the <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> variable, then includes and parses it.
+   The structure of this file is the following:
+   </p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><p>First, it defines a series of Make variables that describe
+         the host environment, like the compiler, compilation flags,
+         object file suffix, the directory where all object files are
+         placed, etc..</p>
+         
+  <li><p>If <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> is defined, it includes the file
+         <tt><b>./config/freetype.mk</b></tt>, which is in charge of
+         defining all the rules used to build the library object files.
+         (The test is useful to use the <tt>config.mk</tt> file to
+          compile other projects that rely on FreeType 2, like its
+          demonstration programs).</p>
+         
+  <li><p>Finally, it defines the rule(s) used to link FreeType 2 object files
+         into a library file (e.g. <tt>libfreetype.a</tt>, <tt>freetype.lib</tt>,
+         <tt>freetype.dll</tt>, ...). Unfortunately, the command line interface of link tools is
+         a <em>lot less</em> standardized than those of compilers, which
+         explains why this rule must be defined in the system-specific
+         <tt>config.mk</tt>.</p>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The following is an explanation of what <tt><b>./config/freetype.mk</b></tt>
+   does to build the library objects:
+   </p>
+
+<h4>a. Include paths</h4>
 <ul>
-	The FreeType 2 build system is a set of Makefiles and sub-Makefiles that
-	are used to build the library on a very large variety of systems. To
-	understand it properly, it must be noticed that:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<li>The build system is made of a <em>single Makefile</em>,
-			dispatched over several directories with the help of the
-			<tt>include</tt> directive. Technically speaking, it is
-			composed of the top-level "<tt>freetype2/Makefile</tt>"
-			which includes several other sub-Makefiles, whose extension
-			is always "<tt>.mk</tt>". Examples are:<p>
-			<ul>
-				<tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt><br>
-				<tt>freetype2/config/<em>system</em>/detect.mk</tt><br>
-				<tt>freetype2/src/<em>module</em>/rules.mk</tt><br>
-				etc..
-			</ul>
-			<p>
-			<font size="+2" color="red">
-			We <em>strongly</em> recommend the following article:<p>
-			<center>
-			  <a href="http://www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html">
-			  Recursive Make Considered Dangerous
-			  </a>
-			</center>
-			</font>
-			<p>
-			To understand why such a layout was chosen.
-			<p>
-
-		<li>The build system works <em>exclusively</em> with
-			<b>GNU Make</b>. Reason is that it is the only make utility
-			that has all the features required to implement the build
-			system as described below. Moreover, it is already ported
-			to hundreds of various distinct platforms and is widely and
-			freely available.
-			<p>
-			<em>You don't need a Unix-like shell on your platform</em>.
-			For example, FreeType 2 already compiles on Unix, Dos, Windows
-			and OS/2 right "out of the box"	(assuming you have GNU Make
-			installed).
-			<p>
-			Note that we have <em>no plans</em> to support a different
-			make tool, as you'll rapidly understand by reading this
-			document or looking at the Makefiles themselves.
-			<p>
-	</ul>
-	<p>
-			
+ <p>To avoid namespace pollution, the <tt><em>freetype</em></tt> directory prefix
+    is used to include all public header files of the library. This means
+    that a client application will typically use lines like:</p>
+
+<pre><font color="blue">
+    #include &lt;freetype/freetype.h&gt;
+    #include &lt;freetype/ftglyph.h&gt;
+</font></pre>    
+
+ <p>to include one the FreeType 2 public header files. <tt>freetype.mk</tt>
+    uses a variable named <tt><b>INCLUDES</b></tt> to hold the inclusion
+    paths list, and thus starts by adding <tt>./include</tt> to it. However,
+    nothing prevents
+
+ <p><tt>freetype.mk</tt> uses a variable named <tt><b>INCLUDES</b></tt>
+    to hold directory inclusion-path to be used when compiling the library.
+    It always add <tt>./include</tt> to this variable, which means
+     
+</ul>
+
+<h4>b. Configuration header files:</h4>
+<ul>  
+  <p>Three header files used to configure the compilation of the
+     FreeType 2 library. Their default versions are all located in the
+     directory <tt><b>./include/freetype/config/</b></tt>, even though
+     project specific versions can be provided on a given build, as
+     described later:</p>
+     
+  <ul>
+    <p><b><tt>#include &lt;freetype/config/ftoption.h&gt;</tt></b><br><ul>
+        This file contains a set of configuration macro definitions that
+        can be toggled to activate or deactivate certain features of the
+        library. By changing one of these definitions, it is possible to
+        compile <em>only the features that are needed</em> for a specific
+        project. Note that by default, all options are enabled.
+        <br><br>
+        You might need to provide an alternative version of <tt>ftoption.h</tt>
+        for one of your own projects.
+        </ul></p>
+        
+    <p><b><tt>#include &lt;freetype/config/ftconfig.h&gt;</tt></b><br><ul>
+        This file includes <tt>ftoption.h</tt> but also contains some automatic
+        macro definitions used to indicate some important system-specific
+        features (e.g: word size in bytes, DLL export prefix macros, etc..).
+        <br><br>
+        You shouldn't normally need to change or provide an alternative
+        version of this file.
+        </ul></p>
+        
+
+    <p><b><tt>#include &lt;freetype/config/ftmodule.h&gt;</tt></b><br><ul>
+        This file is very special, as it is normally machine-generated, and
+        used by the <tt>ftinit</tt> component that is described below. To
+        understand it, one must reminds that FreeType 2 has an extremely
+        modular design and that it's possible to change, <em>at run-time</em>,
+        the modules it's using. The <tt>ftmodule.h</tt> file simply contains
+        the list of modules that are registered with each new instance of
+        the library.
+        <br><br>
+        Note that the file can be re-generated automatically by invoking
+        <tt>make setup</tt> from the top-level directory. The re-generated
+        list contains all the modules that were found in subdirectories of
+        <tt>./src</tt>.
+        </ul></p>
+  </ul>
+  
+  <p>Note that we strongly advise you to avoid modifying the config files
+     within the FreeType 2 source directory hierarchy. Rather, it's possible
+     to specify alternative versions through the help of a build-specific
+     include path that is include before <tt>./include</tt> in the inclusion
+     path.</p>
+     
+  <p>For example, imagine that your platform, named <em>foo</em>, needs a
+     specific version of <tt>ftoption.h</tt>
+</ul>
 
+  <h4>a. Compiling the <b><tt>ftsystem</tt></b> component:</h4>
+<ul>
+  <p>FreeType 2 encapsulates all low-level operations (i.e. memory management
+     and i/o access) within a single component called <tt><b>ftsystem</b></tt>.
+     Its default implementation uses the <em>ANSI C Library</em> and is located
+     in <tt>./src/base/ftsystem.c</tt>.</p>
+     
+  <p>However, some alternate, system-specific, implementations of
+     <tt>ftsystem</tt> are provided with the library in order to support more
+     efficient and advanced features. As an example, the file
+     <tt>./config/unix/ftsystem.c</tt> is an implementation that
+     uses memory-mapped files rather than the slow ANSI <tt>fopen</tt>,
+     <tt>fread</tt> and <tt>fseek</tt>, boosting performance significantly.</p>
+     
+  <p>The build system is thus capable of managing alternate implementations
+     of <tt>ftsystem</tt></p>
+</ul>
+
+  <h4>b. Compiling the base layer and optional components:</h4>
+<ul>
+  <p>The high-level API of the library is provided by a component called the
+     <em>base layer</em>, whose source is located in <tt>./src/base</tt>. This
+     directory also contains one or more components that are optional, i.e.
+     that are not required by the library but provide valuable routines to
+     client applications.</p>
+
+  <p>The features of the base library and other components are selected through
+     a single configuration file named
+     <tt><b>./include/freetype/config/ftoption.h</b></tt>. It contains a list
+     of commented configuration macro definitions, that can be toggled to
+     activate or de-activate a certain feature or component at build time.</p>
+
+  <p>For example, the code in <tt>./src/base/ftdebug.c</tt> will be compiled
+     only if one of these two macros are defined in <tt>ftoption.h</tt>:
+     <tt>FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR</tt> or <tt>FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE</tt></p>
+</ul>
+
+  <h4>c. Compiling the modules:</h4>
+<ul>
+  <p>Once the base layer is completed, the build system starts to compile each
+     additional module independently. These are simply defined as all source
+     code located in a sub-directory of <tt>./src</tt> that contains a file
+     named <tt><b>rules.</b></tt>, for example:
+     <tt>src/sfnt</tt>, <tt>src/truetype</tt>, <tt>src/type1</tt>, ...</p>
+     
+  <p>The <tt><b>rules.</b></tt> file simply contains directives used by the
+     build system to compile the corresponding module into a single object
+     file.</p>
+</ul>
+
+  <h4>d. Compiling the <b><tt>ftinit</tt></b> component:</h4>
+<ul>
+  <p>The file <tt><b>./src/base/ftinit.c</b></tt> is special because it is used
+     to implement the library initialisation function <tt>FT_Init_FreeType</tt>.
+     </p>
+</ul>
+
+  <p>Typically, you will end up with all object files, as well as the
+     corresponding  library file, residing in the <tt>freetype2/obj</tt>
+     directory.</p>
+
+
+<h3>1. Purpose of the configuration sub-makefile</h3>
+
+<h3>2. Managing module dependencies</h3>
+
+<h3>3. </h3>
+
+<p><hr><p>
+<a name="modules">
+<h2>IV. Managing the modules list</h2>
+
+<p><hr><p>
     The build system features some important points, which are all detailed
     in the following sections:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<li><b>Automatic host platform detection</b><br>
-			The first time the top <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked, it will
-			run a series of rules to detect your platform. It will then
-			create a system-specific configuration sub-Makefile in the
-			current	directory, called <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b>. You can now
-			invoke the top <tt>Makefile</tt> a second time to compile the
-			library directly.
-			<p>
-			The configuration sub-makefile can be regenerated any time
-			by invoking "<tt>make setup</tt>", which will re-run the
-			detection rules even if a <tt>config.mk</tt> is already present.
-			<p>
-
-
-		<li><b>User-selectable builds</b><br>
-			The system-specific <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b> created when
-			running <tt>make</tt> for the first time contains various
-			definitions, including compiler, compiler flags, object files
-			directories, etc.. However, a given platform has often several
-			compilers available, each with a different name and flags to be
-			used. Rather than trying to detect the compiler in the build
-			system, users can also specify which compiler they use when
-			running <tt>make</tt>.
-			<p>
-			For example, on Win32 platforms:<p>
-			<ul>
-				<table>
-					<tr valign="top">
-					<td><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup</tt></b>
-					<td>Will generate a <tt>config.mk</tt> that
-					    can be used to compile the library with
-						<b><tt>gcc</tt></b> (<em>which is the default
-						compiler for most supported platforms</em>).
-
-					<tr valign="top">
-					<td><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup&nbsp;visualc</tt></b>
-					<td>Will generate a different <tt>config.mk</tt>
-					    that can be used to compile the library
-						with the Visual C++ command-line compiler.
-
-					<tr valign="top">
-					<td><b><tt>make&nbsp;setup&nbsp;lcc</tt></b>
-					<td>Will generate a different <tt>config.mk</tt>
-						that can be used to compile the library
-						with the Win32-LCC compiler.
-				</table>
-			</ul>
-			<p>
-
-						
-
-		<li><b>Automatic detection of font drivers</b><br>
-			FreeType is made of a "base" layer that invokes several
-			separately-compiled modules. Each module is a given
-			font driver, in charge of supporting a given font format.
-			<p>
-			The list of font drivers is located in the file
-			"<tt>freetype2/config/<em>system</em>/ftmodule.h</tt>", however
-			it can be regenerated on-demand. Adding a new module to the
-			FreeType source tree is thus as easy as:<p>
-			<ul>
-				<li>create a new directory in "<tt>freetype2/src</tt>" and
-					put the new driver's source code and sub-makefiles there.
-					<p>
-
-				<li>invoke the top <tt>Makefile</tt> with target
-					"<tt>modules</tt>" (as in "<tt>make modules</tt>"),
-					as this will automatically regenerate the list of
-					available drivers by detecting the new directory and
-					its content.
-			</ul>
-			<p>
-	</ul>
+    <ul>
+        <li><b>Automatic host platform detection</b><br>
+            The first time the top <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked, it will
+            run a series of rules to detect your platform. It will then
+            create a system-specific configuration sub-Makefile in the
+            current directory, called <b><tt>config.mk</tt></b>. You can now
+            invoke the top <tt>Makefile</tt> a second time to compile the
+            library directly.
+            <p>
+            The configuration sub-makefile can be regenerated any time
+            by invoking "<tt>make setup</tt>", which will re-run the
+            detection rules even if a <tt>config.mk</tt> is already present.
+            <p>
+
+
+        <li><b>User-selectable builds</b><br>
+            <p>
+
+
+
+        <li><b>Automatic detection of font drivers</b><br>
+            FreeType is made of a "base" layer that invokes several
+            separately-compiled modules. Each module is a given
+            font driver, in charge of supporting a given font format.
+            <p>
+            The list of font drivers is located in the file
+            "<tt>freetype2/config/<em>system</em>/ftmodule.h</tt>", however
+            it can be regenerated on-demand. Adding a new module to the
+            FreeType source tree is thus as easy as:<p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>create a new directory in "<tt>freetype2/src</tt>" and
+                    put the new driver's source code and sub-makefiles there.
+                    <p>
+
+                <li>invoke the top <tt>Makefile</tt> with target
+                    "<tt>modules</tt>" (as in "<tt>make modules</tt>"),
+                    as this will automatically regenerate the list of
+                    available drivers by detecting the new directory and
+                    its content.
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+    </ul>
 </ul>
 
 <p><hr><p>
 
 <h2>II. Host Platform Detection</h2>
 <ul>
-	When the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked, it looks for a
-	file named <tt>config.mk</tt> in the current directory. If this
-	file is found, it is used to build the library
-	(see <a href="library">Section III</a>).
-	<p>
-	Otherwise, the file <tt>freetype2/config/detect.mk</tt> is included
-	and parsed. Its purpose is to:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<li>Define the <tt>PLATFORM</tt> variable, which indicates
-			what is the currently detected platform. It is initially
-			set to the default value "<tt>ansi</tt>".
-			<p>
-
-		<li>It searches for a <tt>detect.mk</tt> file in all
-			subdirectories of <tt>freetype2/config</tt>. Each such
-			file is included and parsed. Each of these files must
-			try to detect if the host platform is a system it knows
-			about. If so, it changes the value of the <tt>PLATFORM</tt>
-			accordingly.
-	</ul>
-	<p>
-	This is illustrated by the following graphics :<p>
-	<center>
-		<img src="platform-detection.png" border=0>
-	</center>
-	<p>
-	Note that each system-specific <tt>detect.mk</tt> is in charge
-	of copying a valid configuration makefile to the current directory
-	(i.e. the one where <tt>make</tt> was invoked), depending on the
-	current targets. For example, the Win32 <tt>detect.mk</tt> will
-	be able to detect a "<tt>visualc</tt>" or "<tt>lcc</tt>" target,
-	as described in section I. Similarly, the OS/2 <tt>detect.mk</tt>
-	can detect targets like "<tt>borlandc</tt>", "<tt>watcom</tt>"
-	or "<tt>visualage</tt>", etc..
+    When the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked, it looks for a
+    file named <tt>config.mk</tt> in the current directory. If this
+    file is found, it is used to build the library
+    (see <a href="library">Section III</a>).
+    <p>
+    Otherwise, the file <tt>freetype2/config/detect.mk</tt> is included
+    and parsed. Its purpose is to:<p>
+    <ul>
+        <li>Define the <tt>PLATFORM</tt> variable, which indicates
+            what is the currently detected platform. It is initially
+            set to the default value "<tt>ansi</tt>".
+            <p>
+
+        <li>It searches for a <tt>detect.mk</tt> file in all
+            subdirectories of <tt>freetype2/config</tt>. Each such
+            file is included and parsed. Each of these files must
+            try to detect if the host platform is a system it knows
+            about. If so, it changes the value of the <tt>PLATFORM</tt>
+            accordingly.
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+    This is illustrated by the following graphics :<p>
+    <center>
+        <img src="platform-detection.png" border=0>
+    </center>
+    <p>
+    Note that each system-specific <tt>detect.mk</tt> is in charge
+    of copying a valid configuration makefile to the current directory
+    (i.e. the one where <tt>make</tt> was invoked), depending on the
+    current targets. For example, the Win32 <tt>detect.mk</tt> will
+    be able to detect a "<tt>visualc</tt>" or "<tt>lcc</tt>" target,
+    as described in section I. Similarly, the OS/2 <tt>detect.mk</tt>
+    can detect targets like "<tt>borlandc</tt>", "<tt>watcom</tt>"
+    or "<tt>visualage</tt>", etc..
 </ul>
 
 <p><hr><p>
 
 <h2>III. Building the library</h2>
 <ul>
-	When the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked and that it finds
-	a <tt>config.mk</tt> file in the current directory, it defines
+    When the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> is invoked and that it finds
+    a <tt>config.mk</tt> file in the current directory, it defines
     the variable <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt>, then includes and parses the
     configuration sub-makefile.
-	<p>
-	The latter defines a number of important variables that describe
-	the compilation process to the build system. Among other things:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<li>the extension to be used for object files and library files
-			(i.e. <tt>.o</tt> and <tt>.a</tt> on Unix, <tt>.obj</tt>
-			 and <tt>.lib</tt> on Dos-Windows-OS/2, etc..).
-			<p>
-
-		<li>the directory where all object files will be stored
-			(usually <tt>freetype2/obj</tt>), as well as the one
-			containing the library file (usually the same as for
-			objects).
-			<p>
-
-		<li>the command line compiler, and its compilation flags for
-			indicating a new include path (usually "<tt>-I</tt>"),
-			a new macro declaration (usually "<tt>-D</tt>") or
-			the target object file (usually "<tt>-o&nbsp;</tt>")
-	</ul>
-	<p>
-	Once these variable are defined, <tt>config.mk</tt> test for the
-	definition of the <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> variable. If it exists,
-	the makefile then includes "<tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt>"
-	which contains the rules required to compile the library.
-	<p>
-	Note that <tt>freetype.mk</tt> also scans the subdirectories of
-	"<tt>freetype2/src</tt>" for a file called "<tt>rules.mk</tt>".
-	Each <tt>rules.mk</tt> contains, as it names suggests, the rules
+    <p>
+    The latter defines a number of important variables that describe
+    the compilation process to the build system. Among other things:<p>
+    <ul>
+        <li>the extension to be used for object files and library files
+            (i.e. <tt>.o</tt> and <tt>.a</tt> on Unix, <tt>.obj</tt>
+             and <tt>.lib</tt> on Dos-Windows-OS/2, etc..).
+            <p>
+
+        <li>the directory where all object files will be stored
+            (usually <tt>freetype2/obj</tt>), as well as the one
+            containing the library file (usually the same as for
+            objects).
+            <p>
+
+        <li>the command line compiler, and its compilation flags for
+            indicating a new include path (usually "<tt>-I</tt>"),
+            a new macro declaration (usually "<tt>-D</tt>") or
+            the target object file (usually "<tt>-o&nbsp;</tt>")
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+    Once these variable are defined, <tt>config.mk</tt> test for the
+    definition of the <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> variable. If it exists,
+    the makefile then includes "<tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt>"
+    which contains the rules required to compile the library.
+    <p>
+    Note that <tt>freetype.mk</tt> also scans the subdirectories of
+    "<tt>freetype2/src</tt>" for a file called "<tt>rules.mk</tt>".
+    Each <tt>rules.mk</tt> contains, as it names suggests, the rules
     required to compile a given font driver or module.
-	<p>
-	Once all this parsing is done, the library can be compiled. Usually,
-	each font driver is compiled as a standalone object file (e.g.
-	<tt>sfnt.o</tt>, <tt>truetype.o</tt> and <tt>type1.o</tt>).
-	<p>
-	This process can be illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
-	<center>
-		<img src="library-compilation.png" border=0>
-	</center>
-	<p>
+    <p>
+    Once all this parsing is done, the library can be compiled. Usually,
+    each font driver is compiled as a standalone object file (e.g.
+    <tt>sfnt.o</tt>, <tt>truetype.o</tt> and <tt>type1.o</tt>).
+    <p>
+    This process can be illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
+    <center>
+        <img src="library-compilation.png" border=0>
+    </center>
+    <p>
 </ul>
 
 <p><hr><p>
 
 <h2>IIV. Managing the list of modules</h2>
 <ul>
-	The makefile <tt>freetype.mk</tt> only determines how to compile
-	each one of the modules that are located in the sub-directories of
-	<tt>freetype2/src</tt>.
-	<p>
-	However, when the function <tt>FT_Init_FreeType</tt> is invoked at
-	the start of an application, it must create a new <tt>FT_Library</tt>
-	object, and registers all <em>known</em> font drivers to it by
-	repeatly calling <tt>FT_Add_Driver</tt>.
-	<p>
-	The list of <em>known</em> drivers is located in the file
-	"<tt>freetype2/config/<em>system</em>/ftmodule.h</tt>", and is used
-	exclusively by the internal function <tt>FT_Default_Drivers</tt>. The
-	list in <tt>ftmodule.h</tt> must be re-generated each time you add
-	or remove a module from <tt>freetype2/src</tt>.
-	<p>
-	This is normally performed by invoking the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt>
-	with the <tt>modules</tt> target, as in:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<tt>make modules</tt>
-	</ul>
-	<p>
-	This will trigger a special rule that will re-generate
+    The makefile <tt>freetype.mk</tt> only determines how to compile
+    each one of the modules that are located in the sub-directories of
+    <tt>freetype2/src</tt>.
+    <p>
+    However, when the function <tt>FT_Init_FreeType</tt> is invoked at
+    the start of an application, it must create a new <tt>FT_Library</tt>
+    object, and registers all <em>known</em> font drivers to it by
+    repeatly calling <tt>FT_Add_Driver</tt>.
+    <p>
+    The list of <em>known</em> drivers is located in the file
+    "<tt>freetype2/config/<em>system</em>/ftmodule.h</tt>", and is used
+    exclusively by the internal function <tt>FT_Default_Drivers</tt>. The
+    list in <tt>ftmodule.h</tt> must be re-generated each time you add
+    or remove a module from <tt>freetype2/src</tt>.
+    <p>
+    This is normally performed by invoking the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt>
+    with the <tt>modules</tt> target, as in:<p>
+    <ul>
+        <tt>make modules</tt>
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+    This will trigger a special rule that will re-generate
     <tt>ftmodule.h</tt>. To do so, the Makefile will parse all module
-	directories for a file called "<tt>module.mk</tt>". Each
-	<tt>module.mk</tt> is a tiny sub-Makefile used to add a single
-	module to the driver list.
-	<p>
-	This is illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
-	<center>
-		<img src="drivers-list.png" border=0>
-	</center>
-	<p>
-	Note that the new list of modules is displayed in a very human-friendly
-	way after a "<tt>make modules</tt>". Here's an example with the current
-	source tree (on 11 Jan 2000):<p>
-	<ul><pre>
+    directories for a file called "<tt>module.mk</tt>". Each
+    <tt>module.mk</tt> is a tiny sub-Makefile used to add a single
+    module to the driver list.
+    <p>
+    This is illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
+    <center>
+        <img src="drivers-list.png" border=0>
+    </center>
+    <p>
+    Note that the new list of modules is displayed in a very human-friendly
+    way after a "<tt>make modules</tt>". Here's an example with the current
+    source tree (on 11 Jan 2000):<p>
+    <ul><pre>
 Regenerating the font drivers list in ./config/unix/ftmodule.h
 * driver:  sfnt      ( pseudo-driver for TrueType & OpenType formats )
 * driver:  truetype  ( Windows/Mac font files with extension *.ttf or *.ttc )
 * driver:  type1     ( Postscript font files with extension *.pfa or *.pfb )
 -- done --
-	</pre></ul>
+    </pre></ul>
 
 </ul>
 
@@ -308,52 +856,55 @@ Regenerating the font drivers list in ./config/unix/ftmodule.h
 
 <h2>V. Building the demonstration programs</h2>
 <ul>
-	Several demonstration programs are located in the
-	"<tt>freetype2/demos</tt>" directory hierarchy. This directory also
-	includes a tiny graphics sub-system that is able to blit glyphs to
-	a great variety of surfaces, as well as display these in various
-	graphics libraries or windowed environments.
-	<p>
-	This section describes how the demonstration programs are compiled,
-	using the configuration <tt>freetype2/config.mk</tt> and their own
-	<tt>freetype2/demos/Makefile</tt>.
-	<p>
-	To compile the demonstration programs, <em>after the library</em>,
-	simply go to <tt>freetype2/demos</tt> then invoke GNU make with no
-	arguments.
-	<p>
-	The top-level Makefile will detect the <tt>config.mk</tt> in the
-	<em>upper</em> directory and include it. Because it doesn't define
-	the <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> variable, this will not force the
-	inclusion of <tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt> as described in
-	the previous section.
-	<p>
-	the <tt>Makefile</tt> will then include the makefile called
-	"<tt>freetype2/demos/graph/rules.mk</tt>". The graphics <tt>rules.mk</tt>
-	defines the rules required to compile the graphics sub-system.
-	<p>
-	Because the graphics syb-system is also designed modularly, it is able
-	to use any number of "modules" to display surfaces on the screen.
-	The graphics modules are located in the subdirectories of
-	<tt>freetype2/demos/config</tt>. Each such directory contains a file
-	named <tt>rules.mk</tt> which is in charge of:<p>
-	<ul>
-		<li>detecting wether the corresponding graphics library is
-			available at the time of compilation.
-			<p>
-		<li>if it is, alter the compilation rules to include the graphics
-			module in the build of the <tt>graph</tt> library.
-	</ul>
-	<p>
-	When the <tt>graph</tt> library is built in <tt>demos/obj</tt>, the
-	demonstration programs executables are generated by the top-level
-	Makefile.
-	<p>
-	This is illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
-	<center>
-		<img src="demo-programs.png" border="0">
-	</center>
+    Several demonstration programs are located in the
+    "<tt>freetype2/demos</tt>" directory hierarchy. This directory also
+    includes a tiny graphics sub-system that is able to blit glyphs to
+    a great variety of surfaces, as well as display these in various
+    graphics libraries or windowed environments.
+    <p>
+    This section describes how the demonstration programs are compiled,
+    using the configuration <tt>freetype2/config.mk</tt> and their own
+    <tt>freetype2/demos/Makefile</tt>.
+    <p>
+    To compile the demonstration programs, <em>after the library</em>,
+    simply go to <tt>freetype2/demos</tt> then invoke GNU make with no
+    arguments.
+    <p>
+    The top-level Makefile will detect the <tt>config.mk</tt> in the
+    <em>upper</em> directory and include it. Because it doesn't define
+    the <tt>BUILD_FREETYPE</tt> variable, this will not force the
+    inclusion of <tt>freetype2/config/freetype.mk</tt> as described in
+    the previous section.
+    <p>
+    the <tt>Makefile</tt> will then include the makefile called
+    "<tt>freetype2/demos/graph/rules.mk</tt>". The graphics <tt>rules.mk</tt>
+    defines the rules required to compile the graphics sub-system.
+    <p>
+    Because the graphics syb-system is also designed modularly, it is able
+    to use any number of "modules" to display surfaces on the screen.
+    The graphics modules are located in the subdirectories of
+    <tt>freetype2/demos/config</tt>. Each such directory contains a file
+    named <tt>rules.mk</tt> which is in charge of:<p>
+    <ul>
+        <li>detecting wether the corresponding graphics library is
+            available at the time of compilation.
+            <p>
+        <li>if it is, alter the compilation rules to include the graphics
+            module in the build of the <tt>graph</tt> library.
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+    When the <tt>graph</tt> library is built in <tt>demos/obj</tt>, the
+    demonstration programs executables are generated by the top-level
+    Makefile.
+    <p>
+    This is illustrated by the following graphics:<p>
+    <center>
+        <img src="demo-programs.png" border="0">
+    </center>
 </ul>
 
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