-To make the binaries from the top directory, type
-
- make
-
-This will create the directories "./bin", "./lib", and "./font/compiled".
-
-The compiled programs will be in the "./bin" directory. The ./lib
-directory will contain the file wcwidth.c, to provide an implementation
-of the POSIX wcwidth() and wcswidth() functions. The font will build,
-placing files in the "font/compiled/" subdirectory.
-
-The default settings will build Unifont with four-digit hexadecimal
-glyphs appearing for unassigned code points, and with no glyphs for
-Private Use Area code points or non-printing code points. As an
-example, to override these defaults in this top-level directory type
-
- make UNASSIGNED="" PUA="hexsrc/pua.hex" \
- NONPRINTING="hexsrc/nonprinting.hex"
-
-To make certain that no unassigned, PUA, or non-printing glyphs are
-included, type
-
- make UNASSIGNED="" PUA="" NONPRINTING=""
-
-You can similarly build Unifont with your own custom PUA glyphs.
-Just specify where the custom PUA file is, relative to the "font/"
-directory. Note, though, that unifontpic generates its glyph
-diagram from whatever .hex files are in the "font/hexsrc" directory.
-Therefore, to have custom PUA glyphs be part of this generated
-glyph map, replace "font/hexsrc/pua.hex" with a custom pua.hex file.
-
-Other useful make variables that can be overridden on the command line
-from the top-level Makefile include:
-
- DESTDIR - By default, not set; set to an alternate root location
- such as "~/tmproot" if desired, but this directory
- must already exist.
- USRDIR - Set as typically "usr" or "usr/local" for installation
- PREFIX - This is just $(DESTDIR)/$(USRDIR) but can be overridden.
- PKGDEST - Destination for package files, by default "usr/share"
- so that this README file, the TUTORIAL file, etc. will
- be installed in "/usr/share/unifont".
- COMPRESS - Set to non-zero to compress installed man pages
-
-All of the .hex file names can be replaced selectively on the top-level
-"make" command line. The list of component hex file variables is:
-
- UNIFONTBASE - The bulk of Unifont scripts
- CJK - Most of the CJK Ideographs
- HANGUL - Hangul Syllables block
- NONPRINTING - Glyphs for non-printing characters
- SPACES - Space glyphs, single- and double-width
- UNASSIGNED - Glyphs for unassigned code points
- PUA - Glyphs for the Private Use Area
-
-To install the binaries, man pages, and Unifont, review the
-destination directories in the Makefiles to verify that the files
-will be installed where you want, and then type
-
- make install
-
-This installs programs in "/usr/bin" or "/usr/local/bin" (depending
-on the USRDIR setting in the top-level Makefile), installs PCF and
-TrueType fonts in the appropriate places, and places the following
-files in "/usr/share/unifont" or "/usr/local/share/unifont" (again
-depending on the USRDIR setting in the top-level Makefile):
-
- combining.txt - list of Unicode Plane 0 combining characters
- LICENSE.gz - license information for this package
- README.gz - this README file
- TUTORIAL.gz - tutorial on using the Unifont utilities
- unifont.hex - composite Unifont .hex source, used by GRUB1
- wchardata.c - implementation of IEEE 1003.1-2008 wcswidth(), wcwidth()
- wchardata.o - object file from wchardata.c
-
-Typing "make install" will install font files from "font/compiled/"
-if that directory exists; otherwise it will install font files from
-the "font/precompiled/" directory.
-
-To rebuild what is in the "font/precompiled" directory (which you
-ordinarily you should never do--there would have to be a very good
-reason), remove its files, modify the DATE and VERSION information in
-the top-level Makefile and in "font/Makefile", then type
-
- make precompiled
-
-from the top-level directory or the "font/" subdirectory.
-
-To just make the fonts, charts, etc. within the "font" directory,
-install the "bdftopcf" program and FontForge as well as performing
-a "make install" to install the Unifont binaries. Then from the
-top-level directory type
-
- cd font
- make
-
-The resulting fonts will be in the "./font/compiled" directory, along
-with bitmap renderings of each glyph.
-
-WARNING: Building the TrueType version of GNU Unifont will require
-anywhere from 256 MBytes to 1 GByte of virtual memory, can require
-almost 250 Megabytes of free disk space during the build, and is best
-run on a decent processor (say 1 GHz clock rate or better).
-
-During the TrueType build, FontForge will monopolize your CPU...plan
-accordingly.
-
-There is no reason to build the font from scratch unless you modify
-the .hex font source files (or must satisfy an insatiable curiosity),
-because the "./font/precompiled" directory already contains pre-built
-BDF, PCF, and TrueType fonts.
-
-To create a custom version of the font with combining circles (such as
-was done to create the large picture of Unifont), enter these commands:
-
- cd font/ttfsrc
- sort ../hexsrc/*.hex | \
- unigencircles combining.txt ../hexsrc/nonprinting.hex > unifont.hex
- make
-
-When "make" is finished, the ttfsrc directory will contain a "unifont.ttf"
-file which includes the dashed combining circles that the unigencircles
-utility added. Copy this "unifont.ttf" file to a safe location in a different
-directory with a more descriptive name. This font is named "unifontcircles"
-in the font distribution. Then type
-
- make clean
-
-If you've made a new version of the font, hand-copy the new font file(s)
-to your desired destination. Otherwise, precompiled PCF and TrueType
-versions of the font will be copied from "./font/precompiled/" into
-$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/fonts.
-
-After font installation, you might need to restart the X Window System
-for the new fonts to be recognized, but first try the command
-
- xset fp rehash
-
-in a shell (terminal) window. If that doesn't work, restart the X
-Window System.
-
-To remove intermediate files, from the top-level directory type
-
- make clean
-
-To remove all created files and leave the directory in its pre-build
-state, from the top-level directory type
-
- make distclean
-
-That will remove the "./bin" directory, the "./lib" directory, the
-"./font/compiled" directory, and other intermediate files. Note that
-this command leaves the files in "./font/precompiled" intact, even
-though a prior "make precompiled" command would have rebuilt those files.
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