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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index e22edc2d..83cb6bf9 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ make <filename>README-windows.md</filename>. </para> <para> + While <type>wchar_t</type> is part of the C++ standard, qpdf uses + it in only one place in the public API, and it's just in a helper + function. It is possible to build qpdf on a system that doesn't + have <type>wchar_t</type>, and it's also possible to compile a + program that uses qpdf on a system without <type>wchar_t</type> as + long as you don't call that one method. This is a very unusual + situation. For a detailed discussion, please see the top-level + README.md file in qpdf's source distribution. + </para> + <para> There are some other things you can do with the build. Although qpdf uses <application>autoconf</application>, it does not use <application>automake</application> but instead uses a |