From 15502013a9c88939919ed2c7ceb55cd3528fc21c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Berkenbilt Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:22:11 -0500 Subject: Tweak wording of Thorsten's documentation updates --- README-windows.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/README-windows.txt b/README-windows.txt index 5da09690..27d0ab4b 100644 --- a/README-windows.txt +++ b/README-windows.txt @@ -46,45 +46,35 @@ that to replace the one in the 20111220 version, which is based on 4.7.0. That particular workaround results in a Windows-hosted 64-bit targetted mingw that can build a qpdf that passes its test suite. -As of this writing, the image comparison tests confuse ghostscript in -cygwin, but there's a chance they might work at some point. If you -want to run them, you need ghostscript and tiff utils as well, and you -will need to add --enable-test-compare-images from the configure -statements given below. - - - -Additionally for Windows, some tests require 3rd party software which -most likely is not available if not provided by an environment like -MSYS, Cygwin or such, but can be downloaded separately as well for an -environment not using both of the former mentioned. Just extract or -install the following software into separate folders each and add the -"bin" folder to your "PATH" env variable to make executables and DLLs -available. If installers are provided, they might do that already by -default. +Image comparison tests are disabled by default, but it is possible to +run them on Windows. To do so, add --enable-test-compare-images from +the configure statements given below and install some additional +third-party dependencies. These may be provided in an environment such +as MSYS or Cygwin or can be downloaded separately for other +environments. You may extract or install the following software into +separate folders each and add the "bin" folder to your "PATH" +environment variable to make executables and DLLs available. If +installers are provided, they might do that already by default. * LibJpeg (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/jpeg.htm) - This archive provides some needed DLLs for LibTiff if you want to - use the image comparison tests. + This archive provides some needed DLLs needed by LibTiff. * LibTiff (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tiff.htm) This archive provides some needed binaries and DLLs if you want to - use the image comparison tests and is only working if DLLs from - LibJpeg are available as well. + use the image comparison tests. It depends on some DLLs from + LibJpeg. * GhostScript (http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html) - GhstScript is needed for image comparison tests and it's important + GhostScript is needed for image comparison tests. It's important that the binary is available as "gs", while its default name is - "gswin32[c].exe". So you need to provide an additional "gs.exe" - by copying one of the original files or use "mklink" to create a - hard-/softlink, or need to provide a custom "gs.cmd" wrapper which - simply forwards all args to one of the original binarys. Using - "mkink" with "gswin32c.exe" should be preferred. - - + "gswin32[c].exe". You can either copy one of the original files, + use "mklink" to create a hard-/softlink, or provide a custom + "gs.cmd" wrapper that forwards all arguments to one of the original + binaries. Using "mklink" with "gswin32c.exe" is probably the best + choice. Jian Ma has generously provided a port of QPDF that works with Microsoft VC6. Several changes are required, but they -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf