%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% MagicPoint - an X11 based presentation tool April 12, 2001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% MagicPoint is an X11 based presentation tool. It is designed to make simple presentations easy while to make complicated presentations possible. Its presentation file (whose suffix is typically .mgp) is just text so that you can create presentation files quickly with your favorite editor (e.g. Emacs). This is one of the alpha releases of MagicPoint. We're planing to add a version control mechanism of .mgp file for forward compatibly. But currently, such a mechanism is missing. Please use this package at your own risk. MagicPoint is completely free but absolutely no warranty. For more information, please refer to COPYRIGHT or COPYRIGHT.jp. Please note that some of the source codes is derived from other people's works, and may have different distribution policies. Be sure to check the comments in the source codes. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% INSTALLATION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Since MagicPoint extensively uses fonts in various sizes, we recommend you to install good font rendering systems in your system. THIS DOCUMENT ASSUMES THAT YOU WILL USE MAGICPOINT WITH **TRUETYPE** FONTS. YOU SHOULD INSTALL *FREETYPE* BEFORE YOU INSTALL MAGICPOINT. To install "libttf.a", see: http://www.freetype.org/ If you want to use other rendering systems, read "README.fonts" or "README.fonts.jp". %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Follow the steps below to make MagicPoint: English or European: % ./configure Japanese: % ./configure --enable-freetype-charset16 % xmkmf % make Makefiles % make Invoking `configure' updates Imakefile. So, do NOT forget to invoke `xmkmf' everytime you update Imakefile. Note: if you have to use a non-standard compiler, you must declare your compiler by using "env" command, like: % env CC=gcc ./configure # force gcc % env CC=shlicc2 ./configure # force shlicc2 (bsdi3) We cannot make a guess in the configure script, since "imake" may dislike the compiler that was guessed by configure. This applies to, for example, Solaris without the Sun compiler license (gcc-only environment). Note: If you are willing to use the iso-8859-x character set (i.e. you would like setlocale() to be called at startup), specify the "--enable-locale" option. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% It's a good idea to preview sample files before installation. For more information, see "sample/README" or "sample/README.jp", which describes how to install TrueType fonts. To visualize the sample{,-jp}.mgp file, type: % ./mgp sample/sample.mgp % ./mgp sample/sample-jp.mgp To visualize the tutorial{,-jp}.mgp file, type: % ./mgp sample/tutorial.mgp % ./mgp sample/tutorial-jp.mgp WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO BUY TRUETYPE FONTS IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH BEAUTIFUL FONTS. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% When you believe that everything is OK, install MagicPoint as follows: % su # make install # make install.man If you want to paste EPS figures into your presentation, you will need to install "ghostscript" or "alike". %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% FOR MORE INFO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Official home page of MagicPoint is: http://www.Mew.org/mgp/ Stable release packages are available from: ftp://ftp.Mew.org/pub/mgp/ You can use anonymous CVS to catch up the latest. See: http://www.Mew.org/mgp/anoncvs.html To join the mailing-list for MagicPoint, See: http://www.Mew.org/mgp/ml.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%