Re: [ft-devel] Porting to C#/Mono

[Graham Asher]

It may be of interest to know that some time ago I successfully got 
FreeType working as a pure .Net assembly - in other words, I compiled it 
as C++/CLI, which made it usable with general .Net applications. Of 
course, pure compilation is not necessary when using native-code 
assemblies, so this is probably of academic interest only, but may give 
some general guidance. There were just two problems, easily overcome; 
(i) the use of 'generic' as an identifier (e.g., in FT_FaceRec) - I 
changed them all to _generic to avoid conflicts with a C++/CLI keyword); 
and (ii) the use of setjmp/longjmp; I replaced these with the returning 
of error codes.

What I was trying to do (unsuccessfully, as it turned out) was to create 
a pure .Net assembly for CartoType, my map rendering library, for use on 
platforms like Windows Phone 7 which don't allow native assemblies or 
indeed any native code. That was impossible because (I believe) I had 
not removed dependencies on native run-time libraries; and now the task 
has been rendered unnecessary by the release of Windows Phone 8, which 
supports native C or C++.

Graham Asher
CartoType Ltd.

On 13/11/2012 08:12, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > I was wondering what license concerns there might be over porting
> > FreeType 2 to C#.
> Just use the same licenses as FreeType, and you are done.
>
> > I was also wondering if there would be a recommended path to
> > porting.  Currently I planned on implementing the TTF driver to test
> > the port, and implement other formats as the need grows.
> This sounds like a good idea.
>
> If you are done please tell us!
>
>
>      Werner
>
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