Various posts on things related to C programming
Introduction and caveat reader Yesterday I spent about half an hour seeing if I could get GNU Fribidi C library (version 0.19.2) to build as a static library (.lib) under Windows, using Visual Studio. Well, I cheated a bit and…
If you have ever tried to port Linux apps to Windows you may find this useful: From the codeproject site: “This software was written after hours of searching for a robust Microsoft C and C++ implementation of getopt, which…
The C source code of the once commercial Y&Y TeX distribution (for Windows) was donated to the TeX User Group after Y&Y TeX Inc ceased trading. I bought a copy the Y&Y TeX system in the late 1990s and certainly…
I promised to finish the series on Unicode and UTF-8 so here is the final instalment, better late than never. Before reading this article I suggest that you read Part 1 and Part 2 which cover some important background. As…
About 6 months ago I came across an article and presentation by Luigi Scarso called “LuaTEX lunatic”, with a subtitle And Now for Something Completely Different. And different it was because, for me, it opened my eyes to some of…