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FontForge install procedures
for VMS

• Installing from a pre-built vms package
• Installing on a unix/linux system
• Installing on a mac
• Installing on MS/Windows
• Building and installing from source
• Dependencies (external libraries/helper programs)
• Installing documentation
• Running FontForge
• Uninstalling

Installing from a VMS package

I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea what you need to do. All I can say is that Jacob Jansen has provided a vms package at:

• An OpenVMS executable
• With some information on dependencies

He has provided the following notes:

Notes for VMS created on 17 November 2005

Compilation :

• -use MMS or MMK in the main directory (the one containing this file)
• -Ignore all messages about undefined symbols during linking of the shareable images. I have no idea how to supress them.

To use :

• the file [.libs]libfontforge.exe should be in a directory defined by the logical SYS$SHARE. So either copy it to it or redefine it i.e.: assign dev:[fontforge.fontforge.fontforge.libs],sys$sysroot:[syslib] sys$share