comparison DOCS/xml/en/install.xml @ 11649:52798caae526

added <application> tag for GIMP, added 2 <replaceable> tags to font secion, made it more general

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  class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-c</filename>. It's a complete tool to
  convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg (read
  <filename>TOOLS/subfont-c/README</filename> for details).
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  Use the font generator GIMP plugin at <filename
  class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-GIMP</filename> (note: you must have HSI
  RAW plugin too, see <ulink url="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/" />).
 </para></listitem>  
<listitem><para>
  using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <systemitem class="library">freetype</systemitem>
  library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>
      use the <option>-font /path/to/arial.ttf</option> option to specify a
      TrueType font file on every occasion
      </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>
      create a symlink:<screen>ln -s /path/to/arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</screen>
      </para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
  If <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled with
  <systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem> support, the above methods
  won't work, instead the <option>-font</option> expects a fontconfig font name

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  class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-c</filename>. It's a complete tool to
  convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg (read
  <filename>TOOLS/subfont-c/README</filename> for details).
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  Use the font generator <application>GIMP</application> plugin at <filename
  class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-GIMP</filename> (note: you must have HSI
  RAW plugin too, see <ulink url="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/" />).
 </para></listitem>  
<listitem><para>
  using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <systemitem class="library">freetype</systemitem>
  library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>
      use the <option>-font <replaceable>/path/to/some_font.ttf</replaceable></option>
      option to specify a TrueType font file on every occasion
      </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>
      create a symlink:
      <screen>ln -s <replaceable>/path/to/some_font.ttf</replaceable> ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</screen>
      </para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
  If <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled with
  <systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem> support, the above methods
  won't work, instead the <option>-font</option> expects a fontconfig font name