ttfautohint-build

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Use cache directory to store build files

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`$HOME/Library/Caches` in macos (os x) `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/ttfautohint-build` (with fallback) in linux solves #38

ZerdoX-x

Variables like ``` BUILD="$HOME/ttfautohint-build" INST="$BUILD/local" ``` should be customizable without having to alter your build script. An easy way to do that is by allowing them to be overwritten through...

CodingMarkus

Building one tool after another reduces temporary build space required dramatically

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Currently the script is like this: - Download everything - Extract everything - Patch everything - Build everything Yet if you were implementing #42, there are situations were it would...

CodingMarkus

Speed up builds by using multiple cores and parallel building

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Just add this at the very top of your script: ``` # Detect how many CPU cores are available cores=$( (nproc --all || sysctl -n hw.ncpu) 2>/dev/null || echo 1...

CodingMarkus

As you cannot even run the script more than once (`Build directory ... must not exist.`), why would you want to keep the source or intermediate build files? If I...

CodingMarkus

Currently the script misses `set -e`. As a result, if one of the commands terminate with a non-zero exit code, indicating failure, the script just continues. E.g. a past version...

CodingMarkus

Please follow XDG Base Directory Specification

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https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory This tool is not usable when home directory is not writable

ZerdoX-x