To use the library, “#include <courier-unicode.h>” and
link with -lcourier-unicode. The
C++ compiler must have C++11 support. Minimum usable version of
gcc appears to be gcc 4.4 with the -std=c++0x flag. Current versions of gcc use
C++11, or higher, by default and do not require extra flags.
For C++ code, as usual, the compiler and compilation flags for
compiling any code that uses this library must be
ABI-compatible too.
The Courier Unicode library installs an autoconf macro to probe for C++11 support.
In your configure.ac
AX_COURIER_UNICODE_VERSION AX_COURIER_UNICODE_CXXFLAGS AC_SUBST(COURIER_UNICODE_CXXFLAGS)
Then, in Makefile.am:
AM_CXXFLAGS = @COURIER_UNICODE_CXXFLAGS@
The AX_COURIER_UNICODE_VERSION
macro checks the minimum library version, which defaults to the
build version. An optional parameter explicitly specifies which
version of the Courier Unicode library is the minimum version
required, i.e.:
AX_COURIER_UNICODE_VERSION(2.2.0)
AX_COURIER_UNICODE_CXXFLAGS
sets COURIER_UNICODE_CXXFLAGS to
the appropriate option for older gcc compilers that require an
option to enable C++11 support.
The starting point for the library documentation is courier-unicode(7). Refer to the included manual pages, and the HTML version of the man pages for more information.