Read Me

BUILDING
========

Unix
-----

	# ./configure
	# make
	# make install

Win32
-----

Win32 Visual Studio Builds:
	source\makefile.vc


CLIENT APPLICATIONS
===================

Using the C interface (recommended)
-----------------------------------

To compile programs against the C lib (recommended):

	CFLAGS += `geos-config --cflags`
	LDFLAGS += `geos-config --ldflags` -lgeos_c
	#include <geos_c.h>

Example usage:

	source/capi/geostest.c contains basic usage
	examples.

Using the C++ interface (discouraged)
-------------------------------------

To compile programs against the C++ lib:

	CFLAGS += `geos-config --cflags`
	LDFLAGS += `geos-config --ldflags` -lgeos
	#include <geos.h>

Example usage:

	doc/example.cpp contains basic usage
	examples.


DOCUMENTATION
=============

	# cd doc; make doxygen-html

	http://geos.refractions.net