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+# you can probably leave these settings alone:
+
+LUADIR=lua
+MUPDFDIR=mupdf
+MUPDFTARGET=build/debug
+MUPDFLIBDIR=$(MUPDFDIR)/$(MUPDFTARGET)
+LDFLAGS=-lm -ldl
+
+# set this to your ARM cross compiler:
+
+CC:=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc
+#CC:=gcc
+
+#ALLCFLAGS:=-g -O0
+ALLCFLAGS:=-O2
+
+# you can configure an emulation for the (eink) framebuffer here.
+# the application won't use the framebuffer (and the special e-ink ioctls)
+# in that case.
+
+EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE=/tmp/displayfifo
+#EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE=/dev/null
+EMULATE_EINKFB_W=824
+EMULATE_EINKFB_H=1200
+
+CFLAGS= $(ALLCFLAGS) -I$(LUADIR)/src -I$(MUPDFDIR)/ \
+	-DEMULATE_EINKFB_FILE='"$(EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE)"' \
+	-DEMULATE_EINKFB_W=$(EMULATE_EINKFB_W) \
+	-DEMULATE_EINKFB_H=$(EMULATE_EINKFB_H)
+
+# comment in the following line if you want to use the framebuffer emulation:
+
+#CFLAGS+= -DEMULATE_EINKFB
+
+# enable tracing output:
+
+#CFLAGS+= -DMUPDF_TRACE
+
+# for now, all dependencies except for the libc are compiled into the final binary:
+
+kpdfview: kpdfview.o einkfb.o pdf.o blitbuffer.o input.o util.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
+		kpdfview.o \
+		einkfb.o \
+		pdf.o \
+		blitbuffer.o \
+		input.o \
+		util.o \
+		$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libmupdf.a \
+		$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libfitz.a \
+	       	$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libfreetype.a \
+	       	$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libjpeg.a \
+	       	$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libopenjpeg.a \
+	       	$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libjbig2dec.a \
+	       	$(MUPDFLIBDIR)/libz.a \
+		$(LUADIR)/src/liblua.a -o kpdfview
+
+fetchthirdparty:
+	-rmdir mupdf
+	-rmdir lua
+	-rm lua
+	git clone git://git.ghostscript.com/mupdf.git
+	( cd mupdf ; wget http://www.mupdf.com/download/mupdf-thirdparty.zip && unzip mupdf-thirdparty.zip )
+	wget http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz && tar xvzf lua-5.1.4.tar.gz && ln -s lua-5.1.4 lua
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f *.o kpdfview
+
+cleanthirdparty:
+	make -C lua clean
+	make -C mupdf clean
+
+$(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host:
+	make -C mupdf CC=gcc $(MUPDFTARGET)/fontdump
+	cp -a $(MUPDFLIBDIR)/fontdump $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host
+	make -C mupdf clean
+
+$(MUPDFDIR)/cmapdump.host:
+	make -C mupdf CC=gcc $(MUPDFTARGET)/cmapdump
+	cp -a $(MUPDFLIBDIR)/cmapdump $(MUPDFDIR)/cmapdump.host
+	make -C mupdf clean
+
+thirdparty: $(MUPDFDIR)/cmapdump.host $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host
+	make -C lua/src CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(ALLCFLAGS)" MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-Wl,-E" liblua.a
+	# generate cmapdump and fontdump helpers.
+	# those need to be run on the build platform, not the target device.
+	# thus, we override the CC here.
+	make -C mupdf clean
+	# build only thirdparty libs, libfitz and pdf utils, which will care for libmupdf.a being built
+	CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(ALLCFLAGS)" make -C mupdf CMAPDUMP=cmapdump.host FONTDUMP=fontdump.host MUPDF= XPS_APPS=
+
+install:
+	# install to kindle using USB networking
+	scp kpdfview reader.lua root@192.168.2.2:/mnt/us/test/
+
+display:
+	# run mplayer on a FIFO, fed by using the framebuffer emulation
+	# make a FIFO
+	[ -p $(EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE) ] || mknod $(EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE) p
+	# ...and display from it
+	mplayer -rawvideo format=y8:w=$(EMULATE_EINKFB_W):h=$(EMULATE_EINKFB_H) -demuxer rawvideo $(EMULATE_EINKFB_FILE)