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-rw-r--r--core.lv2/README26
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diff --git a/core.lv2/INSTALL b/core.lv2/INSTALL
index 0bc7f27..c9c49dc 100644
--- a/core.lv2/INSTALL
+++ b/core.lv2/INSTALL
@@ -4,20 +4,15 @@ is included in this source distribution.
= LV2Core =
This package contains everything necessary to compile against and/or use LV2
-plugins and extensions: a header file, pkg-config file, LV2 bundle (with Turtle
-files), and a utility program (lv2config).
+plugins and extensions: a header file, pkg-config file, and LV2 bundle (with
+Turtle files).
The configure option --bundle-only can be used to install only the bundle. This
-is useful for installing the bundle to a user-specific location (e.g. ~/.lv2).
-
-Any C header(s) are a part of the bundle. Packages must not separate the
-header(s) into a separate package from the bundle, as this would break
-lv2config. The utility lv2config builds standard LV2 style include directory
-trees, and is necessary for compiling LV2 code. Programs can use pkg-config to
-check for package 'lv2core' to ensure all this data (bundle, including any
-contained header(s), and lv2config) is available on the system. Programs may
-also simply check for the header "lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/lv2.h".
+is useful for installing the bundle to a project-specific or user-specific
+location (e.g. ~/.lv2).
+See README for details on how to correctly package LV2, and how to depend on
+LV2 in other projects.
= Generic Waf Instructions =
diff --git a/core.lv2/README b/core.lv2/README
index 4e570f7..845bf40 100644
--- a/core.lv2/README
+++ b/core.lv2/README
@@ -10,17 +10,25 @@ designed so that extensions can be defined to add more advanced features.
More information about LV2 can be found at <http://lv2plug.in>.
-Applications that use LV2 plugins should depend on this package. It includes a
-header, pkg-config file, and lv2config (a header installation utility required
-to compile against LV2 core and/or extensions). To compile against LV2, build
-scripts can check for the pkg-config package "lv2core", or simply check for the
-header "lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/lv2.h".
+Applications that use LV2 plugins should depend on this package. It includes a
+header, LV2 bundle, and a pkg-config file. To compile against LV2, build
+scripts should check for the pkg-config package "lv2core", or simply check for
+the header "lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/lv2.h".
+
+The appropriate C include for LV2 specifications is based on their URI, e.g.:
+
+#include "lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/lv2.h"
+
+Is how code should include the header "lv2.h" in this bundle, which defines the
+specification with URI "http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core". Other specifications
+should follow this convention, e.g. the correct way to include the header
+"foo.h" in the extension "http://example.org/foo" is:
+
+#include "lv2/example.org/foo/foo.h"
Please package these components in a single package (e.g. do not split the
-headers, data, and program into separate packages). This package, in its
+headers, data, and program into separate packages). This package, in its
entirety, is a build and run time dependency of any code that uses LV2.
-Distributions are encouraged to include it with package name "lv2core". Note
-that lv2config must be run after installation of any LV2 specifications,
-including this one.
+Distributions are encouraged to include it with package name "lv2core".
-- David Robillard <d@drobilla.net>