Add cargo-c metadata (#170)

c-api/Cargo.toml

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ variable-fonts = ["ttf-parser/variable-fonts"]
 gvar-alloc = ["ttf-parser/gvar-alloc"]
 # opentype-layout is not supported.
 # apple-layout is not supported.
+capi = []
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
+
+[package.metadata.capi.header]
+generation = false
+
+[package.metadata.capi.install.include]
+asset = [{ from="ttfparser.h" }]

c-api/README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ gcc test.c -g -o test -L./target/debug/ -lttfparser
 env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./target/debug/ ./test
 ```
 
+## Using cargo-c
+This crate can be built and installed using [cargo-c](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-c).
+
+### Build and test
+To build and used it uninstalled
+```sh
+cargo cbuild -v --library-type staticlib
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=<the path cbuild shows at the end>
+gcc test.c -g -o test `pkg-config --libs --cflags tffparser`
+./test
+```
+
+### Install
+To install it system-wide
+```sh
+cargo cinstall --destdir /tmp/ttf-parser
+sudo cp -a /tmp/ttf-parser/* /
+```
+
 ## Safety
 
 - The library doesn't use `unsafe` (except the bindings itself).