On Windows, the layout project should be listed as a dependency of all, so layout will build when you build all. If it doesn't for some reason, just select the layout project in the project toolbar and build it.
On Linux systems, you need to add the "--enable-layout=yes" option when you invoke the runConfigureICU script. When you've done that, layout should build when you do "make all install"
To build the demo on Windows, just open the layout project in <icu>\source\samples\layout and build it.
On Linux systems, connect to <top-build-dir>/samples/layout
and do "make all" To build the layout demo on Linux, you'll need
the gnome-libs-devel and freetype-devel packages, which should be part
of your Linux distribution. The demo uses the FreeType 1 library, and
the make files assume that the FreeType header files are in
/usr/include/freetype1, and that the freetype library is
/usr/lib/libttf.so. This is how RedHat Linux 7.2 installs FreeType 1.
If your system is different, you may need to add sym links to where the
files are stored on your system, or modify
<top-src-dir>/samples/layout/Makefile.in to reference the files
correctly for your system.
Download the 1.3 version of the JDK from the IBM developerWorks Java technology zone page. From this page, follow the "Tools and products" link on the left hand side, and then the link for the "IBM Developer Kit for Linux", or the "IBM Developer Kit for Windows(R), Release 1.3.0". You'll need to register with them if you haven't downloaded before. Download and install the "Runtime Environment Package." You'll need one font from this package. If you've let the installer use it's defaults, the fonts will be in C:\Program Files\IBM\Java13\jre\lib\fonts. The file you want is "Thonburi.ttf" On Windows, copy this font file to your Fonts folder, on Linux, copy this font file to the directory from which you'll run the layout demo.
Next is the Hindi font. Go to the NCST site and download raghu.ttf. Be sure to look at the README file before you download the font. On Linux, you can download raghu.ttf into the directory from which you'll run the layout demo. On Windows, you'll need to install it in your Fonts folder.
There's still one more font to get. Go to the Microsoft TrueType core fonts for the Web page and download the "Times New Roman" font. This will download an installer program, called "Times32.exe" which will install the Times New Roman fonts in your fonts folder. (If you've already got these fonts in you fonts folder, you may want to move them to another folder before you install these fonts.)
NOTE: this installer will display an End User License Agreement (EULA) which you must accept before proceeding. Be sure that you read and understand this agreement before you install the font.
After you run the installer program, it will add the Times Roman fonts to your fonts folder. If you're going to run the demo on Linux, open the Fonts folder and copy the "Times New Roman" font (the file name will be "Times.TTF") to the directory from which you'll run the demo.
That's it! Now all you have to do is run letest (CTRL+F5 in Visual C++, or "./gnomelayout" in Linux)
If you add scripts to the text other than Arabic, Devanagari, Latin or Thai, you'll need to find a font which contains the characters in that script, and add an entry to the FontMap file ("FontMap.GDI" on Windows, "FontMap.Gnome" on Linux) This file contains a single entry per line. Each entry contains a script name followed by a colon, and then a font name.
Here is the list of legal script names:
ARABICOn Windows use the full name of the font as it appears in the Windows Fonts folder (eg. "Times New Roman") On Linux, use the file name of the font file (e.g. "Times.TTF") If you're running on Windows, you'll need to install the new fonts in your Fonts folder. If you're running on Linux, put them in the directory from which you'll run the demo.
ARMENIAN
BENGALI
BOPOMOFO
BUHID
CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL
CHEROKEE
CYRILLIC
DESERET
DEVANAGARI
ETHIOPIC
GEORGIAN
GOTHIC
GREEK
GUJARATI
GURMUKHI
HAN
HANGUL
HEBREW
HIRAGANA
HANUNDOO
KANNADA
KATAKANA
KHMER
LATIN
MALAYALAM
MONGOLIAN
MYANMAR
OGHAM
OLD_ITALIC
ORIYA
RUNIC
SINHALA
SYRIAC
TAGALOG
TAGBANWA
TAMIL
TELUGU
THAANA
THAI
TIBETAN
YI