Environment Setup

• Windows
  • Install MSYS2 with winget install MSYS2.MSYS2, add C:\msys64\clang64\bin to PATH
  • Install Git with winget install Git.Git

Dependencies

• Windows
  • Run dependencies.sh from MSYS2 CLANG64 shell
  • This installs compilers, build tools etc
• Archlinux
  • Run dependencies.sh from "THE BASH"
  • You use Arch BTW, so no spoon feeding for you!

Libraries

• Different libraries use different build systems, like meson, cmake, autotools
• External libraries that we use are included as submodules in ./subprojects
• All build systems discover installed libraries through pkgconf
• We build the libraries one by one and install them in ./install
• These libraries generate pkg-config files in ./install/lib/pkgconfig
• Run ./externals.sh to build and install these libraries
  • Run in "THE BASH" on Archlinux
  • Run in MSYS2 CLANG64 shell on Windows
• We use a bash script to compile/install external libraries because other ways are painful

Bulid Steps

• With CMake
  • This is a CMake project
  • Source files live in ./source, header files live in ./include
  • See build.sh for the full CMake command
• With Script
  • Windows: Run the ./build.sh script from MSYS2 CLANG64 shell (or Git Bash if path has C:\msys64\clang64\bin)
  • Archlinux: Run the ./build.sh script in "THE BASH"
• With VSCode
  • Install ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack extension pack
  • Press <Shift+F5> to build the project and attach a debugger

Style

• Everything 🐍 snake_case
• Avoid unnecessary typedef
• Format as per .clang-format