Console

C++ display front-end using OpenGL for an experimental windowing system.

Build Instructions

• Download CMake.
• Check out the repository.
• Follow the platform specific instructions.

GNU/Linux

• Install the dependencies via your package manager.
• Run cmake ..
• Run make.
• If there are errors finding FreeType2's includes, run: g++ $(sdl2-config --cflags --libs) $(freetype-config --cflags --libs) --std=c++11 console.cc -o console.

Windows

• Edit the test for FreeType out of CMakeLists.txt.
• cmake . -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -D"SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS=SDL2-2.0.5\include" -D"SDL2_LIBRARY=SDL2-2.0.5-bin\Debug\SDL2;SDL2-2.0.5-bin\Debug\SDL2main" -D"FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=freetype2\include" -D"FREETYPE_LIBRARIES=freetype2-bin\Debug\freetyped".
• Build the solution.
• Copy SDL2.dll into the output directory.

MacOS

Compiling, using brew as prereq gatherer:

• brew install sdl2 freetype
• g++ $(sdl2-config --cflags --libs) $(freetype-config --cflags --libs) -framework OpenGL --std=c++11 console.cc -o console

TODO

General

• Migrate TODO items from the source code to this file.
• Design the shared memory format.
• Specify rules for GNU indent.

Rendering

• Fix artifacts drawn around glyphs.

• See code.

• See comments pertaining to font rasterization.

Windows

• Figure out why SDL2.dll needs to be present when executable is statically linked.
  • Can the executable be statically linked on any platform?