From c8e3ee68db9f05de19877306504621178bb53b92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Hale Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:37:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve "Vcpkg packages on Windows" section of building.dox Signed-off-by: Squareys --- doc/building.dox | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/building.dox b/doc/building.dox index 832e86d69..ead32bf58 100644 --- a/doc/building.dox +++ b/doc/building.dox @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Vladimír Vondruš + Copyright © 2018 Jonathan Hale Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), @@ -58,42 +59,46 @@ Various examples are provided by the @ref building-examples "Example repository" @subsection building-packages-vcpkg Vcpkg packages on Windows Magnum is available as a [Vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) package. -After setting up Vcpkg like described in the README, you can install latest -stable version of Magnum with all its dependencies like this: +After setting up Vcpkg as described in their README, it is recommended to set +the "default triplet". You can do this by setting the `VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET` +variable, e.g. to `x64-windows` --- refer to the +[documentation on triplets](https://vcpkg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users/triplets/#additional-remarks) +for other options. + +You can then install latest stable version of Magnum with all its dependencies +like this: @code{.bat} vcpkg install magnum @endcode -But often you may want to install the latest Git revision of all Magnum -projects instead: +Often you may want to install the latest Git revision of all Magnum projects +instead: @code{.bat} -vcpkg install corrade --head -vcpkg install magnum --head +vcpkg install --head corrade magnum @endcode -This by default installs a 32-bit dynamic version of the package, you can use -@cb{.bat} vcpkg install magnum:x64-windows @ce or -@cb{.bat} vcpkg install magnum:x64-windows-static @ce to install a 64-bit -(static) version instead. You can also use the `VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET` variable -to change the default --- see the -Vcpkg triplet documentation -for more information. - -Not all features are installed by default, only those that are implicitly +Not all features are installed by default; only those that are implicitly enabled in @ref building-features together with @ref Platform::Sdl2Application "Sdl2Application". To opt-in or opt-out of additional features, you can use the following syntax; -feature names are simply names of CMake `WITH_*` options but lowercase. See the -feature documentation -for more information. +feature names are simply names of CMake `WITH_*` options but lowercase, e.g.: @code{.bat} vcpkg install magnum[glfwapplication,tgaimporter] @endcode -Packages installed using Vcpkg can be used straight away in Visual Studio --- -all you need to do is to @cpp #include @ce the headers you want, the +To install all features of a package, use `*`, e.g.: + +@code{.bat} +vcpkg install magnum[*] +@endcode + +For more information, see the +[documentation on feature packages](https://vcpkg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specifications/feature-packages/). + +Packages installed using Vcpkg can be used in Visual Studio straight away --- +all you need to do is to @cpp #include @ce the headers you want and the buildsystem will do all needed library linking and setup behind the scenes automatically. (Cool, isn't it?) @@ -109,8 +114,9 @@ mkdir build && cd build cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/src/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake @endcode -If you want to pass additional flags to CMake, run @cb{.bat} vcpkg edit magnum @ce -and edit `OPTIONS` in @cmake vcpkg_configure_cmake() @ce. +If you want Vcpkg to pass additional flags to CMake during installation of a +package, use the `edit` command, e.g. @cb{.bat} vcpkg edit magnum @ce, and edit +`OPTIONS` in @cmake vcpkg_configure_cmake() @ce. There is also a Vcpkg package for @ref building-plugins-packages-vcpkg "Magnum Plugins", @ref building-integration-packages-vcpkg "Magnum Integration" and