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There are many C/C++ programming environment. Here's yet another but it does not yet compile Cegui. This first post will contain the steps I've taken so far; it'll be updated as solutions are found.

Note that I'm specifying my personal directories rather than generic directories. This allows me to more easily relay the information. Once the complete solution is found a nicer document will be presented.

This thread focuses on obtaining packaged dependencies rather than attempting to build them from their respective source codes.


Netbeans for C development in Windows: Use MinGW rather than Cygwin within Netbeans
http://wiki.sergio-lopes.org/index.php? ... tbeansCinW



Download the following packages from the Cygwin setup utility
Assumes that Cygwin is installed within "C:\Programming\Gnu\cygwin"

Devel
These should have been obtained during the installation of Netbeans:
gcc-core: C compiler
gcc-g++: C++ compiler
gdb: The GNU Debugger
make: the GNU version of the 'make' utility

expat: XML parser library written in C (development/documentation package)
libfreetype2-devel: High-quality sofware font engine (development files)
pcre-devel: Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (development)


Graphics
libjpeg-devel: A library for manipulating JPEG image format files (devel)

Libs
freeglut: OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library
*libfreetype26: High-quality software font engine (runtime library)
*zlib: The zlib compression and decompression library

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These packages cannot be obtained via the Cygwin setup utility:
This bit is for later
Lua
toLua++
Silly
CEGUI


dependencies
Create the directory "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans"
Create the file "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\dependencies_gnu.bat" with content:


CEGUI
SVN checkout into the directory: "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans"
https://crayzedsgui.svn.sourceforge.net ... _mk2/trunk

Edit C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\makefiles\premake\config.lua
* Renderers: only keep OpenGL
* Image Codecs: only keep TGA
* Change DEFAULT_IMAGE_CODEC to "tga"
* XML parsers: only keep expat
* Ensure that the DEFAULT_XML_PARSER is "expat"
* Disable lua
* Samples renderer: only keep OpenGL
* Change SAMPLES_INCLUDED to true

Edit C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\makefiles\premake\BaseSystem\premake.lua
* Add: library("z", "_d")

Create the file "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\makefiles\premake\build_gnu.bat" with content:

Download premake.exe into "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\makefiles\premake"

Execute "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\makefiles\premake\build_gnu.bat"

Netbeans Configuration
* Open the menu Tools > Options
* Go to the "C/C++" section, in the "Code Assistance" tab, "C++ Compiler" sub-tab
* Add the following macro definitions:
_WIN32
_WINDOWS
Maybe these should only be added to the cegui project

Cegui Project
Open the menu File > New Project > C/C++ > C/C++ Project From Existing Code
* Select the "Using an existing makefile" option
* Specify Existing Makefile "C:/Programming/CEGUI/CEGUI_head_netbeans/makefiles/premake/Makefile"

* Press the Next button until step 3. Build Actions
* Specify the Working Directory "C:/Programming/CEGUI/CEGUI_head_netbeans/makefiles/premake"

* Press the Next button until step 4. Source Files
* Remove the currently specified folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\include" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\src" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\dependencies" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\Samples" folder

* Press the Next button until step 5. Code Assistance Configuration
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\include" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\src" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\dependencies\include" folder
* Add the "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\Samples\common\include" folder

* Press the Next button until step 6. Project Name and Location
* Specify the Project Name "cegui"
* Specify the Project Location "C:\Programming\CEGUI\CEGUI_head_netbeans\Netbeans"

* Modify include/CEGUIDynamicModule.h as described in: http://www.cegui.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 2976#12976

* Right-click on the cegui project and select properties
Navigate to Code assistance > C++ Compiler > General
Specify the preprocessor definition: HAVE_CONFIG_H

* Temporarily (until a better solution) change CEGuiSample.cpp lines 37-38

* Temporarily (until a better solution) change Win32CEGuiRedererSelector.h lines 32-35

* Temporarily (until a better solution) change Win32CEGuiRedererSelector.cpp line 29

Trying a new approach and already getting problems:

I'm having difficulties adding the "C:\Programming\Gnu\cygwin\usr\include\freetype2" include directories, which is the root to the missing "freetype/config/ftheader.h" file. Tried both within the C/C++ options and within the project itself. Fun fun fun.

Solved the previous problem by recreating some of the dependencies directory. New problem

This was solved by linking libz.a.