Mulperi/sfml_compile_windows.md

## sfml_compile_windows.md

      
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SFML compile


Download SFML source code from https://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php
Download CMake from https://cmake.org/download/
Open CMake GUI.
Enter source code path to CMake (C:/libs/src/SFML-2.5.1).
Enter build path to CMake (C:/libs/src/SFML-2.5.1/build).
Press Configure and select MinGW Makefiles and Use default native compilers.
Now you have SFML-2.5.1/build folder and makefile in there, open terminal inside the new build folder and type: mingw32-make.
Now inside SFML-2.5.1/build/lib you will have compiled static and dynamic library files which you can use in your project.

Project


Create new project folder.
Create main.cpp.
Create include folder inside the project folder.
From SFML/include copy the containing SFML folder into your projectfolder/include (so that your project will have include/SFML).
From SFML/build/lib copy the .dll files to your project root folder so that they are on same level as your compiled executable.
Put this code in your main.cpp:

#include "include/SFML/Graphics.hpp"
// NOTICE DOUBLE QUOTES INSTEAD OF <> SINCE WE HAVE HEADER FILES INSIDE THE PROJECT FOLDER.
int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(512, 512), "SFML");

    // circle
    sf::CircleShape shape(50.f);
    shape.setFillColor(sf::Color(150, 50, 250));
    shape.setOutlineThickness(10.f);
    shape.setOutlineColor(sf::Color(250, 150, 100));

    // point
    sf::Vertex point(sf::Vector2f(200, 200), sf::Color::White);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

        window.clear(sf::Color::Black);
        window.draw(shape);
        window.draw(&point, 1, sf::Points);
        window.display();
    }
    return 0;
}

Compile your main.cpp with example this kind of command:
g++ -std=c++11 main.cpp -o main.exe -I include -L . -lsfml-system-2 -lsfml-window-2 -lsfml-graphics-2