/sfml-vscode-linux-starter

An SFML 2.5.1 ready to use configuration for Visual Studio Code for Linux

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SFML 2.5.1 Visual Studio Code Linux

This repository contains everything you need to start off your SFML project in Visual Studio Code for Linux. It comes preloaded with SFML 2.5.1, as the name suggests.

Basic questions

  • What are the folders used for?

    • bin contains the binary files of the project
    • content contains the resources used such as images, fonts etc.
    • include here you can find your include files and folders for your external libraries, such as include/SFML, used in a code example such as #include <SFML/Window.hpp>
    • lib your lib files for the external libraries used
    • src everything about your own code files

  • What if i want to add a library or modify the Makefile?
    = You need to have the library that you want to add with its lib files and include files first, it does need to be compatible with the running system.
    = Here are the basic steps:

    1. Add the lib files in the lib folder (of the project one)
    2. Add the include folder in the include folder (of the project one), for better use, the include folder of the library should be its library name, for example, SFML (seen in include/SFML)
    3. Add the libraries to the Makefile file of the project, the line that you need to edit is LIBRARIES, seen in the project as LIBRARIES := -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system, if you want to add, lets say, SFML networking, just add -lsfml-network to the line, making it to 'LIBRARIES := -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -lsfml-network'

    It is noted that some libraries require more configuration in the Makefile file, for this, you should look into the documentation of the library that you want to add.