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530 :: Project files, Nimrod IDEs and SDL demos

• jgoodgive (orginal) [2014-08-20T09:58:19+02:00] view original

  Hi,

  I am absolutely new to Nimrod and still playing at the shallow end of the pool so bear with me.

  I was looking into learning Nimrod as it has alot of what I have been looking for in a language and maybe use it for simple game development (hobby). So after compiling some very basic code tests to get the hang of it I decided to look at the https://github.com/nimrod-code/sdl2 project. A sdl2 wrapper, with an example .nim file. Sadly everything went wrong.

  1. Im using Windows 8.1 and the Aporia installation just wont run. First because i was running GTK+ 3.x and it seems that it requires 2.x, and then because "The procedure entry point deflateSetHeader could not be located in the dynamic link library PATH/HERE/libgio-2.0-0.dll.

  • Must I run with a specific version of the GTK+ or any other lib. Must it be 32bit (I am installing everything in 64bit?

  2. So I decided to run with the sublime plugin which works fine but brings me to my second gripe.

  • Does any Nimrod Ide have project files or is the best practice to hack your own build scripts / supply dynamic linking and header file directories directly to the nimrod command line?

  3.Has anyone played with the SDL2 wrapper demo? And has anyone got it working and can tell me what libraries/headers I need to supply where and what needs to be supplied at the command line to make it work?

  Hello world was much easier.. maybe I should stick to that. :)

  Cheers, jgg

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• Araq (orginal) [2014-08-20T10:46:48+02:00] view original

  I use everything in 32bit for Windows 8 and it works.

  The best practice is to create a $myproject.nimrod.cfg file for these settings.

  Usually you need the proper set of DLLs and things start to work.

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• Araq (orginal) [2014-08-20T10:49:48+02:00] view original

  By the way you can find working GTK2 DLLs here: http://nimrod-lang.org/download/gtk.zip

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• jgoodgive (orginal) [2014-08-20T10:53:51+02:00] view original

  1. Ok.. tnx Araq, I reinstall with 32 bit and try it out.
  2. Check... going to documentation to figure it out.
  3. Yeah I have the SDL2.dll and I think all I need, I just dont know how the creator of the SDL2 wrapper project example intends stuff to be compiled and linked as there is no cfg file and no command line example. So I am fishing for someone who has tried that project out and made it run.

  Cheers,

  jgg

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