This is not intended to be used as a library, separate from the custom code. It is instead intended to be a template for new projects, containing a selection of code which is common amongst many codebases.
The entire project is built as a single translation unit, with all source files being included into main.c
To build on windows, simply run build.bat (ensuring CL.exe is in your PATH).
On linux, ./build.sh.
The build script always performs a debug and release build, starting with debug so you can test your app quickly.
The codebase is divided into layers, each of which depend on the layers below it and nothing else
This layer contains the most fundamental utilities. It depends on stb_sprintf.h and optionally zlib, but nothing else - not even the OS or the C runtime.
It includes:
- misc. macros and helpers
- 'context cracking' (gathering info about CPU architecture, OS, compiler, etc.)
- memory allocators and utilities
- length based strings and associated utility functions and types
- sorting (plagiarised from musl)
- maths functions and vector types
- random number generation
- types for storing times
This layer contains basic OS functionality. It depends on the base layer and the OS. It includes:
- an implicit thread context
- console output
- command line arguments
- date/time and precision time functions
- minimal file io
- shared library loading
- entropy
- threading and synchronisation
- minimal clipboard api (supported formats utf-8 text and lists of filenames)
This layer include basic rendering functionality to assist with getting something on the screen quickly.
It depends on the base layer, the os layer, the OS itself, stb_rect_pack.h and stb_truetype.h.
It includes:
- window and graphics context creation
- input event queues
- a render command queue system
- 2D renderer (sprites, text, shapes)