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arnoldrobbins / 9menu

Simple X11 menu program for running commands
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What about using Meson? #5

Closed AndersonTorres closed 3 years ago

AndersonTorres commented 3 years ago

I have tried to build 9menu using xmkmf, but it complained about not finding 9menu.man

So I wrote a simple meson.build file:

# meson.build for 9menu
# license: public domain
project ('9menu', 'c')

executable ('9menu', '9menu.c',
            install: true,
            dependencies: [ dependency('x11'),
                            dependency('xext') ])
install_man ('9menu.1')

And it compiled just fine.

arnoldrobbins commented 3 years ago

Hi. Thanks for the note.

9menu was mainly designed to work with Imake and not particularly xmkmf.

Given that there is already a simple Makefile in the repo, I don't see a burning reason to support Yet Another Build System, especially as I've never even heard of meson. What do I get with meson that I don't get with make?

AndersonTorres commented 3 years ago

Well, the only advantage I can point is the autodetection, especially in the case the X11 libraries are not in standard locations (and a mere -lX11 does not suffice).

arnoldrobbins commented 3 years ago

OK. I have added the meson.build file. Thanks.