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General / Using SFML with C, not C++

« on: April 22, 2019, 10:20:27 pm »

I know that via the CSFML page: https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/csfml/ there are no docs on the SFML api for C, as it's essentially the same as the C++ one.

However, are there any resources out there for using SFML with C? I need some help...

For example, what if I want to make the example provided here https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.5/start-linux.php in C on a Mac?

I don't want to use XCode, and don't want to use C++, only C.

1) First, how would I translate the SFML "api" calls to valid calls in C? I can read C and C++, but not sure where I would access sf::CircleShape, for example, as obviously C doesn't have inheritance.

2) How would I build this with C?

Hopefully these questions make sense... sorry, a newbie here!

Thanks for the help.

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General / Re: Can't get SFML to install properly

« on: November 08, 2018, 06:27:51 pm »

BrianD- thanks for the screenshot, I was having the same problem. Checking that worked.

I wonder what it is?

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General / Re: Help automatically specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?

« on: March 23, 2018, 12:33:37 am »

@Ceylo thank you so much! Super helpful!!!

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General / Re: Help automatically specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?

« on: March 19, 2018, 02:17:24 pm »

@Jonny Thank you!

That's great advice. I'll look into using cmake. Any advice / guides on using cmake in conjunction with Xcode for SFML?

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General / Re: Help automatically specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?

« on: March 13, 2018, 07:51:55 pm »

Gotcha- thanks for the reply! If nothing else, a shell script is a good idea, like you said!

So if I want to write a game, the only way to do it is through CodeBlocks on Windows and Xcode on OS X ?

If that's the case that's fine, I'm just trying to figure out if I have to use those tools or not. I'm very grateful SFML provides easy tutorials and works with the tools well on all main operating systems- that's huge, and it's amazing! I'm just talking about not using them for learning purposes.

Thanks for the help!

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General / Help automatically specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?

« on: March 13, 2018, 03:11:06 pm »

Hello! I'm new to SFML, and am learning how to use it with C++! It's super exciting, and I'm grateful there's a large community!

I did the SFML Mac OS X tutorial here https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.4/start-osx.php, and then I just did the one for Linux here https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.4/start-linux.php.

I did both on OS X. I like the idea of doing things by hand- not that Xcode is bad, but I am always trying to learn more about how things work under the hood. However, at the end of the linux tutorial, I couldn't run ./sfml-app on OS X, because I needed to do this step:



Once I did that (using only one & on OS X) it worked! But, what if I want to send a game I make to someone to play? I obviously want to share the game, but I don't want them to have to type that export command every time they want to run the game.

The Question:
How can I build the game and share it so that they don't have to type the export LD_LIBRARY_PATH... command? I just want them to be able to double click the .app file and go!

Thanks for the help!