SFML and minGW + npp

[Sauce.]

How can i use sfml with notepad plus plus and Mingw?
I have looked all over and i can not find out a solution 
I am fairly new to programming I have made several small programs, and i have worked with sfml in Microsoft's Visual C++ 2010 Express without problems, but i am going for a more minimalistic approach and i would really like to use SFML for my game project.

Thanks in advance!

Sauce.

[Laurent]

What's your problem? Is it really "using SFML with Notepad++ and MinGW", or rather "using Notepad++ and MinGW for anything"?

You should read tutorials about makefiles. The SFML community can help, but we can't teach you how to write makefiles.

[Sauce.]

Like i said i have made several programs before and most of them were with Notepad++ and MinGW.
It's just specifically SFML, i haven't done anything with non standard library's without an IDE before tho.

[Laurent]

Ok, so it's very simple:
- add include path with -Iyour/path/to/sfml/include
- add library path with -Lyour/path/to/sfml/lib
- link the SFML libraries with -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system (same for sfml-audio and sfml-network if you use them).
- if you link SFML statically, define SFML_STATIC with -DSFML_STATIC

This will basically be the same for any other library.

[Sauce.]

Just to be clear, I type all of that into the command promt?
I.E: g++ myprogram.cpp -o myexecutable.exe -Iyour/path/to/sfml/include -Lyour/path/to/sfml/lib -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system

or am I way off?

[Laurent]

Yes. But things will start to be more and more complicated, so you should really learn how to write makefiles.

[Sauce.]

ALright, awesome!

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

[Sauce.]

I havnt been able to find any good tutorials on makefiles, is there any you would recommend??
thanks

[Cornstalks]

I havnt been able to find any good tutorials on makefiles, is there any you would recommend??

All the links here