Can a MINGW definition be added as a platform in playdate_game.cmake for compiling for simulator using (mingw) gcc?

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On windows it is possible to use the mingw32 (64bit) gcc compiler instead of visual studio c compiler as well and all thats needed is to add a MINGW definition in playdate_game.cmake

like this :

elseif (MINGW)
    add_custom_command(
        TARGET ${PLAYDATE_GAME_NAME} POST_BUILD
        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib${PLAYDATE_GAME_NAME}.dll
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Source/pdex.dll)

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then people can run a msys2 prompt with mingw32 (64 bit version) and run
cmake .. -G "MSYS Makefiles" to generate the make file and then
make to compile the pdex.dll etc

this dll loads fine in the simulator when i tested it.

i think this setup might be easier to setup for compiling C programs with visual studio code if people already have that installed as you can load a msys prompt inside visual studio code. Its how i usually compile windows program's using gcc (mingw) toolchains in windows

I did not test it but theoretically it might allow for debugging using gdb debugger inside visual studio code as well

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+1 would love to have clang added to the cmake for windows sim

MSVC is becoming increasingly out of date, both with modern C standards (visual studio still barfs on designated initializers), as well as common extensions (e.g. attribute((cleanup)) that all other compilers support (clang, gcc, hell even intel's obscure compiler supports this!).

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Just filed an merge request for adding this. Thanks! :slight_smile:

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thank you for doing this

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