Intro to Meson

[@spurr-og4ci]

will be showing this to my professor tyvm

[@benjaminpanatt384]

i fucking hate CMake but at 0:40 that's just not true, CMake is a build system generator, all i've ever used it for is generating makefiles but you can use it for ninja, xcode, visual studio, etc., meson looks cool though gonna give it a try

[@durkisneer]

Thanks for the correction! I didn't know CMake generated ninja configurations as well. Though, xcode and VS are just IDEs so I'm not sure those relate.

[@hhmhm-j4n]

@@durkisneer It is indeed relevant because those IDEs have proper build systems packaged within them. CMake generates build files for those systems, which make it easy to just launch the IDE -> hit "build" -> profit.

[@durkisneer]

@@hhmhm-j4n ah got it

[@baw112]

been waiting for this thanks 🙏

[@MCSteve_]

Dependency() returns subprojects as a fallback
So as a tip, if you want subprojects (provided by wrap) directly, you use subproject() and .get_variable('[name]_dep') is the convention of the provided dependency.

[@durkisneer]

Didn’t know that, thanks!

[@HiImKyle]

Feels like xkcd/927.
Your font is nice, what is that?

[@durkisneer]

Space Mono

[@CookieGod24]

Why use Meson over the alternatives?

[@durkisneer]

I personally find its syntax easier and more straightforward than CMake. Also, its configuration is typically faster.

[@MuuseWallter]

me when my son asks who is his father

[@durkisneer]

mods

[@peacefuldeityspath]

Cmake sucks, vcpkg on top ig this too