CMake Script Mode and Variables
CMake lets users write scripts in “Script Mode” that can do various tasks. I originally tried doing:
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2023
Windows can and does reuse memory right away
I have an object that will sometimes delete and immediately reallocate some memory. For example: ```cpp class Object { public: char* GetNewBuffer() ...
2022
Modern Day Owl
Qt’s macdeployqt & debug binaries
2020
Naivecoin Addendum
Currently I am building a cryptocurrency in C++. The project can be found here. This is not a project where I’ve forked another code base, instead the purpos...
Simple CMake to Compile Resources
Recently I have been working on a project that has a Simple Web Server, so I needed a way to serve HTML files.
Using a Conan Recipe (the basics)
I’m using Simple Web Server for a project and I wanted a way to pull the library down via Conan. I found a recipe for the library a couple months ago but was...
Linking errors with boost on macOS
I recently revived an old project and tried to get it to build on my Mac. I was immediately met with this error:
Xenforo 2.x Addon: xf-addon:create not working
Creating the Addon
Writing const and non-const Getters
One use of const_cast is to avoid duplicating code when implementing getters in a class. If you want users of your class to have write-access to a member obj...
Qt Automatic Slot Names
I’ve been using Qt for several years now in a couple different projects. Only today did I learn about QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName.
2019
Conan: Adding a new build_type to an existing package
I am still working my way through learning Conan. I only make changes to it when I have to, which luckily isn’t often but whenever I do it’s aways a learning...
Error opening terminal: xterm-256color
PDCurses worked just fine on Windows, but running the same code on macOS with ncurses kept giving me this error:
Hacking Together a Conan Package
This is how I hacked together a Conan package for use with my Windows console project. I wasn’t concerned with having Conan automatically build the project’s...
Conditionally including packages with Conan
Conan conanfile.py for consumers
Prioritizing Projects
Like most developers, I have several ideas I’m juggling at any given time.
Passing by Value vs Passing by Reference
Note: This was written for a friend of mine who is taking a programming class.
Notes for 2019-04-10
Qt’s macdeployqt & debug binaries
Notes for 2019-02-06
Switching Qt Versions
2018
Working with Qt
Intro
Using boost::exception error information
Adding exception info to boost::exception’s
Notes for 2018-11-05 (Conan, GCC ABI)
Listing available Conan package configurations
Notes for 2018-10-17
Conan Profile
Getting started with Conan on an existing medium sized project
My motivation to using Conan is a project I’ve been working on, on and off, for several years now. The project uses several third party libraries which have ...
Notes for Monday, October 15, 2018
Conan NO_OUTPUT_DIRS and KEEP_RPATHS
Notes for Friday (2018-10-12)
These are a few things I learned today .
Working with Conan
I have been experimenting with Conan on my Mac. Ideally I would like to use it with Owl instead of the manual solution I have right now. This is essentially ...