vizlets

vizlets

This repo contains a work-in-progress for a visual music instrument standard. Any questions, email me@timthompson.com

Notes on bringing up a brand new PC for development with Go.

• install git from https://gitforwindows.org

• instal Go version 1.13 or later from https://golang.org/dl/

• install visual studio code from https://code.visualstudio.com/download

• install mingw64 using this installer:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe
  
    *** BE SURE TO USE THESE SETTINGS WHEN INSTALLING mingw64 ***
    Version: 8.1.0
    Architecture: x86_64
    Threads: posix
    Exception: sjlj
  

• add this directory to your PATH (in System Properties): C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-sjlj-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin

• in Visual Studio Code, in the "extensions marketplace" section on the left side, type in "go" and install the Rich Go language support. Also, type in "@builtin git" and make sure the Git SCM Integration is enabled.

• to compile the Spout library, run:

    cd internal/libspout
    .\makeall
  

  If successful, that will have produced a libspout.a file.

• to compile all the viz programs, run:

    cd cmd
    .\buildviz
  

  If successful, that will have compiled these programs:

    vizapi.exe
    vizengine.exe
    vizgui.exe
    vizworld.exe
    vizcore.exe
    vizrun.exe
  

• If you want to build and run the Spout demo programs, run:

    cd cmd
    ./buildspout
    spout-server/spout-server.exe
    spout-client/spout-client.exe
  

  You should see one window with a big spinning cube, and another window with that spinning cube, received from the first windows via Spout.