1 This is the README accompanying the source code to Simon Tatham's
2 puzzle collection. The collection's web site is at
3 <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/>.
5 If you've obtained the source code by downloading a .tar.gz archive
6 from the Puzzles web site, you should find several Makefiles in the
7 source code. However, if you've checked the source code out from the
8 Puzzles Subversion repository, you won't find the Makefiles: they're
9 automatically generated by `mkfiles.pl', so run that to create them.
11 The Makefiles include:
13 - `Makefile' should work under GNU make on Linux, provided you have
14 GTK installed to compile and link against. It builds GTK binaries
17 - `Makefile.vc' should work under MS Visual C++ on Windows.
19 - `Makefile.cyg' should work under Cygwin / MinGW. With appropriate
20 tweaks and setting of TOOLPATH, it should work for both compiling
21 on Windows and cross-compiling on Unix.
23 - `Makefile.osx' should work under Mac OS X, provided the Xcode
24 tools are installed. It builds a single monolithic OS X
25 application capable of running any of the puzzles, or even more
26 than one of them at a time.
28 - `Makefile.wce' should work under MS eMbedded Visual C++ on
29 Windows and the Pocket PC SDK; it builds Pocket PC binaries.
31 Many of these Makefiles build a program called `nullgame' in
32 addition to the actual game binaries. This program doesn't do
33 anything; it's just a template for people to start from when adding
34 a new game to the collection, and it's compiled every time to ensure
35 that it _does_ compile and link successfully (because otherwise it
36 wouldn't be much use as a template). Once it's built, you can run it
37 if you really want to (but it's very boring), and then you should
40 DO NOT EDIT THE MAKEFILES DIRECTLY, if you plan to send any changes
41 back to the maintainer. The makefiles are generated automatically by
42 the Perl script `mkfiles.pl' from the file `Recipe' and the various
43 .R files. If you need to change the makefiles as part of a patch,
44 you should change Recipe, *.R, and/or mkfiles.pl.
46 The manual is provided in Windows Help format for the Windows build;
47 in text format for anyone who needs it; and in HTML for the Mac OS X
48 application and for the web site. It is generated from a Halibut
49 source file (puzzles.but), which is the preferred form for
50 modification. To generate the manual in other formats, rebuild it,
51 or learn about Halibut, visit the Halibut website at
52 <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.