Building Lem with both SDL2 and ncurses support simultaneously

[frejanordsiek]

At the present time, the build files either build Lem with SDL2 support (make sdl2) or ncurses support (make ncurses), with no option for building Lem with both.

I tried making my own scripts/build-sdl2-ncurses.lisp as

(ql:quickload :lem-sdl2)
(ql:quickload :lem-ncurses)

(lem:init-at-build-time)

(sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die "lem"
                          :toplevel #'lem:main
                          :executable t)

and added a new make rule to the Makefile

sdl2-ncurses:
	qlot install
	$(LISP) --noinform --no-sysinit --no-userinit --load .qlot/setup.lisp --load scripts/build-sdl2-ncurses.lisp

Doing make sdl2-ncurses builds, but when I run it I only get the terminal interface.

Is there some undocumented command line switch to control which interface to use?

If not, I suggest adding a command line switch and some sensible default, just like GNU Emacs' -nw argument and defaulting to GUI (could of course make different choices than they did).

[vindarel]

What about make all? The target name is free.

I am not aware of a switch (but I'm rusted on the install process), and indeed as a user I'd prefer something shorter than -i/--interface sdl2/ncurses.

[frejanordsiek]

What about make all? The target name is free.

It is free, but isn't that generally meant for making making more than one target file rather than a file with all features.

I am not aware of a switch (but I'm rusted on the install process), and indeed as a user I'd prefer something shorter than -i/--interface sdl2/ncurses.

Could do it like Emacs and have it be -nw (short for --no-window-system) to force use of ncurses when it is built with both. The main reason I went with this scheme was that it could work the same for any future interfaces that could be added or removed.

[frejanordsiek]

Merge Request #1329 has resolved this.