Add options in Projucer to include other projects?

leehu · 2017-02-09 09:59:15 UTC

Hi, I don’t think this is currently possible (unless someone tells me otherwise), so more of a suggestion.

When building projects that use libraries I add the additional dependencies into XCode/VS manually, which is fine, but if I change the main project in Projucer and save, these additions are lost. Would be nice if we could specify additional sub-projects to be built into the Projucer generated content so that these could be specified and not done by hand…

Thanks!

otristan · 2017-02-09 10:02:47 UTC

Yep that would be great addition.

daniel · 2017-02-09 10:19:01 UTC

I write a lot in my own modules using

github.com

WeAreROLI/JUCE/blob/develop/modules/JUCE%20Module%20Format.txt


                                The JUCE Module Format
                                ======================

A JUCE module is a collection of header and source files which can be added to a project
to provide a set of classes and libraries or related functionality.

Their structure is designed to make it as simple as possible for modules to be added to
user projects on many platforms, either via automated tools, or by manual inclusion.

Each module may have dependencies on other modules, but should be otherwise self-contained.

                                    File structure
                                    ==============

Each module lives inside a folder whose name is the same as the name of the module. The
JUCE convention for naming modules is lower-case with underscores, e.g.

juce_core
juce_events

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It is very helpfull and once setup you can easily work with that.

But having a frontend in Projucer to create a template and edit the properties, files etc. would be a nice addition.
And also a html version of the modules format somewhere on the webpage would encourage people to write their own modules.

t0m · 2017-02-09 11:04:18 UTC

Agreed. A website overhaul is on it’s way and we’re going to make the JUCE module system much more prominent.

daniel · 2017-02-09 11:12:55 UTC

A little OT: what is the meaning of the new colours in the projucer modules? I understand red means missing, but the juce ones are orange and mine are yellow… Is it the license?

t0m · 2017-02-09 11:19:59 UTC

It is the license. A very rough, non legally binding, summary:

Blue -> JUCE ISC: Use however you want
Orange -> JUCE GPL/Commercial: Use however you want for private/open source projects, requires a JUCE license for commercial use
Yellow -> Non-JUCE: You should read the license contained within the module

daniel · 2017-02-09 11:22:27 UTC

Thanks @t0m, that’s good to know!