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compiling a the minimal example of FPL on linux

albatros
#15698
Hello there, I'm trying out FPL on linux.

My main.c contains the basic example for window + opengl from the FPL file :
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#define FPL_IMPLEMENTATION
#include "final_platform_layer.h"

int main(int argc, char **args){
        fplSettings settings;
        fplSetDefaultSettings(&settings);
        fplVideoSettings videoSettings = settings.video;

        videoSettings.driver = fplVideoDriverType_OpenGL;

        // Legacy OpenGL                                                                                                                                                                       
        // videoSettings.opengl.compabilityFlags = fplOpenGLCompabilityFlags_Legacy;

        // or                                                                                                                                                                                  

        // Modern OpenGL                                                                                                                                                                       
        videoSettings.opengl.compabilityFlags = fplOpenGLCompabilityFlags_Core;
        videoSettings.opengl.majorVersion = 3;
        videoSettings.opengl.minorVersion = 3;

        if (fplPlatformInit(fplInitFlags_Video, &settings)) {
                // Event/Main loop                                                                                                                                                             
                while (fplWindowUpdate()) {
                        // Handle actual window events                                                                                                                                         
                        fplEvent ev;
                        while (fplPollEvent(ev)) {
                                /// ...                                                                                                                                                        
                        }

                        // your code goes here                                                                                                                                                 

                        fplVideoFlip();
                }
                fplPlatformRelease();
                return 0;
        } else {
                return -1;
        }
}


This is the command I use to compile :
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gcc main.c -ldl && ./a.out


Theses are the errors I get.
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main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:17:15: error: ‘fplVideoSettings {aka struct fplVideoSettings}’ has no member named ‘opengl’
  videoSettings.opengl.compabilityFlags = fplOpenGLCompabilityFlags_Core;
               ^
main.c:18:15: error: ‘fplVideoSettings {aka struct fplVideoSettings}’ has no member named ‘opengl’
  videoSettings.opengl.majorVersion = 3;
               ^
main.c:19:15: error: ‘fplVideoSettings {aka struct fplVideoSettings}’ has no member named ‘opengl’
  videoSettings.opengl.minorVersion = 3;
               ^
main.c:26:24: error: incompatible type for argument 1 of ‘fplPollEvent’
    while (fplPollEvent(ev)) {
                        ^
In file included from main.c:2:0:
final_platform_layer.h:7187:21: note: expected ‘fplEvent * {aka struct fplEvent *}’ but argument is of type ‘fplEvent {aka struct fplEvent}’
 fpl_common_api bool fplPollEvent(fplEvent *ev) {


I've got to admit, I have no clue on how to get past this. Any idea ?
Edited by albatros on Reason: Initial post
ratchetfreak
#15700
final_platform_layer.h:7187:21: note: expected ‘fplEvent * {aka struct fplEvent *}’ but argument is of type ‘fplEvent {aka struct fplEvent}’
fpl_common_api bool fplPollEvent(fplEvent *ev) {

means that the function wants a pointer but you passed a struct: fix by doing fplPollEvent(&ev) instead

fplVideoSettings doesn't have a member opengl, it does have a member graphics that has a opengl member: fix by replacing videoSettings.opengl with videoSettings.graphics.opengl
albatros
#15704
Indeed, that worked ! :D
Many thanks !
Finalspace
#15811
I did a few api changes in the recent releases, so the documentation may be a little off.
The doxygen code sections will never get validated, so you never know if there is something wrong in the code snippets there :-(

So i will correct this in the next release.

But great that you got the problem solved ;)
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