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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions Formula/architect.rb
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Expand Up @@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ class Architect < Formula
license "MIT"

depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
depends_on "zig@0.16" => :build
depends_on xcode: :build
depends_on "zig@0.16" => :build
depends_on "sdl3"
depends_on "sdl3_ttf"

def install
# addTranslateC does not discover Homebrew dependency headers through the
# linker search path, so provide the include roots explicitly.
ENV["SDL3_INCLUDE_PATH"] = formula_opt_include("sdl3").to_s
ENV["SDL3_TTF_INCLUDE_PATH"] = formula_opt_include("sdl3_ttf").to_s

# Zig 0.16.0 cannot translate Apple headers against the arm64e-only SDK
# shipped with recent macOS toolchains. Source the helper in the same
# shell as the build so its SDK selection reaches every compiler step.
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contents = app_path/"Contents"
macos = contents/"MacOS"
resources = contents/"Resources"
share = contents/"share/architect"

macos.mkpath
resources.mkpath
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions docs/development.md
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Expand Up @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ SDL3 and the platform C APIs are translated at build time with Zig's built-in
`addTranslateC` steps using the small header shims under `src/c/`. When SDL is
provided outside the compiler's default search paths, `SDL3_INCLUDE_PATH` and
`SDL3_TTF_INCLUDE_PATH` supply the include paths to both translation and
compilation. On macOS, framework headers use the SDK path discovered from
`SDKROOT`, `DEVELOPER_DIR`, or `xcrun`, in that order.
compilation. The Homebrew formula sets these variables from the installed SDL
formula prefixes before starting the build. On macOS, framework headers use
the SDK path discovered from `SDKROOT`, `DEVELOPER_DIR`, or `xcrun`, in that
order.

## Tests and Formatting

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