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| author | Louie S <louie@example.com> | 2023-02-24 17:09:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Louie S <louie@example.com> | 2023-02-24 17:09:28 -0800 |
| commit | f18e68fb6945291ff873002de431efde1b4f0c28 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ed565f74e87ba278dae211f2edb1c33fd3e35ad /docs/windows_compile_instructions.md | |
| parent | 157716ab35d5960e8330d646cacdf10e9c24cbe5 (diff) | |
Add instructions for embedding icon to .exe for Windows, add icon files as EXTRA_DIST, delete unnecessary files
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diff --git a/docs/windows_compile_instructions.md b/docs/windows_compile_instructions.md index 3b90a6c..4421553 100644 --- a/docs/windows_compile_instructions.md +++ b/docs/windows_compile_instructions.md @@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ Compiling on Windows requires access to the MinGW toolchain. The easiest way to $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-ncurses make ``` -Open File Explorer in the current directory (can be done by running `explorer .` in MSYS2 terminal) and double click the generated executable in `src/` +5. (optional) An icon can be embedded into the executable built at `src/terminal-media-launcher.exe` using the [rcedit](https://github.com/electron/rcedit) tool: + +``` +$ rcedit.exe "src/terminal-media-launcher.exe" --set-icon "icon/icon.ico" +``` + +Open File Explorer in the current directory (can be done by running `explorer .` in MSYS2 terminal) and double click the generated executable in `src/` to run the program. If your MSYS2 `/bin` is set in your system PATH (see below), then you can also follow the Unix installation instructions to install `terminal-media-launcher` on your Windows system. ## Resolving Missing .dll Files |