Cross-platform support

[roh1th-s]

This project in its current state works exclusively on Windows. To make it more accessible, we need to support other platforms, starting with Linux and potentially extending to MacOS. This will likely require minor code modifications to accommodate OS-specific APIs and headers. Also, the Makefile provided is configured for Windows (MSYS2/MinGW) only - it needs to be extended to other platforms.

Make sure you can test build on the platforms you're adding support for.

• Use conditional compilation (i.e with #ifdef etc) for OS specific stuff.
• You need to link to different libraries depending on the platform, eg. -lGLU -lGL -lm is required on Linux.
• The libraries provided in /lib were built for x64 Windows in an MSYS2 environment. You will need to obtain equivalent binaries for other platforms.
• Support for Linux is essential, bonus points if you can get it to work on MacOS.
• Helpful snippet for OS detection in a Makefile:

  ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT) # OS is a preexisting environment variable on Windows
      OS = windows
  else
      UNAME := $(shell uname -s)
      ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
    	  OS = macos
      else ifeq ($(UNAME),Linux)
    	  OS = linux
      else
    	  $(error OS not supported by this Makefile)
      endif
  endif

[Viprakshi]

can you assign me this issue @roh1th-s

[roh1th-s]

!assign @Viprakshi

[Viprakshi]

can you assign me this issue @roh1th-s

[roh1th-s]

!assign @Viprakshi

[roh1th-s]

@Viprakshi if you want to work on this go ahead, the bot seems to be having issues rn

[Viprakshi]

can you please deassign me here

[roh1th-s]

!deassign

[roh1th-s]

@Viprakshi I'm not sure if the bot is doing anything since it's not replying. If you're trying to work on another issue and they're not able to assign you its probably because of the bot.

[srijan-nodes]

can I get this?

[roh1th-s]

@srijan-nodes withdraw from this issue first

[srijan-nodes]

done...that has been completed

[roh1th-s]

!assign @srijan-nodes

[srijan-nodes]

thanks

[bunsamosa-bot]

Hey @roh1th-s! The timer for the @srijan-nodes to work on the issue has finished, deassign and assign a new contributor or extend the current timer. Contact maintainer leads if inactive @DedLad @polarhive @achyuthcodes30

[srijan-nodes]

made a pr