Create a setup script for Windows that creates cabal.project.local

.github/workflows/windows-ci.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         run: cabal update
 
       - name: Build project
-        run: cabal build
+        run: |
+          win_setup.bat
+          cabal build
 
       - name: Create a zip with exe file and assets
         run: |

HaskellGameJamTemplate.cabal

@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ maintainer:         changeme@ed.ac.uk
 -- copyright:
 
 category:           Game
-build-type:         Custom
-
-custom-setup
-    setup-depends: base >= 4.10.0.0,
-                   Cabal >= 3.6,
-                   directory ^>= 1.3.0.0
 
 executable Game
     ghc-options:      -Wall

README.md

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ On Linux/OSX, SDL2 is found in the system package manager.
 On Linux, run: apt-get install libsdl2-dev
 On OSX, run: brew install sdl2
 
-For Windows, SDL2 development libraries are provided within the repository, and
-Setup.hs (run automatically during the build process) should find them.
+For Windows, SDL2 development libraries are provided within the repository.
+Run `win_setup.bat` to create a file that specifies where to find these libraries.

cabal.project.local

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package sdl2
+    extra-lib-dirs: "G:\\Projects\\Programming\\yutotakano\\HaskellGameJamTemplate\\sdl2_win_mingw\\lib"
+    extra-include-dirs: "G:\\Projects\\Programming\\yutotakano\\HaskellGameJamTemplate\\sdl2_win_mingw\\include\\SDL2"

win_setup.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@echo off
+
+rem Create a cabal.project.local file containing the path to the local SDL2 libraries
+
+(
+echo.package sdl2
+echo.    extra-lib-dirs: "%cd:\=\\%\\sdl2_win_mingw\\lib"
+echo.    extra-include-dirs: "%cd:\=\\%\\sdl2_win_mingw\\include\\SDL2"
+)>"cabal.project.local"
+echo Setup complete! Try running 'cabal run' to build the project.
+echo If you encounter problems, try asking Discord.