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Make the cmake instructions more clear
KristianNikolov07 Jul 28, 2025
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Merge branch 'libsdl-org:main' into main
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Update INTRO-cmake.md
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Expand Up @@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ The easiest way to use SDL_ttf is to include it along with SDL as subprojects in

We'll start by creating a simple project to build and run [hello.c](hello.c)

Clone the SDL_ttf repo using:
```
git clone https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf.git vendored/SDL_ttf --recurse-submodules
```


Create the file CMakeLists.txt
```cmake
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
Expand All @@ -30,7 +36,6 @@ add_executable(hello WIN32 hello.c)
# Link to the actual SDL3 library.
target_link_libraries(hello PRIVATE SDL3_ttf::SDL3_ttf SDL3::SDL3)
```
Run [external/download.sh](../external/download.sh) or [external/Get-GitModules.ps1](../external/Get-GitModules.ps1)


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