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@page build_myths Crazy Eddie's GUI Build Mythbusting!
@author Paul D Turner
@tableofcontents
Firstly, I will take the opportunity to clear away a couple of prevalent
'myths' that surround the building and use of the CEGUI library.
@section compiling_mythbusting_1 Myth number one: CEGUI is a nightmare to build!
Nothing is further from the truth than this. The fact is that CEGUI is far,
far easier to build than the vast majority of free and open source libraries
out there. On an average PC you can download and build CEGUI - including its
dependencies on platforms where those are used – in under ten minutes. Now,
don't think I misunderstand; over the years there have been those people who
have spent 'weeks' trying to build CEGUI, but I can say, hand on heart, that
in every single one of those cases, the user in question had set some option
without fully understanding the implications or had otherwise 'tinkered'
with either the CEGUI build set up or, worse, their build environment,
effectively rendering successful compilation of CEGUI impossible and, in
some cases, rendering the successful compilation of anything impossible!
@section compiling_mythbusting_2 Myth number two: CEGUI has too many dependencies!
False! While people may look at the quantity of libraries in the dependency
pack and think “Oh, my! All those dependencies!”, the more astute developer
realises that these are either options or outright optional. It is, in fact,
possible to build CEGUI with no external dependencies at all – I will not
misrepresent that CEGUI is realistically usable in that state, but it is
possible. Generally CEGUI relies on some other libraries to get things done
– typically a rendering system of some kind, something to parse XML files
and something to load images. The myth arises from the fact that CEGUI has
many options for each of these roles, and misinformed people assume that
you require all of the options all of the time!
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