Add _CONSOLE and _LIB define for windows

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp b/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
index 3a46af5..a5fdb0d 100644
--- a/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
+++ b/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,18 @@ namespace backend
                 defines += " /DWIN32 /D_WIN32";
                 break;
         }
+        
+#if OS_TYPE == OS_TYPE_WINDOWS
+        switch(libraryType)
+        {
+            case LibraryType::EXECUTABLE:
+                defines += " _CONSOLE";
+                break;
+            case LibraryType::STATIC:
+                defines += " _LIB";
+                break;
+        }
+#endif
 
         if(!defines.empty())
             printf("Custom define: %s\n", defines.c_str());
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b3b6d63..1297456 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ using namespace std::chrono;
 // This can be done by specifying dependencies under [dependencies.platform] instead of [dependencies],
 // for example for win32: [dependencies.win32]
 
+// TODO: When `install` command is added, the target executable and shared library dependencies should be put into
+// an archive to make the executable distributable (especially on windows). A GUI installer could then extract the archive.
+
+// TODO: Add optional dependencies [optional_dependencies]. Optional dependencies should also support platform specific dependencies [dependencies.cmake].
+// Might need to make it possible to define variables if a dependency exists (or doesn't exist) because the code might have
+// preprocessor like: USE_LIBSODIUM or NO_LIBSODIUM.
+
 #if OS_FAMILY == OS_FAMILY_POSIX
 #define ferr std::cerr
 #else