implement (cross-)compilation via meson

.gitignore

@@ -360,4 +360,6 @@ MigrationBackup/
 .ionide/
 
 # Fody - auto-generated XML schema
-FodyWeavers.xsd
+FodyWeavers.xsd
+
+*.swp

README.md

@@ -3,9 +3,29 @@
 Useful for setups where the clipboard is not enough.
 See [here](https://github.com/45Tatami/native-inserter) for an example of the receiving server side.
 
-Requires Visual Studio 2019. Drop into VS, build x86 or x64 depending on which Textractor architecture you use.
-Drop resulting dll into Textractor extension window.
-
 Configuration done at runtime via interface.
 
 ![Purrint_1707](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/96940591/149813301-b10d229c-f093-43fa-a483-5848f71e9d2c.png)
+
+## Building
+
+Requires Visual Studio 2019 or meson. Drop into VS, build x86 or x64 depending on which Textractor architecture you use.
+Drop resulting dll into Textractor extension window.
+
+### meson
+
+```
+meson setup build
+ninja -Cbuild
+```
+
+Project includes example cross-compilation definition files for a mingw32 toolchain under `cross`.
+
+
+```
+# x86/32bit
+meson setup --cross-file=cross/i686-w64-mingw32.txt build
+
+# x86_64/64bit
+meson setup --cross-file=cross/x86_64-w64-mingw32.txt build
+```

cross/i686-w64-mingw32.txt

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+[binaries]
+c = 'i686-w64-mingw32-gcc'
+cpp = 'i686-w64-mingw32-g++'
+ar = 'i686-w64-mingw32-ar'
+strip = 'i686-w64-mingw32-strip'
+windres = 'i686-w64-mingw32-windres'
+exe_wrapper = 'wine'
+
+[host_machine]
+system = 'windows'
+cpu_family = 'x86'
+cpu = 'i686'
+endian = 'little'

cross/x86_64-w64-mingw32.txt

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+[binaries]
+c = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc'
+cpp = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++'
+ar = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar'
+strip = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip'
+windres = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres'
+exe_wrapper = 'wine64'
+
+[host_machine]
+system = 'windows'
+cpu_family = 'x86_64'
+cpu = 'x86_64'
+endian = 'little'

meson.build

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+project('Textractor-TCPSender', 'cpp',
+  default_options : ['cpp_std=c++17'])
+
+add_project_arguments('-DUNICODE', language : 'cpp')
+
+compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+src = files(
+  'TCPSender/TCPSender.cpp',
+  'TCPSender/ExtensionImpl.cpp'
+)
+
+windows = import('windows')
+src += windows.compile_resources('TCPSender/resource.rc')
+
+deps = []
+deps +=  compiler.find_library('ws2_32')
+
+library('tcpsender', src,
+  dependencies : deps)