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diff --git a/site/user/quick/gn.md b/site/user/quick/gn.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93f7680a85 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/user/quick/gn.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +GN +===== + +[GN](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/tools/gn/) +is a new meta-build system originally designed to replace GYP in Chromium. + +You can build Skia using GN in a limited number of configurations. We expect +that as that limited number rises, GN will become the preferred, and then only, +way to build Skia. + +Supported Features +---------- + + * Linux, Mac + * Software rendering + * libskia.a, libskia.so + * DM, nanobench + +Quickstart +---------- + +Please check out Skia using the instructions in one of the other quick start +guides. We diverge where they'd first run some command with "gyp" in it. + +<!--?prettify lang=sh?--> + + # After gclient sync, run fetch-gn to make sure you have GN. + gclient sync && bin/fetch-gn + + # Run GN to generate your build files. Some examples. + gn gen out/Release + gn gen out/Debug --args=is_debug=true + gn gen out/Clang --args='cc="clang" cxx="clang++"' + gn gen out/Shared --args=is_component_build=true + + # Build + ninja -C out/Release + ninja -C out/Debug + ninja -C out/Clang + ninja -C out/Shared + +From here everything is pretty much business as usual. |