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@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The basic process of creating a new Milsko backend is
- `struct _MwLLBackendNamePixmap`: Self-explanatory. This is also used for the soft gradients in the modern theme. - `struct _MwLLBackendNamePixmap`: Self-explanatory. This is also used for the soft gradients in the modern theme.
- `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl(void)` called by `MwLibraryInit` to address and platform globals. - `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl(void)` called by `MwLibraryInit` to address and platform globals.
- Note that all of those structs are actually unions. They should all start with their `MwLLCommon...` equivalants. - Note that all of those structs are actually unions. They should all start with their `MwLLCommon...` equivalants.
- Fill out `Mw/LowLevel.h` appopriately, adding an include to your new file and the structs in the appropriate unions. These need to be guarded by a `USE_BACKENDNAME` macro which you'll define later when you modify the build system.
- Creating a new impl file in `src/backend` - Creating a new impl file in `src/backend`
- Backends actually return a table of function pointers that you have to implement with static functions. Your file should end with `#include "call.c"` and then `CALL(BackendName);`, and somewhere you should have the impl for `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl(void)`. - Backends actually return a table of function pointers that you have to implement with static functions. Your file should end with `#include "call.c"` and then `CALL(BackendName);`, and somewhere you should have the impl for `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl(void)`.
- Add `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl` to the `MwLibraryInit` impl in `src/core.c`. - Add `MwLLBackendNameCallInitImpl` to the `MwLibraryInit` impl in `src/core.c`.