From 019d65fdc6c7b999e3da3f7f65fa16c84af13aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ly <jasonly7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 21:23:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CleanupPass

---
 README.md                         | 14 +++++-----
 joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e24725c..4edb52e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,14 +48,16 @@ Run **x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022**
 ```
 mkdir learndir
 cd learndir
-git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
-cd vcpkg
-vcpkg install ftxui:x64-windows --triplet x64-windows
-cd ..
+git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
+mkdir FTXUI\build
+cd FTXUI\build
+cmake ..
+cmake --build . --config Release
+cd ..\..
 git clone https://git.indoodle.com/jason/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.git
 cd joomer-ftxui-file-browser
-msbuild joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64
-bin\Debug\joomer-ftxui-file-browser.exe
+msbuild joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj
+bin\Release\joomer-ftxui-file-browser.exe
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj b/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj
index ae4eb1f..33b1ebf 100644
--- a/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj
+++ b/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="17.0">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition="'$(Configuration)'==''">Release</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition="'$(Platform)'==''">x64</Platform>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -23,10 +27,15 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
@@ -35,6 +44,11 @@
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)obj\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)obj\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
@@ -43,20 +57,32 @@
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\FTXUI\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\FTXUI\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\FTXUI\build\Release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>ftxui-component.lib;ftxui-dom.lib;ftxui-screen.lib;msvcprtd.lib;kernel32.lib;user32.lib;gdi32.lib;winspool.lib;comdlg32.lib;advapi32.lib;shell32.lib;ole32.lib;oleaut32.lib;uuid.lib;odbc32.lib;odbccp32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent>
-      <Command>echo Post-build event started &amp; 
-      echo Post-build event finished</Command>
-    </PostBuildEvent>
+
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\FTXUI\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\FTXUI\build\Release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ftxui-component.lib;ftxui-dom.lib;ftxui-screen.lib;msvcprt.lib;kernel32.lib;user32.lib;gdi32.lib;winspool.lib;comdlg32.lib;advapi32.lib;shell32.lib;ole32.lib;oleaut32.lib;uuid.lib;odbc32.lib;odbccp32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="joomer-ftxui-file-browser.cpp" />