General cleanup I want on all prototypes, simplify, reduce dependencies, reduce line count on instructions, generalize

README.md

@@ -18,17 +18,15 @@ Terminal User Interface for file browsing using ftxui
 learndir/
 └── FTXUI/
 └── joomer-ftxui-file-browser/
-└── vcpkg/
 ```
 
-## Ubuntu Linux (kasm-ubuntu)
+## Ubuntu Linux
 ```
 mkdir learndir
 cd learndir
 git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
-cd FTXUI
+mkdir -p FTXUI/build
-mkdir build
+cd FTXUI/build
-cd build
 cmake ..
 cmake --build . --config Release
 cd ../..
@@ -38,24 +36,26 @@ make all
 bin/Linux/release/joomer-ftxui-file-browser
 ```
 
-## Windows (win10 enterprise)
+## Windows
-- Download Visual Studio Community Edition 2022
+- Download Visual Studio Community Edition
 - Run VisualStudioSetup.exe
-- Workload = [x] Desktop developemnt with C++
+- Workload = [x] Desktop development with C++
-- Individial components = [x] Git For Windows
+- Individual components = [x] Git For Windows
 
-Run **x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022**
+Run **x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS**
 ```
 mkdir learndir
 cd learndir
-git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
+git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
-cd vcpkg
+mkdir -p FTXUI\build
-vcpkg install ftxui:x64-windows --triplet x64-windows
+cd FTXUI\build
-cd ..
+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
+msbuild joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj
-bin\Debug\joomer-ftxui-file-browser.exe
+bin\Release\joomer-ftxui-file-browser.exe
 ```
 
 

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="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</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>$(SolutionDir)\..\FTXUI\build\Release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>ftxui-component.lib;ftxui-dom.lib;ftxui-screen.lib;msvcprtd.lib;kernel32.lib;user32.lib;gdi32.lib;winspool.lib;comdlg32.lib;advapi32.lib;shell32.lib;ole32.lib;oleaut32.lib;uuid.lib;odbc32.lib;odbccp32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
-    <PostBuildEvent>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release' and '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
-      <Command>echo Post-build event started &amp; 
+    <ClCompile>
-      echo Post-build event finished</Command>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-    </PostBuildEvent>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(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" />