add an icon to the exe on windows

jcupitt · jcupitt · commit 518d858785c9 · 2025-08-01T15:07:27.000+01:00
maybe!
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 master
 
+- add an icon to the exe on windows
+
 ## 4.1.1 31/07/25
 
 - do our own tile snapping if gtk has no snap mechanism 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
@@ -56,11 +56,19 @@ enumtypes = gnome.mkenums(
     c_template: 'enumtypes.c.in',
 )
 
+resources = []
+if target_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  windows = import('windows')
+  # this picks up windres from the WINDRES env var
+  resources += windows.compile_resources('vipsdisp.rc', args: '-O coff', depend_files: 'vipsdisp.ico')
+endif
+
 executable('vipsdisp', [
         enumtypes,
         marshal,
         resources,
         sources,
+        resources,
     ],
     dependencies: vipsdisp_deps,
     win_subsystem: 'windows',
diff --git a/src/vipsdisp.ico b/src/vipsdisp.ico
diff --git a/src/vipsdisp.rc b/src/vipsdisp.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.libvips.vipsdisp ICON "org.libvips.vipsdisp.ico"

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	`1`	`+org.libvips.vipsdisp ICON "org.libvips.vipsdisp.ico"`