README.md

XMake Starter Template

A starter template for using LuisaCompute as a submodule with the XMake build system.

Use xmake?

• Download and install xmake: https://xmake.io/
• Install compiler, MSVC, GCC, LLVM, etc.
• Config:

  xmake f -c

• Build:

  xmake

• Run (BACKEND_NAME can be cuda, dx, metal, etc):

  xmake run demo #BACKEND_NAME#

Set custom options?

• All options defined in ext/LuisaCompute/xmake.lua
• Config example:

  xmake f --toolchain=llvm --enable_gui=false -c

• Build after config:

  xmake

VSCode

• Install necessary plugins: C/C++(Microsoft), clangd(LLVM), CodeLLDB(Vadim Chugunov), XMake(tboox)
• LLVM-clangd must be well-installed, try:

  clangd.exe --version

• Open project with vscode.