MSYS2, gtkmm-3.0 config

msys2.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\open_msys2]
@="Open MSYS2 here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\open_msys2\command]
@="c:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\mintty.exe /bin/sh -lc 'cd \"$(cygpath \"%V\")\"; exec bash'"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open_msys2]
@="Open MSYS2 here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open_msys2\command]
@="c:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\mintty.exe /bin/sh -lc 'cd \"$(cygpath \"%V\")\"; exec bash'"

msys2_mingw64.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\open_mingw64]
@="Open mingw64 here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\open_mingw64\command]
@="c:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\mintty.exe /bin/sh -lc 'export MSYSTEM=MINGW64;cd \"$(cygpath \"%V\")\";exec bash' --login"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open_mingw64]
@="Open mingw64 here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open_mingw64\command]
@="c:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\mintty.exe /bin/sh -lc 'export MSYSTEM=MINGW64;cd \"$(cygpath \"%V\")\";exec bash' --login"

notes.md

Path Config

Under msys2 home/$user, open .bashrc

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export PATH=/mingw64/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig

Example for compling a simple gtkmm-3.0 program

g++ -o main.exe -std=c++11 main.cc $(pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs | sed 's/ -I/ -isystem /g') -mwindows