Bill-Gray · trexxet · Jan 24, 2026 · Jan 26, 2026
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE not set, defaulting to MinSizeRel.")
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
-include (get_version)
+include(get_version)
 project(pdcurses VERSION "${CURSES_VERSION}" LANGUAGES C)
 
 if(MSVC)
@@ -47,35 +47,29 @@ elseif(PDC_DOSVT_BUILD) # currently requires a unique toolchain file
 elseif(PDC_OS2_BUILD) # currently requires a unique toolchain file
 
     add_subdirectory(os2)
-    
+
 else()
 
     add_subdirectory(ncurses)
-    
+
     if(PDC_SDL2_BUILD)
-
         add_subdirectory(sdl2)
-
     endif()
 
     if(PDC_GL_BUILD)
-
         add_subdirectory(gl)
-
     endif()
 
     if(UNIX)
         add_subdirectory(vt)
     endif()
 
     if(WIN32)
-
         add_subdirectory(wincon)
         add_subdirectory(wingui)
         add_subdirectory(vt)
-
     endif()
-   
+
 endif()
 
 add_custom_target(uninstall "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -P "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/make_uninstall.cmake")

diff --git a/cmake/build_dependencies.cmake b/cmake/build_dependencies.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ IF (PDC_SDL2_DEPS_BUILD)
             GIT_TAG "release-${SDL2_TTF_RELEASE}"
             GIT_SHALLOW true
             PATCH_COMMAND cmake -E copy 
-                ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sdl2_ttf/CMakeLists.txt 
+                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/sdl2_ttf/CMakeLists.txt 
                 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sdl2_ttf/CMakeLists.txt
             UPDATE_COMMAND ""
             DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}

diff --git a/cmake/dll_version.cmake b/cmake/dll_version.cmake
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ endif()
 
 set(PRODUCT_FILE_DESCRIPTION "${PRODUCT_FILE_DESCRIPTION} ${TOOL_NAME} ${TARGET_ARCH}")
 
-configure_file ( ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.in.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc @ONLY )
-configure_file ( ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/resource.in.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resource.h @ONLY )
+configure_file ( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/version.in.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc @ONLY )
+configure_file ( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/resource.in.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resource.h @ONLY )
diff --git a/cmake/get_version.cmake b/cmake/get_version.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/curses.h _CURSES_H_CONTENTS)
+file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curses.h _CURSES_H_CONTENTS)
 
 string(REGEX MATCH "#define PDC_VER_MAJOR    ([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)" PDC_VER_MAJOR "${_CURSES_H_CONTENTS}")
 string(REPLACE "#define PDC_VER_MAJOR    " "" PDC_VER_MAJOR "${PDC_VER_MAJOR}")

diff --git a/cmake/project_common.cmake b/cmake/project_common.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
 message(STATUS "**** ${PROJECT_NAME} ****")
 
-set(PDCURSES_SRCDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 set(PDCURSES_DIST ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 
-set(osdir ${PDCURSES_SRCDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
-set(demodir ${PDCURSES_SRCDIR}/demos)
-
 set(pdc_src_files
-    ${osdir}/pdcclip.c
-    ${osdir}/pdcdisp.c
-    ${osdir}/pdcgetsc.c
-    ${osdir}/pdckbd.c
-    ${osdir}/pdcscrn.c
-    ${osdir}/pdcsetsc.c
-    ${osdir}/pdcutil.c
+    pdcclip.c
+    pdcdisp.c
+    pdcgetsc.c
+    pdckbd.c
+    pdcscrn.c
+    pdcsetsc.c
+    pdcutil.c
 )
 
-include_directories (..)
-include_directories (${osdir})
-
+if(NOT TARGET pdcurses_include_dirs)
+    add_library(pdcurses_include_dirs INTERFACE)
+    target_include_directories(pdcurses_include_dirs SYSTEM INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..>)
+    target_include_directories(pdcurses_include_dirs INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
+endif()
 
 if(WIN32 AND NOT WATCOM)
     include(dll_version)
@@ -84,19 +82,17 @@ if(PDC_BUILD_SHARED)
         set_target_properties(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PROPERTIES MACOSX_RPATH 1)
     endif()
 
+    target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PRIVATE ${EXTRA_LIBS})
+
     if(${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "sdl2")
         if(PDC_WIDE OR PDC_UTF8)
-            target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
-                ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY} ${FT2_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
-                ${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES})
+            target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PRIVATE ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY}
+                ${FT2_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES})
         else()
-            target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
-                ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES})
+            target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PRIVATE ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES})
         endif()
     elseif((${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "wincon") OR (${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "wingui"))
-        target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${WINCON_WINGUI_DEP_LIBS})
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS})
+        target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PRIVATE ${WINCON_WINGUI_DEP_LIBS})
     endif()
 
     install(TARGETS ${PDCURSE_PROJ}
@@ -111,6 +107,8 @@ else()
     set_target_properties(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "pdcursesstatic")
 endif()
 
+target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PUBLIC pdcurses_include_dirs)
+
 macro (demo_app dir targ)
     set(bin_name "${PROJECT_NAME}_${targ}")
     if(${targ} STREQUAL "tuidemo")
@@ -121,10 +119,9 @@ macro (demo_app dir targ)
 
     add_executable(${bin_name} ${ARGV2} ${src_files})
 
+    target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PRIVATE ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS})
     if((${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "wincon") OR (${PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "wingui"))
-        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${WINCON_WINGUI_DEP_LIBS})
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS})
+        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PRIVATE ${WINCON_WINGUI_DEP_LIBS})
     endif()
 
     add_dependencies(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ})

diff --git a/cmake/sdl2_ttf/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sdl2_ttf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PROJECT (sdl2_ttf VERSION ${SDL2_TTF_RELEASE} LANGUAGES C)
 
 if(MSVC)
     SET(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
-endif()    
+endif()
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
     ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set(SDL2_ttf_source_files SDL_ttf.c)
 
 IF(WIN32)
     LIST(INSERT SDL2_ttf_source_files 0 version.rc)
-ENDIF()    
+ENDIF()
 
 if (APPLE)
     find_library(COREVIDEO CoreVideo)
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ INSTALL (TARGETS SDL2_ttf
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
     COMPONENT libraries)
 
-ADD_EXECUTABLE (showfont ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/showfont.c)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE (showfont ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/showfont.c)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (showfont SDL2_ttf  ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${FT2_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${EXTRA_LIBS})
 INSTALL (TARGETS showfont RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin COMPONENT applications)
 
-ADD_EXECUTABLE (glfont ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/glfont.c)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE (glfont ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/glfont.c)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (glfont SDL2_ttf ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${FT2_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${EXTRA_LIBS})
 INSTALL (TARGETS glfont RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin COMPONENT applications)
 

diff --git a/gl/CMakeLists.txt b/gl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ macro (gl_app dir targ)
         add_executable(${bin_name} ${src_files})
     endif()
 
-    target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
+    target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PUBLIC ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
         "${SDL2_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY};${FT2_LIBRARY};${ZLIB_LIBRARY};${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES}")
 
     add_dependencies(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ})
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gl_app(../demos xmas)
 
 if(PDC_SDL2_DEPS_BUILD)
     add_dependencies(${PDCURSE_PROJ} sdl2_ext sdl2_ttf_ext)
-    target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS} "${SDL2_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY};${FT2_LIBRARY};${ZLIB_LIBRARY};${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES}")
+    target_link_libraries(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PUBLIC ${EXTRA_LIBS} "${SDL2_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY};${FT2_LIBRARY};${ZLIB_LIBRARY};${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES}")
     target_include_directories(${PDCURSE_PROJ} PUBLIC ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${SDL2_TTF_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
 

diff --git a/ncurses/CMakeLists.txt b/ncurses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if(CURSES_FOUND)
         endif()
 
         target_include_directories(${bin_name} PUBLIC ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIR})
-        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PUBLIC ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
         set_target_properties(${bin_name} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${targ})
 
         install(TARGETS ${bin_name} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${PDCURSES_DIST}/bin/${PROJECT_NAME} COMPONENT applications)

diff --git a/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt b/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ macro (sdl2_app dir targ)
     endif()
 
     if(PDC_WIDE OR PDC_UTF8)
-        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
+        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PUBLIC ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
             "${SDL2_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY};${FT2_LIBRARY};${ZLIB_LIBRARY};${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES}")
     else()
-        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
+        target_link_libraries(${bin_name} PUBLIC ${PDCURSE_PROJ} ${EXTRA_LIBS}
         "${SDL2_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_TTF_DEP_LIBRARIES};${SDL2_DEP_LIBRARIES}")
     endif()