[feat] [Feature] Fix wayland not being there for the appimage + Add linux build doc

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Build Notepad Next
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: 
   push:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |
           echo "DISTRIBUTION=AppImage" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          # Qt 6.10+ renamed wayland plugins
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.qt_version }}" == "6.10" ]]; then
+            echo "EXTRA_PLATFORM_PLUGINS=libqwayland.so" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          else
+            echo "EXTRA_PLATFORM_PLUGINS=libqwayland-generic.so" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          fi
+
           sudo apt-get install libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-0 fuse libxcb-cursor-dev libcups2-dev
 
       - name: Configure
@@ -102,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build]
 
     if: github.repository == 'dail8859/NotepadNext' && github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.gitignore

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ target_wrapper.*
 
 # QtCtreator CMake
 CMakeLists.txt.user*
+CMakeCache.
+cmake_install.cmake
+Makefile
+__cmake_systeminformation
 
 *.pyc
 
@@ -61,3 +65,9 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user*
 ._*
 
 .cpm-cache/
+
+# ninja
+.ninja_deps
+.ninja_lock
+.ninja_log
+build.ninja

doc/Building.md

@@ -37,8 +37,44 @@ This section specifically describes how to build Notepad Next using Microsoft's
 1. Qt Creator will build and run the project.
 
 # Linux
+Here's instructions for ubuntu/debian. Should be same across all distros as long as you get the packages.
 
-TODO
+```sh
+export DISTRIBUTION=AppImage
+export EXTRA_PLATFORM_PLUGINS="libqwayland-generic.so"
+
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y \
+  cmake \
+  ninja-build \
+  file \
+  libxkbcommon-dev \
+  libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
+  fuse \
+  libxcb-cursor-dev \
+  libcups2-dev \
+  libglib2.0-0 \
+  libglib2.0-dev \
+  libproxy1v5 \
+  libproxy-dev \
+  qt6-base-dev \
+  qt6-base-dev-tools \
+  qt6-tools-dev \
+  qt6-tools-dev-tools \
+  qt6-wayland \
+  qt6-wayland-dev \
+  libqt6waylandclient6 \
+  qml6-module-qtwayland-compositor \
+  libqt6core5compat6 \
+  libqt6core5compat6-dev \
+  qt6-base-private-dev
+
+cmake -S . -B build \
+    -G Ninja \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DAPP_DISTRIBUTION=$DISTRIBUTION
+cmake --build build --target appimage --parallel
+```
 
 # MacOS