sola-raylib-sys 6.0.0

Raw FFI bindings for raylib. sola-raylib-sys N.x tracks raylib N.x (e.g. 5.x → raylib 5.5; 6.x → raylib 6.0).
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sola-raylib-sys

Raw FFI bindings for raylib and raygui, consumed by the safe sola-raylib wrapper. Not intended to be used directly.

sola-raylib-sys N.x tracks raylib's major version (5.x → raylib 5.5, 6.x → raylib 6.0) and is pinned to the matching sola-raylib N.x.

How bindings are built

Bindings are generated at build time. There are no checked-in bindings_*.rs files — every cargo build of this crate runs bindgen against binding/binding.h:

  1. build.rs configures a bindgen::Builder with -std=c99, rustified enums, and -I./raylib/src so clang resolves the submoduled raylib headers (not a system /usr/include/raylib.h).
  2. binding/binding.h pulls in raylib plus the raygui wrapper shim (binding/rgui_wrapper.h).
  3. The generated bindings.rs is written to $OUT_DIR and pulled into src/lib.rs via include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/bindings.rs")).
  4. cc compiles the raygui wrapper and links it with libraylib.

To inspect the generated bindings:

find target -name bindings.rs -path '*sola-raylib-sys*'

Regenerating after a header change

build.rs declares rerun-if-changed for binding/binding.h and for itself, so bindings regenerate automatically when those inputs change. If cargo seems to be using stale bindings after you:

  • bumped the raylib submodule to a new version,
  • replaced binding/raygui.h with a new raygui release, or
  • edited binding/binding.h / the wrapper shims,

force a rebuild:

cargo clean -p sola-raylib-sys
cargo build -p sola-raylib-sys

See DEVELOPING.md for the full "bumping raylib" checklist.

Feature flags

Feature Purpose
bindgen (default) Generate bindings at build time. Turn off if you need to hand-roll bindings.rs for a platform bindgen can't target.
nobuild Skip building and linking raylib entirely. For docs.rs and headless setups — you are responsible for linking.
wayland Build raylib with Wayland support on Linux.
sdl Build raylib with the SDL platform backend.
opengl_21 / opengl_33 / opengl_es_20 / opengl_es_30 Select the GL backend raylib compiles against.
noscreenshot, nogif Disable raylib's F12 screenshot / GIF recording.
custom_frame_control Enable raylib's SUPPORT_CUSTOM_FRAME_CONTROL build flag.

Layout

binding/           raygui wrapper shim, binding.h, utils_log
raylib/            git submodule: raysan5/raylib (C source + headers)
src/lib.rs         thin shell that includes the bindgen output
build.rs           drives bindgen + cc for the wrappers + raylib linkage