CONFIGURE YAYY BETTER BUILD METHODS lslsls! ANYTHING BUT WRITING ACTUAL CODElslslslslslslslslslslslslslslsls

configure.ac

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+AC_INIT([petratc], [1.0])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([petratc.c])
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+#what if i have pdcurses or just curses and not ncurses idk
+#this will be useful only when i decide to port it to widnows 
+CURSES_LIB=""
+AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [initscr], [CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw"])
+AS_IF([test "x$CURSES_LIB" = "x"],
+  [AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [initscr], [CURSES_LIB="-lncurses"])])
+AS_IF([test "x$CURSES_LIB" = "x"],
+  [AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [initscr], [CURSES_LIB="-lcurses"])])
+AS_IF([test "x$CURSES_LIB" = "x"],
+  [AC_CHECK_LIB([pdcurses], [initscr], [CURSES_LIB="-lpdcurses"])])
+AS_IF([test "x$CURSES_LIB" = "x"],
+  [AC_MSG_ERROR([no curses library found (tried ncursesw, ncurses, curses, pdcurses)])])
+
+#in mac having -ltinfo in your makefile gives you a linker error
+#whereas in linux you need it
+AC_CHECK_LIB([tinfo], [setupterm], [CURSES_LIB="$CURSES_LIB -ltinfo"])
+
+AC_SUBST([CURSES_LIB])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT