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+project('lite',
+        ['c'],
+        version: '1.11')
+
+c_compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
+sdl2_dep = c_compiler.find_library('SDL2')
+m_dep = c_compiler.find_library('m')
+args = '-Wall -O3 -g -std=gnu11 -fno-strict-aliasing '
+
+sources = [
+ 'src/main.c',
+ 'src/rencache.c',
+ 'src/renderer.c',
+ 'src/api/api.c',
+ 'src/api/renderer.c',
+ 'src/api/renderer_font.c',
+ 'src/api/system.c',
+ 'src/lib/stb/stb_truetype.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lapi.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lauxlib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lbaselib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lbitlib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lcode.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lcorolib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lctype.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ldblib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ldebug.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ldo.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ldump.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lfunc.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lgc.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/linit.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/liolib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/llex.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lmathlib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lmem.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/loadlib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lobject.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lopcodes.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/loslib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lparser.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lstate.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lstring.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lstrlib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ltable.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ltablib.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/ltm.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lundump.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lvm.c',
+ 'src/lib/lua52/lzio.c'
+]
+
+executable('lite',
+            sources,
+            cpp_args: args + '-DLUA_USE_POSIX',
+            include_directories: include_directories('src'),
+            dependencies: [sdl2_dep,m_dep],
+            install: false)