From 665689c55099bba96e1d82e8f18e18cf960e575e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John McCardle <mccardle.john@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 23:33:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] hotfix: Windows build attempt

---
 build_windows.bat | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/PyTimer.cpp   |  2 +-
 src/UIGrid.cpp    |  8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 build_windows.bat

diff --git a/build_windows.bat b/build_windows.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb0c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_windows.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+@echo off
+REM Windows build script for McRogueFace
+REM Run this over SSH without Visual Studio GUI
+
+echo Building McRogueFace for Windows...
+
+REM Clean previous build
+if exist build_win rmdir /s /q build_win
+mkdir build_win
+cd build_win
+
+REM Generate Visual Studio project files with CMake
+REM Use -G to specify generator, -A for architecture
+REM Visual Studio 2022 = "Visual Studio 17 2022"
+REM Visual Studio 2019 = "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 ..
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo CMake configuration failed!
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+REM Build using MSBuild (comes with Visual Studio)
+REM You can also use cmake --build . --config Release
+msbuild McRogueFace.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /m
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo Build failed!
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+echo Build completed successfully!
+echo Executable location: build_win\Release\mcrogueface.exe
+
+REM Alternative: Using cmake to build (works with any generator)
+REM cmake --build . --config Release --parallel
+
+cd ..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PyTimer.cpp b/src/PyTimer.cpp
index 7f780a3..10e2f77 100644
--- a/src/PyTimer.cpp
+++ b/src/PyTimer.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PyObject* PyTimer::pynew(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds) {
 }
 
 int PyTimer::init(PyTimerObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds) {
-    static char* kwlist[] = {"name", "callback", "interval", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"name", "callback", "interval", NULL};
     const char* name = nullptr;
     PyObject* callback = nullptr;
     int interval = 0;
diff --git a/src/UIGrid.cpp b/src/UIGrid.cpp
index e65901e..251bba2 100644
--- a/src/UIGrid.cpp
+++ b/src/UIGrid.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ int UIGrid::set_perspective(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* value, void* closure
 // Python API implementations for TCOD functionality
 PyObject* UIGrid::py_compute_fov(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
 {
-    static char* kwlist[] = {"x", "y", "radius", "light_walls", "algorithm", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"x", "y", "radius", "light_walls", "algorithm", NULL};
     int x, y, radius = 0;
     int light_walls = 1;
     int algorithm = FOV_BASIC;
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ PyObject* UIGrid::py_is_in_fov(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args)
 
 PyObject* UIGrid::py_find_path(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
 {
-    static char* kwlist[] = {"x1", "y1", "x2", "y2", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"x1", "y1", "x2", "y2", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
     int x1, y1, x2, y2;
     float diagonal_cost = 1.41f;
     
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ PyObject* UIGrid::py_find_path(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* k
 
 PyObject* UIGrid::py_compute_dijkstra(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
 {
-    static char* kwlist[] = {"root_x", "root_y", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"root_x", "root_y", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
     int root_x, root_y;
     float diagonal_cost = 1.41f;
     
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ PyObject* UIGrid::py_compute_astar_path(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* args, Py
     int x1, y1, x2, y2;
     float diagonal_cost = 1.41f;
     
-    static char* kwlist[] = {"x1", "y1", "x2", "y2", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"x1", "y1", "x2", "y2", "diagonal_cost", NULL};
     
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "iiii|f", kwlist, 
                                      &x1, &y1, &x2, &y2, &diagonal_cost)) {