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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a48b089 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Tray Color Picker + + + +A tiny, single-file Windows color picker that lives in the system tray. Click the tray icon to zoom in on any pixel, then pick it. The color hex code is copied to the clipboard. + +## Building + +Requires a MinGW-w64 toolchain (gcc, windres, make) — e.g. [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/). + +### With make + +``` +make +``` + +This produces `ColorPicker.exe` with the icon embedded. + +### Manual build + +Without the icon: + +``` +gcc color-picker.c -o ColorPicker.exe -mwindows -municode -lgdi32 -luser32 -lshell32 -ladvapi32 -lm +``` + +With the icon: + +``` +gcc color-picker.c -o ColorPicker-noico.exe -mwindows -municode -lgdi32 -luser32 -lshell32 -ladvapi32 -lm +./ColorPicker-noico.exe --make-ico +windres icon.rc -O coff -o icon.res +gcc color-picker.c icon.res -o ColorPicker.exe -mwindows -municode -lgdi32 -luser32 -lshell32 -ladvapi32 -lm +``` + +## Usage + +Run `ColorPicker.exe`. A tray icon appears. Click it to pick a color. + +Right-click the tray icon for settings and recent colors. |