connected to gui

simulator_SIC_XE/.gitignore

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles/
 CMakeScripts/
 cmake_install.cmake
-Makefile
 *.cmake
 !CMakeLists.txt
 

simulator_SIC_XE/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Simple Makefile wrapper to configure, build and run the CMake project.
+# Usage:
+#   make           # builds (default)
+#   make build     # configure + build
+#   make run       # build (if needed) and run the executable
+#   make clean     # run CMake clean (or remove build files)
+#   make distclean # remove build dir and generated targets
+
+CMAKE ?= cmake
+BUILD_DIR := build
+CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ?= Release
+TARGET := target/bin/simulator_exec
+GUI_TARGET := target/bin/simulator_qt
+
+.PHONY: all configure build run clean distclean
+
+all: build
+
+configure:
+	@echo "Configuring (build dir: $(BUILD_DIR), type: $(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE))"
+	$(CMAKE) -S . -B $(BUILD_DIR) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+
+build: configure
+	@echo "Building..."
+	$(CMAKE) --build $(BUILD_DIR) -j$(shell nproc)
+
+run: build
+	@echo "Running primary target..."
+	# Prefer GUI if available, otherwise fall back to console executable
+	@if [ -x "$(GUI_TARGET)" ]; then \
+		echo "Launching GUI: $(GUI_TARGET)"; \
+		sh -c 'nohup env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb ./$(GUI_TARGET) >/dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > "$(BUILD_DIR)/simulator_qt.pid"'; \
+	elif [ -x "$(TARGET)" ]; then \
+		@./$(TARGET); \
+	else \
+		echo "No runnable target found (tried $(GUI_TARGET) and $(TARGET))."; exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+.PHONY: run-gui
+run-gui: build
+	@echo "Running GUI target ($(GUI_TARGET))"
+	@if [ -x "$(GUI_TARGET)" ]; then \
+		echo "Starting GUI..."; ./$(GUI_TARGET) -platform xcb; \
+	else \
+		echo "GUI executable not found: $(GUI_TARGET)"; exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+.PHONY: build-gui
+build-gui: configure
+	@echo "Building GUI (and core)..."
+	$(CMAKE) --build $(BUILD_DIR) -j$(shell nproc) --target simulator_qt || true
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning build (CMake clean)..."
+	-$(CMAKE) --build $(BUILD_DIR) --target clean || true
+
+distclean:
+	@echo "Removing build artifacts and generated files..."
+	-rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR) CMakeFiles CMakeCache.txt cmake_install.cmake target/bin/*

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,19 +30,20 @@ endif()
 
 set(GUI_SRCS
   main.cpp
-  MainWindow.cpp
+  mainwindow.cpp
   MachineController.cpp
 )
 
 set(GUI_HDRS
-  MainWindow.h
+  mainwindow.h
   MachineController.h
 )
 
 add_executable(simulator_qt ${GUI_SRCS} ${GUI_HDRS})
 
-# Use top-level include folder (works when added with add_subdirectory)
+# Allow the generated UI headers (from AUTOUIC) to be found in the build dir
-target_include_directories(simulator_qt PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+# and also include the top-level include folder (works when added with add_subdirectory)
+target_include_directories(simulator_qt PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 # Link to core library target (must be defined by top-level CMake)
 target_link_libraries(simulator_qt PRIVATE simulator_lib ${QT_LIB})

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#include "MainWindow.h"
-#include "MachineController.h"
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
-
-MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
-    : QMainWindow(parent)
-{
-    QWidget *central = new QWidget(this);
-    auto *layout = new QVBoxLayout(central);
-    auto *label = new QLabel("SIC/XE Simulator — GUI stub", central);
-    label->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
-    layout->addWidget(label);
-    setCentralWidget(central);
-
-    m_controller = new MachineController(this);
-    setWindowTitle("SIC/XE Simulator");
-}
-
-MainWindow::~MainWindow() = default;

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/main.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <QApplication>
-#include "MainWindow.h"
+#include "mainwindow.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     QApplication app(argc, argv);

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "mainwindow.h"
+#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
+
+MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
+    QMainWindow(parent),
+    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+}
+
+MainWindow::~MainWindow()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/mainwindow.h

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
+#define MAINWINDOW_H
+
+#include <QMainWindow>
+
+namespace Ui {
+class MainWindow;
+}
+
+class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    ~MainWindow();
+
+private:
+    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
+};
+
+#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

simulator_SIC_XE/gui/qt/mainwindow.ui

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <author/>
+ <comment/>
+ <exportmacro/>
+ <class>MainWindow</class>
+ <widget name="MainWindow" class="QMainWindow">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>640</width>
+    <height>480</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>MainWindow</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget name="menubar" class="QMenuBar"/>
+  <widget name="centralwidget" class="QWidget"/>
+  <widget name="statusbar" class="QStatusBar"/>
+ </widget>
+ <pixmapfunction/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>