Launcher for Windows

launch_with_pydiscovery.cmd

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+@if not defined _echo echo off
+rem save path of the launcher script
+set "lscp-path=%cd%"
+
+rem https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22352793/reading-a-registry-value-to-a-batch-variable-handling-spaces-in-value
+rem Find Regkey of Raspberry Pi Pico SDK
+for /f "usebackq tokens=1,*" %%h in (
+  `"reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" /f "Raspberry Pi Pico SDK" 2>NUL | find /i "Raspberry Pi Pico SDK""`
+  ) do (
+  set "pico-sdk-regkey=%%h %%i"
+)
+
+rem Find path to Raspberry Pi Pico SDK
+for /f "usebackq tokens=2,*" %%h in (
+  `"reg query "%pico-sdk-regkey%" /v "InstallPath" 2>NUL"`
+  ) do (
+  set "pico-env-for-projGen-path=%%i"
+)
+
+rem Delete no longer required variable
+set pico-sdk-regkey=
+
+rem change directory to prepare the environment by launching the existing script pico-env
+cd /D "%pico-env-for-projGen-path%"
+rem Delete no longer required variable
+set "pico-env-for-projGen-path="
+call pico-env.cmd
+
+rem change directory back to launcher script
+cd /D %lscp-path%
+
+rem Delete no longer required variable
+set "lscp-path="
+
+REM https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-find-path-where-python-is-installed-on-windows/
+for /f "usebackq tokens=2,*" %%h in (
+  `py.exe -c "import os, sys; print('Python Path ' + os.path.dirname(sys.executable))"`
+  ) do (
+  set "ls-pypath=%%i"
+)
+
+call "%ls-pypath%\python" pico_project.py --gui
+rem Delete no longer required variable
+set ls-pypath=

pico_project.py

@@ -1362,9 +1362,15 @@ def DoEverything(parent, params):
             makeCmd = 'mingw32-make '
 
         else:
-            # Everything else assume nmake
-            cmakeCmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "NMake Makefiles" ..'
-            makeCmd = 'nmake '
+		    # Check if the environment variable CMAKE_GENERATOR specifies Ninja; If yes: Don´t specifiy special case to CMake
+            if os.environ.get('CMAKE_GENERATOR', 'not_found') == 'Ninja':
+                cmakeCmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..'
+                makeCmd = 'ninja '
+
+            else:
+                # Everything else assume nmake
+                cmakeCmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "NMake Makefiles" ..'
+                makeCmd = 'nmake '
     else:
         cmakeCmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..'
         makeCmd = 'make -j' + str(cpus)