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• Dowload Starling

• unzip the archive

• unzip ./starling/bin/starling.swc

• copy the obtained library.swf file somewhere in your project (renaming it starling.swf might be a good idea).

• create a path file named 'starling.patch' (http://haxe.org/manual/swc):

  -starling.core.Starling.context
  -starling.core.Starling.juggler
  -starling.core.Starling.contentScaleFactor
  

• Now the little test:

  // Test.hx
  import starling.core.Starling;
  import starling.display.Sprite;
  import starling.text.TextField;
  
  class Test extends Sprite {
      public function new(){
          super();
          var textField = new TextField(400, 300, "Welcome to Starling!");
          addChild(textField);
      }
  
      public static function main(){
          var s = new Starling(Test, flash.Lib.current.stage);
          s.start();
      }
  }
  

• And the compilation instructions:

  haxe \
    -main Test \
    -swf-header 400:300:80:aeaeae \
    -swf Test.swf \
    -swf-version 11.3 \
    -swf-lib starling.swf \
    --macro "patchTypes('starling.patch')"
  

• Don't forget to download the latest standalone flash player and debugger, I experienced problems with the version I previously installed.

Test project: haxe-starling.tgz

And now, can a haxelib package add compilation parameters to haxe so the following would automatically add -swf-lib and --macro?

haxelib install starling
haxe -lib starling ...