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- Read-Me file for CIncludes tools and scripts.
-
- This archive contains some MPW and ToolServer scripts and tools that are useful
- for finding C function definitions, etc. in your standard header files.
-
- Two versions are included. The original was obtained from CompuServe a number
- of years ago. It was very useful, but had some limitations (no provision for
- switching from the header files and definitions for one compiler to another,
- the include files were expected to all be in a single folder, etc.)
-
- I modified the original tool (slightly) and script (much more extensively) to
- deal with these issues. There is an environment variable defined {CIncludesCompiler}
- which defines which compiler is currently in use, and therefore what search path
- should be used when locating header files. The included scripts have support for
- the Apple C and C++ compilers, the Symantec MPW compilers, and the Metrowerks CodeWarrior
- compilers. The first two come with a standard set of scripts which define environment
- variables for normal and MacApp header files. These same environment variables are used
- by my scripts. Since the Metrowerks compilers aren't MPW tools, they don't come with any
- scripts. I have supplied two scripts (UserStartup•MW and UserStartupTS•MW) to define
- comparable environment variables. These scripts should be edited to reflect the correct
- file path to the headers on your drive.
-
- Please read the file "Instructions" which accompanies the original version of the
- scripts and tool for information on what services are provided. The following notes
- are not intended to be exhaustive or complete.
-
- Included are scripts for using the CIncludesCode tool with BBEdit, ObjectMaster, and
- Metrowerks CodeWarrior. These editors use different commands to support opening files
- from within ToolServer, so the supporting scripts have been modified appropriately.
- In the MPW shell, the main script is named CIncludesTool. In BBEdit it's called
- BBEdit•CIncludesTool. For ObjectMaster, it's OMCincludesTool. For CodeWarrior, it's
- MWCIncludesTool.
-
- After installing the scripts and tools (making any modifications to search paths, etc.
- required by your system), the first step is to generate the data files (1 per compiler)
- used by the tools and scripts. In MPW the command:
-
- CIncludesTool -m
-
- will generate the file (which can be very time consuming). Note that if this is performed
- using ToolServer (in ObjectMaster, BBEdit, Metrowerks, etc.) there is very little feedback
- about the status of the operation. Be patient: it takes a long time to parse 100+ header
- files. The data file is automatically put in the preferences folder within the system folder.
-
- Once the data file has been made, the other 3 functions can be tried. The commands are:
-
- CIncludesTool -i
- when this is invoked via menu, with selected #include <headername.h> text,
- the selected #includes are reformatted to remove redundancies
-
- CIncludesTool -f
- when this is invoked via menu, with selected text, a line of the form:
- #include <headername.h>
- is added to the file's current list of #includes, where headername.h is the
- file which contains the definition of the selected text. Note that the command
- doesn't check for duplicates, so <headername.h> may already be present
-
- CIncludesTool -d
- when this is invoked via menu, with selected text, the header file containing
- the definition of the selected text is opened, with the definition selected.
-
- The MPW Shell supports all 3 operations, as it has a flexible, scriptable Find command.
- Under BBEdit, ObjectMaster, and Metrowerks, only the last two are available. Also,
- rather than adding the #include <headername.h> for the CIncludesTool -f command
- (which can't easily be done owing to limited scripting ability), either an alert with the
- name of the header file is displayed, or the #include <headername.h> is written to the
- worksheet. Also, only ObjectMaster supports getting the current selection, so the BBEdit
- and Metrowerks scripts have been modified to take an extra parameter (the definition to
- be searched for).
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-
- IMPORTANT. The source code and scripts are copyrighted by the original author, who released
- them for non-profit use by individuals. I attach no additional restrictions to my
- modifications, and I accept no responsibility or liability for your use of any of the
- enclosed files.
-
- Brian Clark
- b-clark@nwu.edu
-