GENGEN(1)

📦 version 1.4.3, in arch rolling

💅 GENGEN(1) — the gengen manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so real quick before we dive in: this is the manual page for gengen, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (that's the "1" in GENGEN(1), iykyk). let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

gengen — manual page for gengen 1.4.3

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gengen [OPTIONS]...

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

GNU gengen 1.4.3, hi hello welcome 👑

so here's the vibe: you hand this program a skeleton source file that has some parts in it marked to be replaced. gengen then generates a program — and that generated program generates that source, substituting those parts exactly as you specified. it's like a program that writes a program that writes your file. recursion but make it fashion. 🧚

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — prints the help text and dips out (exits).
  • -V, --version — prints the version and dips out (exits).
  • -i, --input=file — the input file. default is standard input (stdin), no cap.
  • -F, --file-name=name — the name used for generating the file. default is stdout, so it just spills out onto your terminal if you don't say otherwise 🫶
  • -f, --gen-name=STRING — prefix for the generated code. default is gengen.
  • --output-format=lang — the target language: cpp, c, lua. default is cpp.
  • --output-dir=STRING — output directory. default is the current dir.
  • --separate-files — output to separate files (header, source). requires --file-name, so don't skip it bestie 🙈
  • --expand-tabs — strings containing newlines get indented according to the current indentation level. cute and tidy 💖
  • --no-gen-version — don't put the gengen version in the generated file. for the people who like it clean ✨
  • --test-mode — even with errors, exit with 0. > this is only for testing purposes, okay? like genuinely. don't ship that 💀
  • --force — force regeneration of the output code. make it happen 🔥

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? spill it to Raman Gopalan <ramangopalan@gmail.com>. they wanna know, fr fr.

Copyright © 2002-2015 Lorenzo Bettini <http://www.lorenzobettini.it>

this program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY — like, none, zero, nada. for details please see the file 'COPYING' supplied with the source code.

this is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; again, see 'COPYING' for details. this program is released under the GNU General Public License. slay, legally speaking ⚖️💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for gengen is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if the info and gengen programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info gengen

should give you access to the complete manual. go forth and read, bestie 📖🦋

so yeah, that's gengen — version 1.4.3, from way back in June 2015, page GENGEN(1). mwah, take care of her 💋🎀

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