m17n-config(1)

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version 1.8.4 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎀 m17n-config — the m17n library's little hype-woman 🎀

okay so this is a page from The m17n Library manual, and today we're doing m17n-config(1). yes bestie, that little (1) means it's a command you run in your shell. also, fun fact that the original header is legally obligated to tell you: this page is -*- coding: utf-8; -*-. the vibes are encoded, periodt. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

m17n-config — prints the compile/link options of the m17n library 🛠️✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

m17n-config [API-LEVEL ...] [--cflags | --libs | --libtool] [--version]

like… that's it. that's the whole incantation. 🪄

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

m17n-config is a shell script, not some big compiled binary (humble of it, honestly), and what it does is print out the compile and link options you need for a program that uses the m17n library. it's giving "personal assistant for your compiler flags". 🫶

by default, the options it prints are for a program that uses the SHELL API of the library (yes, "libray" in the original, we love a typo, we're keeping the meaning not the typo). BUT — and this is the plot twist — if the first argument is 'CORE', 'GUI', or 'FLT', then the options are for a program that uses the corresponding API instead. main character API selection energy. 👑

the other arguments are as follows. 👇

  • --cflags — print the compile option, e.g. -I/usr/local/include. this is the "hey compiler, look over here" flag. 🔍
  • --libs — print the link option, e.g. -L/usr/local/lib -lm17n. this is the "hey linker, here's where the good stuff lives" flag. 🔗
  • --libtool — print the libtool option, e.g. /usr/local/lib/libm17n.la. libtool girlies rise. 🧚
  • --version — print the version number of the m17n library. the "who even are you" flag. 🌈
ngl, --cflags, --libs, and --libtool are listed with | between them in the synopsis, so bestie… pick one, don't be chaotic. 🙈
  • Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
  • Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License — you can find it at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html. 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was Version 1.8.4, dated Mon Sep 25 2023, from The m17n Library manual. ate and left no crumbs. 💅✨🦋

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