XDT-CSOURCE(1)

✨ xdt-csource — C code generation utility for arbitrary data ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the xdt-csource(1) page, straight out of the Xfce Users Manual. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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💖 NAME 💖

xdt-csource — a C code generation utility for arbitrary data. yes, literally that. she takes your random little files and turns them into C code. iconic behavior.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xdt-csource [options] [file]

xdt-csource [options] --build-list [[name] [file]...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so xdt-csource is this small utility that generates C code containing arbitrary data — which is highkey useful when you wanna compile texts or other data directly into your programs. no separate files at runtime, no fuss, just vibes compiled in. 🫶

and important lore: she supersedes exo-csource. out with the old, in with the new, periodt. 💅

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🎀 INVOCATION 🎀

here's the tea on how you actually call her. two whole modes:

• she takes one file name as input, and generates code for that file
• or, if you use the --build-list option, she takes a list of (name, file) pairs, so you can generate code for a whole list of images into named variables

pick your fighter. both slay.

⭐ Options ⭐

• -h, --help — prints brief help and then exits. she's helpful and then she's gone. 💨
• -V, --version — prints version info and exits. quick little flex.
• --extern — generates extern symbols.
• --static — generates static symbols. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. no cap.
• --name=identifier — specifies the identifier name (the prefix) for the generated variables. heads up tho: this is only used if --build-list was not specified as well. iykyk.
• --build-list — enables the (name, file) pair parsing mode. this is the girlboss mode.
• --strip-comments — removes comments from XML files. bye bye comments 🫡
• --strip-content — removes node contents from XML files. also bye 👋
• --output=identifier — prints the output to identifier instead of stdout. same little caveat as before: only used if --build-list was not specified as well.

fr fr, remember that --name=identifier and --output=identifier both get ignored when --build-list is in the mix. don't say i didn't warn you 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the gdk-pixbuf-csource utility, which ships with the Gtk+ distribution, available from www.gtk.org[1]. go check her out too, she's the cousin 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

the original program exo-csource was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>. and then xdt-csource supersedes it. glow-up of the century honestly.

this manual page was provided by the Xfce Development Team <xfce4-dev@xfce.org>. mwah, thank you for your service 🫶

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💀 NOTES 💀

1. www.gtk.org — https://www.gtk.org

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie. this one came to you from Xfce, dated 04/25/2023 — and it's the XDT-CSOURCE(1) manual, so now you're fully caught up. go generate some C code, you main character 🦋✨💖