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sofort: portable software project template
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motivation
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* take care of the elements that are common to all
(of my) cross-platform C projects, and which, for
the most part, do not (or at least should not)
contain any project-specific bits:
--> the build system;
--> the argv parser and usage screen generator;
--> the initial program driver;
--> and initial front-end utility.
* zero external dependencies: the new project is
generated from the template project using basic
shell utilities, specifically cp, grep, and sed.
build system
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* the project is conceived as a library with
an accompanying front-end utility.
* the configure script is fast and skinny,
yet comprehensive.
* unified logic for native and cross builds.
* unified logic for in-tree and out-of-tree builds.
driver
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* the provided argv parser and usage screen generator
is powerful, flexible, and thread-safe; moreover,
it allows for a program driver that is entirely
independent of the chosen skin.
skins
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* one benefit of the above design is that it allows the
front-end utility to have several distinct skins at
virtually no effort.
modularity
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* the distinct driver and unit context, in combination
with the thread-safe argv parser, render the front-end
utility's inclusion in a multi-call binary trivial.
extras
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* the template provides the skeleton of an application
that may accept one or more files for its input, then
operate on each input file individually.
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