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# sofort: portable software project skeleton
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This README file aims to speed-up the initial use of sofort
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with your own project while accounting for diverse groups
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of learners.
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On that note, and in addition to making the most out of this document,
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you might want to join the (un)usually friendly #midipix channel on
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the freenode irc network.
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## LEARN BY COMPARISON:
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`$ git clone git://foss21.org/sofort`
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`$ git clone git://foss21.org/mdso`
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`$ diff -u  sofort/config.project mdso/config.project`
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`$ diff -ru sofort/project        mdso/project`
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## LEARN BY EXAMPLE:
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* mdso: basic configuration, explicit source list
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https://git.foss21.org/cgit.cgi/mdso/
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* bfirm: an external build project for libfirm, using wildcards
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  in project/common.mk and project/headers.mk.
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https://git.foss21.org/cgit.cgi/compilers/bfirm/
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* sbpython3: an external build project for python3.x, utilizing
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  sofort's config test framework (cfgtest.sh) and a custom config
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  step (project/config/cfgdefs.sh).
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## LEARN BY INSTRUCTION:
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* First Use-Case: using sofort with an existing project
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-- keep your original repository and the build project separate;
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-- allow testing the new build system (sofort) against the old one;
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-- merge the two at the time of your choice.
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-- for the purpose of illustration:
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:: foo  (directory containing your original project)
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:: bfoo (directory containing the new build project)
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:: temp (where you'll run configure, which could be bfoo or elsewhere)
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- copy all files and folders from the top-level sofort repository
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  into bfoo; the _include_ and _src_ sub-directories are place-holders,
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  and may thus be removed.
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- edit config.project, keeping all three components (front-end, shared,
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  static) disabled for the time being.
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- test that everything is ready:
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  cd temp && /path/to/bfoo/configure --source-dir=/path/to/foo && make
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- the default location for public (api) headers is include/foo/
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- edit project/common.mk and project/headers.mk. Whether you use
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  wildcards or explicit references to source files and headers is
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  entirely up to you, and bears no effect on the build process.
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- edit config.project again, and enable the relevant component(s), that
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  is, any or all of front-end, shared, and static); note also that you
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  may remove whichever portion of config.project that is irrelevant to
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  your project.
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- test again.
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* Second Use-Case: using sofort with a new project
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-- keeping everything under a single repository;
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-- no need to pass --source-dir=/path/to/foo to configure;
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-- otherwise identical to the first use-case, as outlined above.