1MAKESTRS(1)                 General Commands Manual                MAKESTRS(1)
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NAME

6       makestrs - makes string table C source and header(s)
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SYNOPSIS

9       makestrs [-f source] [-i includedir] [-abioptions ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  makestrs  command creates string table C source files and headers.
13       If -f source is not specified makestrs will read  from  stdin.   The  C
14       source  file is always written to stdout.  makestrs creates one or more
15       C header files as specified in the source file.  The following  options
16       may be specified: -sparcabi, -intelabi, -functionabi, -arrayperabi, and
17       -defaultabi.
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19       -sparcabi is used on SPARC platforms conforming to the SPARC Compliance
20       Definition, i.e. SVR4/Solaris.
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22       -intelabi  is used on Intel platforms conforming to the System V Appli‐
23       cation Binary Interface, i.e. SVR4.
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25       -earlyR6abi may be used in addition to -intelabi for  situations  where
26       the  vendor  wishes to maintain binary compatibility between X11R6 pub‐
27       lic-patch 11 (and earlier) and X11R6 public-patch 12 (and later).
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29       -functionabi generates a functional abi to the string table. This mech‐
30       anism  imposes  a  severe performance penalty and it's recommended that
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33       -arrayperabi results in a separate array for each string. This  is  the
34       default behavior if makestrs was compiled with -DARRAYPERSTR (it almost
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37       -defaultabi forces the generation of the "normal" string table even  if
38       makestrs  was  compiled  with  -DARRAYPERSTR.  Since makestrs is almost
39       never compiled with -DARRAYPERSTR this is the default  behavior  if  no
40       abioptions are specified.
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42       -i  includedir  forces  the  reading  of  templates from the includedir
43       instead of the local directory. This is useful to have separate  source
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SYNTAX

47       The  syntax  for  string-list  file  is  (items  in square brackets are
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49           #prefix <text>
50           #feature <text>
51           #externref <text>
52           #externdef [<text>]
53           [#ctempl <text>]
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55           #file <filename>
56           #table <tablename>
57           [#htempl]
58           <text>
59           <text>
60           [#table <tablename>
61           <text>
62           <text>
63            ...
64           #table <tablename>
65            ...]
66           [#file <filename>
67            ...]
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69       In words you may have one or more #file directives. Each #file may have
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72       The #prefix directive determines the string that makestr will prefix to
73       each definition.
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75       The #feature directive determines the string that makestr will use  for
76       the feature-test macro, e.g. X[TM]STRINGDEFINES.
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78       The  #externref  directive  determines the string that makestr will use
79       for the extern clause, typically this will be "extern" but Motif  wants
80       it to be "externalref"
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82       The  #externdef  directive  determines the string that makestr will use
83       for the declaration, typically this will be the null string (note  that
84       makestrs  requires  a trailing space in this case, i.e. "#externdef "),
85       and Motif will use "externaldef(_xmstrings).
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87       The #ctmpl directive determines the name of the file used as a template
88       for the C source file that is generated
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90       Each  #file  <filename> directive will result in a corresponding header
91       file by that name containing the appropriate definitions  as  specified
92       by command line options. A single C source file containing the declara‐
93       tions for the definitions in all the headers will be printed to stdout.
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95       The #htmpl directive determines the name of the file used as a template
96       for the C header file that is generated.
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98       Each  #table <tablename> directive will be processed in accordance with
99       the ABI. On most platforms all tables will be catenated into  a  single
100       table with the name of the first table for that file. To conform to the
101       Intel ABI separate tables will be generated with the names indicated.
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103       The template files specified by the #ctmpl and  #htmpl  directives  are
104       processed by copying line for line from the template file to the appro‐
105       priate output  file.  The  line  containing  the  string  <<<STRING_TA‐
106       BLE_GOES_HERE>>> is not copied to the output file. The appropriate data
107       is then copied to the output file and then the remainder  of  the  tem‐
108       plate file is copied to the output file.
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BUGS

111       makestrs  is  not very forgiving of syntax errors. Sometimes you need a
112       trailing space after # directives, other times they will mess  you  up.
113       No warning messages are emitted.
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SEE ALSO

116       SPARC Compliance Definition 2.2., SPARC International Inc., 535 Middle‐
117       field Road, Suite 210, Menlo Park, CA  94025
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119       System  V   Application   Binary   Interface,   Third   Edition,   ISBN
120       0-13-100439-5  UNIX Press, PTR Prentice Hall, 113 Sylvan Avenue, Engle‐
121       wood Cliffs, NJ  07632
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123       System V Application Binary Interface, Third Edition,  Intel386  Archi‐
124       tecture  Processor  Supplement ISBN 0-13-104670-5 UNIX Press, PTR Pren‐
125       tice Hall, 113 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ  07632
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127       System V Application Binary Interface, Third Edition,  SPARC  Architec‐
128       ture  Processor  Supplement ISBN 0-13-104696-9 UNIX Press, PTR Prentice
129       Hall, 113 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ  07632
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