Hi There

This is a little utility to convert fd-files and prototypes to inline
functions for gcc in order to directly call any exec library from within your
GNU-C programs. This is a 0.9 version in order to let you see what's coming.


    bin/auto

This is a (g)awk script, which extracts protos from autodocs (gee, are they
ugly). This script is called by bin/auto2proto. It is VERY tolerant, but the
autodocs are even more tolerant... They contain many misformed headers. Most
errors will be listed and functions which might be functions you actually
wanted will be appended with the word 'maybe'. So look through the output !!!

    bin/auto2proto

This SKsh script calls awk with auto and scans through all autodocs for
function prototypes. Output is put into proto/ and errorlogs are put into
error/.

    inline.mk

This Makefile controls the making of proto/* and inline/* and calls auto2proto
and fd2inline. It is generated by bin/mandeps, which is called by Makefile.

    Makefile

The global makefile contains stuff for configuring and starting the other
programs. Just read it and adapt it for your own installation.

    fd2inline

This is a GNU-C Program, which parses fd-files and proto includes, and outputs
inline calls for GNU-C. I started this as an exercise for object oriented
thinking and was surprized by my productivity... It should give meaningful
errormessages ( meaning that there's an error in the input and not in the
program... ;-) ). You should expect errors like that it can't find some
functions or the number of arguments don't fit... that's because CBM people
don't know what good documentation is good for... yes, documentation, well,
this IS a 0.9 version, it will improve. Please don't use any source yet, the
1.0 will be absolutely free and under the GNU Licence. Use this version for
bugreports, should there be any...

    BUGS

Well, not really a bug, but something you should not copy: When ^C is hit, the
program does not do any cleanup with atexit(). This does not hurt at the
moment, but it *IS* dirty. This will be fixed for 1.0.


    P.S.

I just ripped the needed files together, invented a Makefile and put it into
an archive. If something is missing or your Hardisk is low-level formatted,
that's completely tough luck, as I don't imply any usability.... (I hate legal
stuff). Please try it out and send reports to

	s_baron@ira.uka.de

Enjoy,

							Wolfgang