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Remove manual building targets from Makefile Since the manual is distributed prebuilt in the repository, there is no need to include documentation building rules in the top level make file.
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1 The official distribution point for lwtools is
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2 http://lwtools.projects.l-w.ca/. If you obtained this distribution from any
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3 other place, please visit the official site. You may have a modified or out
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4 of date version.
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6 This is LWTOOLS, a cross development system targetting the 6809 CPU.
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8 It consists of an assembler, lwasm, a linker, lwlink, and an archiver,
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9 lwar which should compile on any reasonably modern POSIX environment. If you
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10 have problems building, make sure you are using GNU make. Other make
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11 programs may work but GNU make is known to work.
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13 To see if a quick build will work, just type "make". If it works, you're
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14 ready to go ahead with "make install". This will install in /usr/local/bin.
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16 If you feel adventurous, you can also run the test suite by running "make
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17 test". However, be warned that it is likely not going to work unless you are
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18 running on a fairly standard unix system with perl in /usr/bin/perl.
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20 See docs/ for additional information.
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22 CONTRIBUTING
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23 ============
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25 If you wish to contribute patches or code to lwtools, please keep the
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26 following in mind.
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28 Style
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29 -----
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31 The code formatting style must match the rest of the lwtools code. Code
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32 submitted in the "1TBS" will be rejected out of hand. Attempts to convince
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33 me to change my mind on this point will be routed to /dev/null at best and
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34 likely met with extreme rudeness.
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36 C code should be formatted as follows:
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38 * All indentation uses a single TAB character for each step. That is a HARD
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39 tab, not a series of spaces. TABs are assumed to be 4 characters though
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40 that will largely impact only lining up comments and tabular code. If the
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41 actual formatting of the code is critical, spaces may be used for that
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42 formatting but the actual initial indentation of the lines MUST use TAB
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43 characters.
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44 * The opening brace for a block appears on the line below the control
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45 structure that introduces it. It appears lined up with the preceding line
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46 and nothing else appears on the same line.
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47 * Closing braces appear on a line by themselves ordinarily. The exception is
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48 the "while" keyword in a "do-while" statement appears on the same line as
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49 the closing brace for the block.
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50 * Case labels are lined up with the enclosing block (one level back from the
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51 code of the block). The same guideline applies for ordinarily labels.
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52 * No spaces surround parentheses, brackets, or the dot operator. No space
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53 precedes a comma but a space should follow it. Other operators should
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54 usually be surrounded by spaces. A space should separate a keyword from
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55 any surrounding except for sizeof() which should be written like a
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56 function call. There is no space between a function name and the start of
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57 its parameter list.
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59 In general, study the existing source formatting and copy the style. This is
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60 what you should do anyway and the above should not be required.
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62 For code accepted to the contrib/ hierarchy, application of the above coding
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63 style may be less strict.
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65 Submitting
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66 ----------
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68 When submitting code to lwtools, it should be submitted as a patch file (hg
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69 diff or diff -u). DO NOT submit entire source files. Remember, others may be
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70 working on changes, too, and your complete source files are difficult to
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71 merge with such situations. By submitting complete source files, you are
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72 making far more work for the maintainer and it is generally considered rude.
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74 Always specify what version of the source you based your patch on. If
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75 possible, work off the default branch in the mercurial repository. At the
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76 very least, make sure you are working with the most recent release.
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78 It is also worth checking with the maintainer before submitting a patch.
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79 There may be some reason why your pet feature is not present in the official
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80 release.
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82 Finally, be prepared to receive a list of deficiencies or requests for
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83 improvements or clarification of why or how you did something.