[jamming] Thanks for the last help but I need some more help

[Craig Allsop]

Hi.

Btw the clue to most problems can be found by reading 'jambase'. What 
you describe, you'll see is exactly what Yacc does. So add .lng support 
to your UserObject rule:

case .lng : Cc $(<) : $(<:S=.c) ;
             GenLanguage $(<:S=.c) : $(>) ;

Another words, $(<) being the object, $(>) being the source, $(<:S=.c) 
is the intermediate c file. We convert the source to c as well as 
convert the c to an object which in turn gets linked in via your 
Library/Main rule.

rule GenLanguage
{
   MakeLocate $(<) : $(LOCATE_SOURCE) ;
   Clean clean : $(<) ;
   Depends $(<) : $(>) ;
}

MakeLocate is needed here to tell jam where to stick the .c file based 
on the current directory. The other two targets, the object & original 
source already have their bindings set by the Object rule.

actions GenLanguage
{
   ...
}

Craig.


Joolz [RSD] wrote:
> Right I can now convert a .mp2 or .raw file into an object file so I can
> include the data in my builds without using batch files but what I need
> now is to be able to convert a file from one format into c and then have
> it compiled.
> 
> So
> 
> 
>   _sources = English French ;
>   Library $(PROGRAMMER_LIB) : $(_sources).lng ;
> 
> So I need to take the English.lng file and pass it thought a convertor
> that produces a .c (temp) file and then I need to compile it as normal?
> 
> Joolz
> 
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