"Paul Power" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 07 Oct 2002 news:LPBBJCDOFACBOPLCNNCIKENHCAAA.paul.power@;peerside.com:
> Hi all, > > I've been a reasonably heavy user of gnu make over the > Previous few years and the one thing I would really like > To see is a way to capture the output from a makefile > ( errors and standard completion ) and convert it to a > given format. The screen output from 'make' depends upon what tools 'make' is invoking (on what's in a given Makefile). Therefore there's no telling what might get printed to the screen! If you are talking only about 'make' output itself then there is a predictable format, but it is always going to be thoroughly interlaced with the output of the many other tools 'make' calls. So i am not *sure* what you are talking about, but it sounds like it might be close to an idea I have often had, and so it sounds cool. I hope you pursue it. > Does anyone know if this has been done already Yes and no. Not being precisely sure what you are after, i can only guess, and anyway I have just fuzzy recollections. I seem to recall coming across a project that is related to the (G)VIM editor, wherein 'make' can be invoked and if any error takes place it gets thrown over to VIM which opens up some window on some file. See vim.sf.net. There is also the 'screen' program which has been ported to many *nix-like OSs and which has the function of recording in a file the verbatim activity (all input from wehatver sources and all output) that takes place on the screen (terminal, console) during its execution. This is available as an Open Source app (Prob. a GNU version). According to one possible interpretation of what you are after, 'screen' is all you need. > or is there a grammer/convention document anywhere It sounds like Paul Smith has previously directed you towards that in his other reply. > that describes the possible outputs from a make execution and > I'll see if I can put something together ? Obviously > I'd prefer not to have to invent the wheel :-) Always better not to unless of course the existing wheel is actually more of a lopsided prism ;-). > Thanks in advance,] You are welcome... Soren A _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
