Hey folks,
I've written a new "GetOpt" script library for parsing UNIX-style
command line options. I'll be using it for developing some command-line
tooling used during the LiveCode development process.
It supports lots of different ways of specifying command line options:
* Short options (-h)
* Combined short options ("-h -v" is the same as "-hv")
* Short options with arguments ("-Werror" / "-W error")
* Long options (--help)
* Long options with arguments ("--output=foo" / "--output foo")
It also supports the special "--" meta-option for ending command-line
parsing, reports misuse of options in a useful way, and gathers up
non-option arguments.
Here's the PR, in case you want to grab the code:
https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/4178
I don't expect it will be installed as part of LiveCode until the IDE
has a better user experience for developing command-line applications,
but it might be fun to play with for people who are interested in that
sort of thing.
Peter
--
Dr Peter Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com>
LiveCode Technical Project Manager
LiveCode 2016 Conference: https://livecode.com/edinburgh-2016/
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