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--- start [2021/09/25 15:02] – [How to set up your build configuration] deva
+++ start [2023/07/24 15:25] (current) – [About Ctor] deva
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 Welcome to the official ctor.cc C++ build system website!
-> Have you wondered, why, when you are a C++ expert and want to compile a C++ project, you need to learn some //other// language (such as make, cmake, lua, python, m4, ...) to be able to compile your code?
+> Have you ever wondered, why, when you are a C++ programmer and you want to compile a C++ project, you also need to learn some //other// language (such as make, cmake, lua, python, m4, ...) in order to be able to build your project?
 Well, wonder no more - **ctor** is here!
-"'ctor" is an often used short-hand form of the word "constructor" referring to the class function that sets up the internals of an object in object oriented programming - so the intended pronunciation of "ctor" is "constructor".
+"'ctor" is an often used short-hand form of the word "constructor" referring to the class function that sets up the internals of an object in object oriented programming - so the intended pronunciation of "ctor" is //constructor// but sometimes also referred to as //see-tor//.
-Ctor is a c++ based build system, making it possible to build complex projects without writing a single line of non-C++.
+Ctor is a C++ based build system, making it possible to configure and build complex projects without writing a single line of non-C++.
 It aims towards the feature-richness found in auto-tools and beyond, but with a compilation speed rivalling that of raw makefiles.
-=====Get it=====
+And the //only// dependency is a functioning C++ compiler!
+======Get it======
 Clone:
 <code>
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 Browse the sources: http://cgit.ctor.cc/ctor.git/
-=====License=====
+======License======
 Ctor is distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
 See accompanying file [[http://cgit.ctor.cc/ctor.git/tree/LICENSE|LICENSE]] for details.
-=====Getting started=====
+======Getting started======
 If the ctor library is already available as part of your distro skip directly to "How to set up your build configuration".
-====Adding libctor to your project====
+=====Adding libctor to your project=====
 Assuming you are working on a git repository:
 <code>
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 Then run ''./ctor'' to build it - it will end up in the build subfolder.
-====How to set up your build configuration====
+=====How to set up your build configuration=====
-Assuming that you have a project with a two c++ source files, ''hello.cc'' and ''world.cc'', and would like to compile them into an application binary (target) with the name ''hello'':
+Assuming that you have a project with a two C++ source files, ''hello.cc'' and ''world.cc'', and would like to compile them into an application binary (target) with the name ''hello'':
 In the root of your project you can create your first ''ctor.cc'' build configuration file:
 <code c++>
-#include <libctor.h>
+#include <ctor.h>
 namespace
 {
-BuildConfigurations myConfigs()
+ctor::build_configurations myConfigs(const ctor::settings& settings)
 {
   return
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         .target = "hello",  // output filename
         .sources = { "hello.cc", "world.cc" }, // list of source files to compile
-        // See libctor.h for more options
+        // See ctor.h for more options
       }
     };
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 Now you just need to compile the ''ctor.cc'' file along with the ''libctor.a'' library:
 <code>
-g++ ctor.cc -Llibctor/build -lctor -Ilibctor/src -pthread -o ctor
+g++ -std=c++20 ctor.cc -Llibctor/build -lctor -Ilibctor/src -pthread -o ctor
 </code>
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 Finally, run ''./ctor'' to build your project.
+======Getting Help======
+To get help log on to libera.chat on the [[http://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat:+6697/#ctor|#ctor]] channel.