Custom compiler

TODO Text about what custom compiler does.

Bison Example

For example enable Custom Compiler to generate a cpp file form a bison grammatic.

Given a bison file "myparser.ypp" in your source tree. Select properties, go to advanced tab, tick custom compiler and add the line "bison $file".

Note if you use the supplied mingw binaries, you have to define BISON_SIMPLE=%CB%\share\bison.simple, BISON_HAIRY=%CB%\share\bison.hairy as environment variables. Otherwise you could install http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm (Setup, without binaries has all required DLLs) and just add the "bin" directory to your System's PATH environment variable.

BISON_SIMPLE, BISON_HAIRY information taken from http://board.planetpeer.de/index.php?topic=456.0;prev_next=prev.

More a feature request than working example. It seems difficult to make Code::Blocks put the .cpp file into the source tree.

Compiler Parameters

• $compiler
• $linker
• $lib_linker
• $rescomp
• $options
• $link_options
• $includes
• $res_includes
• $libdirs
• $libs
• $file - current file being compiled
• $file_dir - Source file directory without file name and file name extension.
• file_name - Source file name without path info and file name extension.
• $exe_dir - Directory of executable without file name and file name extension.
• $exe_name - File name of executable without path and file name extension.
• $exe_ext - File name extension of executable without path and file name.
• $dep_object
• $object
• $resource_output
• $exe_output
• $exe_output
• $link_resobjects
• $link_objects
• $link_flat_objects
• $static_output
• $def_output
• MACROS - also all macros are applied to the commandline string

The following were added to support the QUICK HACK in compiler plugin: DirectCommands::GetTargetLinkCommands()

• $+link_objects
• $-link_objects
• $-+link_objects
• $+-link_objects

Implementation Details can be found here: http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/codeblocks/trunk/src/sdk/compilercommandgenerator.cpp