Autogen

Autogen - Automated program and text generation

Autogen is a tool for generating program files that contain repetitive text with varied substitutions. It simplifies maintenance of programs with large amounts of repetitive text. This is particularly valuable if there are several blocks of such text that must be kept synchronized. The following programs are also included:

AutoOpts completely automates the process of handling command line, environment and donfig file options, including usage text, man pages, and the invoking section of an info doc.

getdefs extracts AutoGen definitions from stylized comments embedded in source code.

columns tabularizes lists for improved output appearance. See also ls(1).

AutoXDR is an affiliated download. NFSv4 specifies that its remote procedure calls be batched. Using an enhanced XDR specification and the AutoXDR templates, AutoGen generates all the grunge code for marshalling and unmarshalling the arguments on both sides of the RPC request.

AutoFSM, where it is possible to determine a state transition type (token code) without reference to the current state, will produce a transition table and prototype finite state machine.

xml2ag lets AutoGen use any XML file as if it were a set of AutoGen definitions, which greatly facilitates creating useable text files from XML.

Obtaining

Web page http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/
Source tarball ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/autogen-5.6.2.tar.gz
Source information http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/autogen/
Version 5.6.2 (stable) released on 2004-05-21

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

Developer's reference manual available from http://www.gnu.org/manual/autogen-5.5.4/autogen.html

Support contacts

Announce List	<autogen-announce@lists.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3593
Help List	<autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3593
Developer List	<autogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3593
Bug List	<autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3593

Project contacts

Maintainers	Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org>
Developers	Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>

Related information

Source repository	:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/autogen login http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=autogen
Interfaces	command line
Programs	autogen, getdefs, columns, autopts, autofsm, autoxdrx, xml2ag
Source languages	C, Guile, Bourne shell script
Use requirements	Guile, Bourne-like shell, POSIX environment
Build prerequisites	Guile, ANSI C, Bourne-like shell, POSIX environment
Related programs	Guile

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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