Ubuntu Manpage: wrc - Wine Resource Compiler

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NAME

       wrc - Wine Resource Compiler

SYNOPSIS

       wrc [options] [inputfile...]

DESCRIPTION

       wrc compiles resources from inputfile into win16 and win32 compatible binary format.

       The  source  file is preprocessed with a builtin ANSI-C compatible preprocessor before the
       resources are compiled. See PREPROCESSOR below.

       wrc takes a series of inputfile as argument. The resources are read from standard input if
       no  inputfile  is  given. If the output file is not specified with -o, then wrc will write
       the output to inputfile.res with .rc stripped, or  to  wrc.tab.res  if  no  inputfile  was
       given.

OPTIONS

-b, --target=cpu-manufacturer[-kernel]-os
Specify the target CPU and platform on which the generated code will be built. The
target specification is in the standard autoconf format as returned by config.sub.

-D, --define=id[=val]
Define preprocessor identifier id to (optionally) value val. See also PREPROCESSOR
below.

--debug=nn
Set debug level to nn. The value is a bitmask consisting of 1=verbose, 2=dump
internals, 4=resource parser trace, 8=preprocessor messages, 16=preprocessor
scanner and 32=preprocessor parser trace.

--endianness=e
Win32 only; set output byte-ordering, where e is one of n[ative], l[ittle] or
b[ig]. Only resources in source-form can be reordered. Native ordering depends on
the system on which wrc was built. You can see the native ordering by typing wrc
-h.

-E Preprocess only. The output is written to standard output if no outputfile was
selected. The output is compatible with what gcc would generate.

-h, --help
Prints a summary message and exits.

-i, --input=file
The name of the input file. If this option is not used, then wrc will use the first
non-option argument as the input file name. If there are no non-option arguments,
then wrc will read from standard input.

-I, --include-dir=path
Add path to include search directories. path may contain multiple directories,
separated with ':'. It is allowed to specify -I multiple times. Include files are
searched in the order in which the -I options were specified.
The search is compatible with gcc, in which '<>' quoted filenames are searched
exclusively via the -I set path, whereas the '""' quoted filenames are first tried
to be opened in the current directory. Also resource statements with file
references are located in the same way.

-J, --input-format=format
Sets the input format. Valid options are 'rc' or 'rc16'. Setting the input to
'rc16' disables the recognition of win32 keywords.

-l, --language=lang
Set default language to lang. Default is the neutral language 0 (i.e. "LANGUAGE 0,
0").

-m16, -m32, -m64
Generate resources for 16-bit, 32-bit or 64-bit platforms respectively. The only
difference between 32-bit and 64-bit is whether the _WIN64 preprocessor symbol is
defined.

--nostdinc
Do not search the standard include path, look for include files only in the
directories explicitly specified with the -I option.

--no-use-temp-file
Ignored for compatibility with windres.

-o, -fo, --output=file
Write output to file. Default is inputfile.res with .rc stripped or wrc.tab.res if
input is read from standard input.

-O, --output-format=format
Sets the output format. The supported formats are po, pot, res, and res16. If this
option is not specified, the format defaults to res.
In po mode, if an output file name is specified it must match a known language
name, like en_US.po; only resources for the specified language are output. If no
output file name is specified, a separate .po file is created for every language
encountered in the input.

--pedantic
Enable pedantic warnings. Notably redefinition of #define statements can be
discovered with this option.

--po-dir=dir
Enable the generation of resource translations based on mo files loaded from the
specified directory. That directory must follow the gettext convention, in
particular it must contain one .mo file for each language, and a LINGUAS file
listing the available languages.

-r Ignored for compatibility with rc.

--preprocessor=program
This option may be used to specify the preprocessor to use, including any leading
arguments. If not specified, wrc uses its builtin processor. To disable
preprocessing, use --preprocessor=cat.

-U, --undefine=id
Undefine preprocessor identifier id. Please note that only macros defined up to
this point are undefined by this command. However, these include the special macros
defined automatically by wrc. See also PREPROCESSOR below.

--use-temp-file
Ignored for compatibility with windres.

-v, --verbose
Turns on verbose mode (equivalent to -d 1).

--version
Print version and exit.

PREPROCESSOR

       The preprocessor is ANSI-C compatible with some of the extensions of the gcc preprocessor.

       The preprocessor recognizes these directives: #include, #define (both simple  and  macro),
       #undef, #if, #ifdef, #ifndef, #elif, #else, #endif, #error, #warning, #line, # (both null-
       and line-directive), #pragma (ignored), #ident (ignored).

       The preprocessor sets by default several defines:
       RC_INVOKED      set to 1
       __WRC__         Major version of wrc
       __WRC_MINOR__   Minor version of wrc
       __WRC_PATCHLEVEL__   Patch level

       Win32 compilation mode also sets _WIN32 to 1.

       Special macros __FILE__, __LINE__, __TIME__ and __DATE__ are also recognized and expand to
       their respective equivalent.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT

       Language,  version and characteristics can be bound to all resource types that have inline
       data, such as RCDATA. This is an extension to Microsoft's resource compiler,  which  lacks
       this  support  completely.  Only  VERSIONINFO  cannot  have  version  and  characteristics
       attached, but languages are propagated properly if you declare  it  correctly  before  the
       VERSIONINFO resource starts.

       Example:

       1 RCDATA DISCARDABLE
       LANGUAGE 1, 0
       VERSION 312
       CHARACTERISTICS 876
       {
            1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "and whatever more data you want"
            '00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08'
       }

AUTHORS

       wrc  was written by Bertho A. Stultiens and is a nearly complete rewrite of the first wine
       resource compiler (1994) by Martin von Loewis.  Additional resource-types were contributed
       by  Ulrich  Czekalla  and Albert den Haan. Many cleanups by Dimitrie O. Paun in 2002-2003.
       Bugfixes have been contributed by many Wine developers.

BUGS

       - The  preprocessor  recognizes  variable  argument  macros,  but  does  not  expand  them
       correctly.
       - Error reporting should be more precise, as currently the column and line number reported
       are those of the next token.
       - Default memory options should differ between win16 and win32.

       There is no support for:
       - RT_DLGINCLUDE, RT_VXD, RT_PLUGPLAY and RT_HTML (unknown format)
       - PUSHBOX control is unsupported due to lack of original functionality.

       Fonts are parsed and generated, but there is no support for the generation of the  FONTDIR
       yet. The user must supply the FONTDIR resource in the source to match the FONT resources.

       Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker ⟨http://bugs.winehq.org⟩.

AVAILABILITY

       wrc  is  part  of  the  Wine  distribution,  which  is  available through WineHQ, the Wine
       development headquarters ⟨http://www.winehq.org/⟩.