NAME

     NMLC — A compiler from NML code to NFO and/or GRF files.

SYNOPSIS

     nmlc [options] [file]

OPTIONS

     -c      Crop extraneous transparent blue from real sprites.

     -u      Save real sprites uncompressed to GRF files. This saves a lot of time during
             encoding but it's not recommended when creating a file for distribution since it
             makes the output file substantially bigger.

     --grf=file
             Write output in GRF format to <file>.

     --nfo=file
             Write output in NFO format to <file>.

     --nml=file
             Write output in NML format to <file>.

     --output=file | -o file
             Write output to <file>. The output type is detected from the extension of the
             filename. It must be one of nfo, nml or grf.

     --md5=file
             Write an md5sum of the resulting grf to <file>.

     --debug | -d
             Print a dump of the AST to stdout.

     --version
             Print programme's version number and exit.

     --help | -h
             Print usage information.

     --stack | -s
             Dump stack when an error occurs.

     -M      Output a rule suitable for make describing the graphics dependencies of the main grf
             file (requires input file or --grf)

     --MF=file
             When used with -M, specifies a file to write the dependencies to

     --MT=file
             Target of the rule emitted by dependency generation (requires -M)

     --custom-tags=file | -t file
             Load custom tags from <file> [default: custom_tags.txt].

     --lang-dir=dir | -l dir
             Load language files from directory <dir> [default: lang].

     --default-lang=file
             The default language is stored in <file> [default: english.lng].

     --sprites-dir=dir | -a dir
             Store 32bpp sprites in directory <dir> [default: sprites].

     --start-sprite=num
             Set the first sprite number to write (do not use except when you output nfo that you
             want to include in other files).

     --palette=palette | -p palette
             Force nml to use the palette <pal> [default: ANY]. Valid values are 'DOS', 'WIN',
             'ANY'.

     --quiet
             Disable all warnings. Errors will be printed normally.

     --cache-dir=dir
             Cache files are stored in directory <dir> [default: .nmlcache].

     --clear-orphaned
             Remove unused / orphaned items from cache files.

     --verbosity=level
             Set the verbosity level for informational output [default: 3, max: 4].

SEE ALSO

     The language reference at http://newgrf-specs.tt-wiki.net/wiki/NML:Main

AUTHOR

     NML was written by Albert Hofkamp, Christoph Elsenhans, Jasper Reichardt, Ingo von Borstel,
     José Soler and Thijs Marinussen.

     This manual page was originally written by Thijs Marinussen.

                                         January 07, 2016