NAME

       lcm-gen - code generation tool.

SYNOPSIS

       lcm-gen [options] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

       lcm-gen  is  the  Lightweight  Communications and Marshalling code generation utility.  It
       takes as input one or more  .lcm  files  containing  LCM  message  type  definitions,  and
       generates  language-specific  bindings  for  marshalling and unmarshalling messages of the
       specified types.

       Currently, lcm-gen is capable of generating language bindings for C,  C++,  Java,  Python,
       Lua, and C#.

GENERAL OPTIONS

       -h     Prints some help text and exits.

       -t, --tokenize
              Show tokenization.

       -d, --debug
              Show parsed files.

       --lazy Generate output file only if .lcm is newer than output file (or if output file does
              not already exist).

       --package-prefix PFX
              Add package name PFX as a prefix to the declared package.

       --version
              Shows version information and exits.

C OPTIONS

       -c, --c
              Emit C code.

       --c-cpath DIR
              Destination directory for generated .c files. (default: current directory)

       --c-hpath DIR
              Destination directory for generated .h files. (default: current directory)

       --cinclude DIR
              Generated #include lines reference this directory

       --c-no-pubsub DIR
              Do not generate _publish and _subscribe functions.  This results in .c and .h files
              that  have no linking dependencies and can be used for just marshalling, separately
              from liblcm.  They still #include <lcm/lcm_coretypes.h>, so you will need  to  copy
              that file to the appropriate include path.

       --c-typeinfo
              Generate typeinfo functions for each type (experimental).

C++ OPTIONS

       -x, --cpp
              Emit C++ code.

       --cpp-hpath DIR
              Destination directory for generated .hpp files. (default: current directory)

       --cpp-include DIR
              Generated C++ #include lines reference this directory

       --cpp-std STD
              Generated  files  comply  with  the  specified  C++ standard. Supported values are:
              c++98, c++11. Default is c++98.

JAVA OPTIONS

       -j, --java
              Emit Java code.

       --jpath DIR
              Destination base directory for generated Java files. (default: current directory)

       --jmkdir <true|false>
              Automatically create Java source directories (default: true)

       --jdecl STR
              String added to class declarations (default: implements lcm.lcm.LCMEncodable)

       --jdefaultpkg PKG
              Default Java package if LCM type has no package (default: lcmtypes)

PYTHON OPTIONS

       -p, --python
              Emit Python code.

       --ppath DIR
              Destination base directory for generated Python files. (default: current directory)

LUA OPTIONS

       -l, --lua
              Emit Lua code.

       --lpath DIR
              Lua destination directory.

C#.NET OPTIONS

       --csharp
              Emit C#.NET code

       --csharp-path DIR
              C#.NET destination directory

       --csharp-mkdir <true|false>
              Make C#.NET source directories automatically (default: true)

       --csharp-strip-dirs <true|false>
              Do not generate folders for default and root namespace (default: false)

       --csharp-decl STR
              String added to class declarations (default: " : LCM.LCM.LCMEncodable")

       --csharp-root-nsp NSP
              Root C#.NET namespace (wrapper) added before LCM package (default: "")

       --csharp-default-nsp NSP
              Default C#.NET namespace if LCM type has no package (default: LCMTypes)

COPYRIGHT

       lcm-gen  is  part  of  the  Lightweight  Communications  and  Marshalling  (LCM)  project.
       Permission  is  granted  to  copy,  distribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
       2.1  of  the  License, or (at your option) any later version.  See the file COPYING in the
       LCM distribution for more details regarding distribution.

       LCM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without
       even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
       GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.  You should have received  a  copy  of
       the  GNU  Lesser General Public License along with LCM; if not, write to the Free Software
       Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Albert Huang.