NAME

       ecppc - compiler for ecpp(7)

SYNOPSIS

       ecppc  [-bhszvtM]  [-s-]  [-o  filename]   [-n  name]  [-m  mimetype] [--mimetypes filename] [-I dir] [-l
       log-category] filename

       ecppc -bb filename ...

DESCRIPTION

       ecppc is the compiler for the ecpp-language. ecpp is a template  language,  which  lets  the  user  embed
       C++-code   into  HTML   for  use  in tntnet(8).  ecppc generates a C++-class from a ecpp template. It can
       also compile binary data into a C++-class, which  makes  it  possible  to  integrate  them  in  a  tntnet
       application.

OPTIONS

       -b     This  enables  binary-mode.  Ecppc  does  not  look for ecpp-tags, but creates a class, which just
              copies the data

       -bb    This  enables  multi-binary-mode.  Every  binary-file  has  some  overhead,  when  packed  into  a
              tntnet-application.  This  overhead  can  be  quite significant, when binary-files are small, like
              small icons in a web application. To reduce this overhead, multiple binaries can be packed into  a
              single class, which removes the per-binary overhead completely.

              When  the  component  is  called, it uses the path-info-parameter (request.getPathInfo()) from the
              request, to decide, which binary to send. If no filename  matches  the  path-info,  processing  is
              declined.  The binaries need not be of same mime-type, since the mime-type is looked automatically
              from the mime-database by file- extension of the source-file.

       -i filename
              In multi binary mode (option -bb) filenames can be read from the file specified with this  option.
              This can be useful when the command line gets too long or just for convenience.

       -I dir Search  include-files  in  directory.  This  option  can  be passed multiple times.  All specified
              directories are searched in turn for include-files.

       -l log-category
              Set log category. Default is component.componentname.

       -L     Disable generation of #line-directives

       -m mimetype
              Set mimetype of output. This is the mimetype,  sent  by  the  component  to  the  browser  in  the
              Content-Type-  header.  Without this parameter the mimetype is looked up from the mime-database of
              your system using the file-extension of the source-file.

       --mimetypes file
              Read mimetypes from file (default: /etc/mime.types).

       -M     This disables normal processing and prints just the ecpp-dependencies  from  this  component.  The
              output can be included into a Makefile. Ecpp-dependencies are introduces by the <%include>-tag.

       -n name
              Set  the name of the component. Normally this is derived from the source-file-name by removing the
              path and .ecpp-extension.

       -o filename
              Write the generated file to  the  specified  file  instead  of  deriving  the  filename  from  the
              source-file-name.   The outputfilename is normally the source-file where the extension is replaced
              by .cpp.

       -p     Keep path name when deriving name of component from input file name.

       -s     Generate singleton. Normally ecppc decides automatically,  if  the  template  is  suitable  for  a
              singleton.  This option force ecppc to generate a singleton.

       -s-    Do not generate a singleton.

       -v     Enable   verbose   mode.   This   prints  additional  information  about  the  processing  on  the
              standard-output.

       -z     Compress the data in the component. Compressed data is automatically  decopressed  on  first  use.
              This reduces the code-size, but slightly slows down the first call of the component.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tommi Mäkitalo tommi@tntnet.org.

SEE ALSO

       tntnet(1), ecpp(7), ecppl(1), ecppll(1)

Tntnet                                             2006-07-23                                           ecppc(1)