- Plugin Development
- Builtin Plugins
- More Plugins
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Plugin Development
Introduction
XMake supports the plugin module and we can develop ourself plugin module conveniently.
We can run command xmake -h
to look over some builtin plugins of xmake
Plugins:
l, lua Run the lua script.
m, macro Run the given macro.
doxygen Generate the doxygen document.
hello Hello xmake!
project Create the project file.
- lua: Run a given lua script.
- macro: Record and playback some xmake commands repeatly.
- doxygen:Generate doxygen document automatically.
- hello: The demo plugin and only print: ‘hello xmake!’
- project:Generate project file for IDE, only generate makefile now and will generate vs, xcode project in the future
Quick Start
Now we write a simple plugin demo for printing ‘hello xmake!’
-- define a plugin task
task("hello")
-- set the category for showing it in plugin category menu (optional)
set_category("plugin")
-- the main entry of the plugin
on_run(function ()
-- print 'hello xmake!'
print("hello xmake!")
end)
-- set the menu options, but we put empty options now.
set_menu {
-- usage
usage = "xmake hello [options]"
-- description
, description = "Hello xmake!"
-- options
, options = {}
}
The file tree of this plugin:
hello
- xmake.lua
Now one of the most simple plugin finished, how was it to be xmake detected it, there are three ways:
- Put this plugin directory into xmake/plugins the source codes as the builtin plugin.
- Put this plugin directory into ~/.xmake/plugins as the global user plugin.
- Put this plugin directory to anywhere and call
add_plugindirs("./hello")
in xmake.lua as the local project plugin.
Run Plugin
Next we run this plugin
xmake hello
The results is
hello xmake!
Finally, we can also run this plugin in the custom scripts of xmake.lua
target("demo")
-- run this plugin after building target
after_build(function (target)
-- import task module
import("core.project.task")
-- run the plugin task
task.run("hello")
end)
Builtin Plugins
Macros Recording and Playback
Introduction
We can record and playback our xmake commands and save as macro quickly using this plugin.
And we can run this macro to simplify our jobs repeatly.
Record Commands
# begin to record commands
$ xmake macro --begin
# run some xmake commands
$ xmake f -p android --ndk=/xxx/ndk -a armv7-a
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p mingw --sdk=/mingwsdk
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p linux --sdk=/toolsdk --toolchains=/xxxx/bin
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a arm64
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7s
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a i386
$ xmake p
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -a x86_64
$ xmake p
# stop to record and save as anonymous macro
xmake macro --end
Playback Macro
# playback the previous anonymous macro
$ xmake macro .
Named Macro
$ xmake macro --begin
$ ...
$ xmake macro --end macroname
$ xmake macro macroname
Import and Export Macro
Import the given macro file or directory.
$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macro.lua macroname
$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macrodir
Export the given macro to file or directory.
$ xmake macro --export=/xxx/macro.lua macroname
$ xmake macro --export=/xxx/macrodir
List and Show Macro
List all builtin macros.
$ xmake macro --list
Show the given macro script content.
$ xmake macro --show macroname
Custom Macro Script
Create and write a macro.lua
script first.
function main()
os.exec("xmake f -p android --ndk=/xxx/ndk -a armv7-a")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p mingw --sdk=/mingwsdk")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p linux --sdk=/toolsdk --toolchains=/xxxx/bin")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a arm64")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a armv7s")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a i386")
os.exec("xmake p")
os.exec("xmake f -p iphoneos -a x86_64")
os.exec("xmake p")
end
Import this macro script to xmake.
$ xmake macro --import=/xxx/macro.lua [macroname]
Playback this macro script.
$ xmake macro [.|macroname]
Builtin Macros
XMake supports some builtins macros to simplify our jobs.
For example, we use package
macro to package all architectures of the iphoneos platform just for once.
$ xmake macro package -p iphoneos
Advance Macro Script
Let’s see the package
macro script:
-- imports
import("core.base.option")
import("core.project.config")
import("core.project.project")
import("core.platform.platform")
-- the options
local options =
{
{'p', "plat", "kv", os.host(), "Set the platform." }
, {'f', "config", "kv", nil, "Pass the config arguments to \"xmake config\" .." }
, {'o', "outputdir", "kv", nil, "Set the output directory of the package." }
}
-- package all
--
-- .e.g
-- xmake m package
-- xmake m package -f "-m debug"
-- xmake m package -p linux
-- xmake m package -p iphoneos -f "-m debug --xxx ..." -o /tmp/xxx
-- xmake m package -f \"--mode=debug\"
--
function main(argv)
-- parse arguments
local args = option.parse(argv, options, "Package all architectures for the given the platform."
, ""
, "Usage: xmake macro package [options]")
-- package all archs
local plat = args.plat
for _, arch in ipairs(platform.archs(plat)) do
-- config it
os.exec("xmake f -p %s -a %s %s -c %s", plat, arch, args.config or "", ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))
-- package it
if args.outputdir then
os.exec("xmake p -o %s %s", args.outputdir, ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))
else
os.exec("xmake p %s", ifelse(option.get("verbose"), "-v", ""))
end
end
-- package universal for iphoneos, watchos ...
if plat == "iphoneos" or plat == "watchos" then
-- load configure
config.load()
-- load project
project.load()
-- enter the project directory
os.cd(project.directory())
-- the outputdir directory
local outputdir = args.outputdir or config.get("buildir")
-- package all targets
for _, target in pairs(project.targets()) do
-- get all modes
local modedirs = os.match(format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/*", outputdir, target:name()), true)
for _, modedir in ipairs(modedirs) do
-- get mode
local mode = path.basename(modedir)
-- make lipo arguments
local lipoargs = nil
for _, arch in ipairs(platform.archs(plat)) do
local archfile = format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/%s/%s", outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat, arch, path.filename(target:targetfile()))
if os.isfile(archfile) then
lipoargs = format("%s -arch %s %s", lipoargs or "", arch, archfile)
end
end
if lipoargs then
-- make full lipo arguments
lipoargs = format("-create %s -output %s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/universal/%s", lipoargs, outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat, path.filename(target:targetfile()))
-- make universal directory
os.mkdir(format("%s/%s.pkg/lib/%s/%s/universal", outputdir, target:name(), mode, plat))
-- package all archs
os.execv("xmake", {"l", "lipo", lipoargs})
end
end
end
end
end
If you want to known more options, please run: `xmake macro --help`
Run the Custom Lua Script
Run the given script
Write a simple lua script:
function main()
print("hello xmake!")
end
Run this lua script.
$ xmake lua /tmp/test.lua
You can also use `import` api to write a more advance lua script.
Run the builtin script
You can run xmake lua -l
to list all builtin script name, for example:
$ xmake lua -l
scripts:
cat
cp
echo
versioninfo
...
And run them:
$ xmake lua cat ~/file.txt
$ xmake lua echo "hello xmake"
$ xmake lua cp /tmp/file /tmp/file2
$ xmake lua versioninfo
Run interactive commands (REPL)
Enter interactive mode:
$ xmake lua
> 1 + 2
3
> a = 1
> a
1
> for _, v in pairs({1, 2, 3}) do
>> print(v)
>> end
1
2
3
And we can import
modules:
> task = import("core.project.task")
> task.run("hello")
hello xmake!
If you want to cancel multiline input, please input character q
, for example:
> for _, v in ipairs({1, 2}) do
>> print(v)
>> q <-- cancel multiline and clear previous input
> 1 + 2
3
Generate IDE Project Files
Generate Makefile
$ xmake project -k makefile
Generate compiler_commands
We can export the compilation commands info of all source files and it is JSON compilation database format.
$ xmake project -k compile_commands
The the content of the output file:
[
{ "directory": "/home/user/llvm/build",
"command": "/usr/bin/clang++ -Irelative -DSOMEDEF=\"With spaces, quotes and \\-es.\" -c -o file.o file.cc",
"file": "file.cc" },
...
]
Please see JSONCompilationDatabase if need known more info about compile_commands
.
Generate VisualStudio Project
$ xmake project -k [vs2008|vs2013|vs2015|..]
v2.1.2 or later, it supports multi-mode and multi-architecture generation for vs201x project.
For example:
$ xmake project -k vs2017 -m "debug,release"
It will generate four project configurations: debug|x86
, debug|x64
, release|x86
, release|x64
.
Or you can set modes to xmake.lua
:
set_modes("debug", "release")
Then, we run the following command:
$ xmake project -k vs2017
The effect is same.
Generate Doxygen Document
Please ensure that the doxygen tool has been installed first.
$ xmake doxygen
More Plugins
Please download and install from the plugins repository xmake-plugins.
Convert .app to .ipa
$ xmake app2ipa --icon=/xxx.png /xxx/ios.app -o /xxx.ios.ipa