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Library manager
Description
The library manager (aka the libman) is designed to replace the sc.ini or the sc.conf file to manage the static libraries. Despite of its simplistic look it's a central component of the software. The completion, the runnables, the CE project format strongly rely on it.
The libman links the library files (*.lib or *.a) to their D sources and are represented with a simple alias that is used in different part of the software. For example, in a CE project, you don't need to specify the -I path nor its matching library file name, this is done automatically.
Import analysis
Since version 3, the libman also contains a database that links each item to a list of module. This is used to automatically detect a dependency from a simple import declaration. This features is only used for the CE project format and the runnables modules.
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- : Adds a library item, by default its fields are initialized with n/a.
- : Removes the selected item.
- / Changes selected entry position.
- : If the current project is a static library then the libman will use its parameters to create an entry. This avoids to browse in the dialogs. Note that sometimes the sources root folder has to be adjusted.
- : If the selected item defines a project then closes current project and opens the one matching to the entry.
- : Allows to fetch the master version of a DUB registry item. See the last section.
- : enable or disable the selected entry. This is mainly useful to test new DMD versions since the libraries often have to be recompiled from a version to another.
- : edit the item alias.
- : select the library file. In some rare case, this field can be omitted (for example if the library file is set in the sc.ini). This can be skipped if the library is only a small orphan d source that's not been compiled as a static library or if the entry is only used for the DCD completion.
- : select a folder that contains several libraries files or several orphans modules.
- : select the sources root folder. (the one commonly named 'import').
- : set the project file that matches to the selected item.
Register online DUB packages
When the toolbar button that displays DUB logo is clicked, a dialog is displayed. It used to select an online package that will be downloaded, compiled and automatically installed in the libman
The text field is used to select the name of the package to install.
- : Update the list of the online packages.
- : By the default the master version of the package is installed. When the tag button is down Coedit rather installs the package from its latest tag.
- : Closes the dialog and start downloading before installing.
- : Cancels and does nothing.
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