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== Abstract
RCtool is a small tool which makes/updates rcfiles automatically.
There is a rcfile in software each.
For example, it is .zshrc in zsh, .emacs in Emacs and so on.
Please think about the scene which introduces a new EmacsLisp program into Emacs.
You copy a .el file in the directory which is in load-path.
You have to write setting in .emacs last.
I think that update of .emacs is easy if you introduce it once.
However, please imagine a scene upgrading an EmacsLisp program.
When the EmacsLisp code is largely modified, and setting did not have compatibility either, a user must modify .emacs by hand one by one.
Changing .emacs by hand is boring and error-prone; changing .emacs automatically without any notification is extremely rude.
RCtool takes over this troublesome work.
RCtool does the following work separately.
* RCtool makes the rcfiles based in contents of "the definition script", and modified one part of rcfiles in a backup directory.
* RCtool shows the difference between the original and the modified if you need it.
* RCtool overwrites with rcfiles last.
A user understands which part changed clearly.
A developer modifies the definition script and can offer appropriate rcfiles to a user.
It is available at
http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/computer/rctool/index.en.html
== What's new
=== [2005/11/15] 1.1.0 released
New methodology to incorporate RCtool.
=== Download / Untar
Please execute the following commands.
ruby -ropen-uri -e 'URI("http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/archive/rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz").read.display' | tar xzvf -
When you failed, please download it from the next link.
* ((<rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz|URL:http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/archive/rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz>))
=== Installation
Execute setup.rb to install RCtool.
ruby setup.rb
=== How to Incorporate RCtool
Since version 1.1.0, RCtool uses new methodology to incorporate into your system.
It is assumed the following situation.
* There is a definition script called `foo-rctool.rb'.
* `bin/' is a directory to put executables.
mkrctool generates an integrated script.
mkrctool foo-rctool.rb > bin/foo-rctool
Of course if you modify `foo-rctool.rb', you must update `bin/foo-rctool'.
Make or ((<Rake|URL:http://rake.rubyforge.org/>)) takes over such a cumbersome task.
== Abstract
RCtool is a small tool which makes/updates rcfiles automatically.
There is a rcfile in software each.
For example, it is .zshrc in zsh, .emacs in Emacs and so on.
Please think about the scene which introduces a new EmacsLisp program into Emacs.
You copy a .el file in the directory which is in load-path.
You have to write setting in .emacs last.
I think that update of .emacs is easy if you introduce it once.
However, please imagine a scene upgrading an EmacsLisp program.
When the EmacsLisp code is largely modified, and setting did not have compatibility either, a user must modify .emacs by hand one by one.
Changing .emacs by hand is boring and error-prone; changing .emacs automatically without any notification is extremely rude.
RCtool takes over this troublesome work.
RCtool does the following work separately.
* RCtool makes the rcfiles based in contents of "the definition script", and modified one part of rcfiles in a backup directory.
* RCtool shows the difference between the original and the modified if you need it.
* RCtool overwrites with rcfiles last.
A user understands which part changed clearly.
A developer modifies the definition script and can offer appropriate rcfiles to a user.
It is available at
http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/computer/rctool/index.en.html
== What's new
=== [2005/11/15] 1.1.0 released
New methodology to incorporate RCtool.
=== Download / Untar
Please execute the following commands.
ruby -ropen-uri -e 'URI("http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/archive/rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz").read.display' | tar xzvf -
When you failed, please download it from the next link.
* ((<rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz|URL:http://www.rubyist.net/~rubikitch/archive/rctool-1.1.0.tar.gz>))
=== Installation
Execute setup.rb to install RCtool.
ruby setup.rb
=== How to Incorporate RCtool
Since version 1.1.0, RCtool uses new methodology to incorporate into your system.
It is assumed the following situation.
* There is a definition script called `foo-rctool.rb'.
* `bin/' is a directory to put executables.
mkrctool generates an integrated script.
mkrctool foo-rctool.rb > bin/foo-rctool
Of course if you modify `foo-rctool.rb', you must update `bin/foo-rctool'.
Make or ((<Rake|URL:http://rake.rubyforge.org/>)) takes over such a cumbersome task.