DESIGN commands
PROGRAM NAME
composer - Software object creation and management
DESCRIPTION
The composer application is used to edit, manipulate and compile
existing software objects. Composer provides access to all components
or files contained within the program object including user interface
specification files (UIS Files), source code files (SRC Files),
documentation files (DOC Files), miscellaneous files (MISC Files), and
other files such as the Imakefile and Makefile (ALL Files). Editing of
all files is fully supported. Any file can be edited using a standard
text editor. The default text editor is "vi", however the user can
override this default by setting the environment variable "EDITOR". An
interface to the "graphical user interface specification editor" (guise)
as well as the user interface previewer (preview) is provided to support the
editing and viewing of user interface specification files.
The code generators are fully accessible so that source code can be
re-generated when changes to user interfaces are made. An interface to the
"make" system is provided to allow the object to be compiled. Once an
object has been compiled successfully, a mechanism is provided to install the
object in cantata if appropriate. Finally, the object editor
provides a series of basic file operations including the deletion,
copying, addition and renaming of files.
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS
- -tb
-
type: string
desc: toolbox name
- -oname
-
type: string
desc: object name
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
none
EXAMPLES
% composer -oname kcat -tb design
SEE ALSO
craftsman(1), guise(1), preview(1), ghostwriter(1), conductor(1)
RESTRICTIONS
REFERENCES
The composer software object editor is discussed in detail in
Chapter 3 of the Toolbox Programmer's Manual.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.