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| author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2021-12-17 15:06:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2021-12-17 15:06:40 +0200 |
| commit | 099ed0ad345300eb2bdea119d4594d711def90bf (patch) | |
| tree | e0163e78f895e3fe2769805c98e31f0590f56c3c /doc/intro.cli | |
| parent | 2645991b63f3d7a921fdfd1dc0c8fb8c58c50460 (diff) | |
Add note to intro on where to look for library/header names
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/intro.cli')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/intro.cli | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli index 79ec41f..3b76b9d 100644 --- a/doc/intro.cli +++ b/doc/intro.cli @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Hello, World! $ edit repositories.manifest # add https://example.org/libhello.git $ edit manifest # add 'depends: libhello ^1.0.0' -$ edit hello/buildfile # import libhello -$ edit hello/hello.cxx # use libhello +$ edit hello/buildfile # import libhello library +$ edit hello/hello.cxx # include libhello header $ b fetching from https://example.org/libhello.git @@ -1028,9 +1028,19 @@ to our project: \ repositories.manifest # add https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable manifest # add 'depends: libhello ^1.0.0' -buildfile # import libhello -hello.cxx # use libhello -\ +buildfile # import libhello library +hello.cxx # include libhello header (or import module) +\ + +\N|While the repository URL and package name are easy to find on the +\l{https://cppget.org cppget.org}'s package description page, the C/C++ +library ecosystem unfortunately does not follow any predictable library or +header naming scheme. If the library documentation does not provide any clues, +then another place to check are the library tests and examples that can often +be found in the package source directory (or source repository). In +particular, every library in the \c{stable} section of the +\l{https://cppget.org cppget.org} repository should provide at least a basic +test.| With a new dependency added, let's check the status of our project: |