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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 8ab2195..9506f0c 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ but they are not part of make itself.) Getting started --------------- +Start by downloading the code from +https://github.com/martine/ninja[the github repo]. + The included `bootstrap.sh` should hopefully produce a working `ninja` binary, by first blindly compiling all non-test files together then re-building Ninja using itself. @@ -265,10 +268,10 @@ The special rule name `phony` can be used to create aliases for other targets. For example: ---------------- -build all: phony some/file/in/a/faraway/subdir +build foo: phony some/file/in/a/faraway/subdir/foo ---------------- -This makes `ninja all` build the other files. Semantically, the +This makes `ninja foo` build the longer path. Semantically, the `phony` rule is equivalent to a plain rule where the `command` does nothing, but phony rules are handled specially in that they aren't printed when run, logged (see below), nor do they contribute to the @@ -323,16 +326,15 @@ it will generate the appropriate syntax. Integration with other build systems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -*gyp* A work-in-progress patch to http://gyp.googlecode.com[gyp, the -system used to generate build files for the Chromium browser] to -generate ninja files for Linux is available from -https://github.com/martine/gyp/tree/ninja[my "ninja" branch of the -upstream gyp project]. To use it, put that branch in place of -Chromium's gyp, set `GYP_GENERATORS=ninja` in your environment, and -run `./build/gyp_chromium` to regenerate the build files. +*gyp*. http://gyp.googlecode.com[gyp, the system used to generate build +files for the Chromium browser] can generate ninja files for Linux. +See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/NinjaBuild[the Chromium +Ninja documentation] for details. -*CMake*. I have heard from people who have been working on generating -Ninja files from CMake, but I don't think it's in a working state yet. +*CMake*. Various people have worked on generating Ninja files from +CMake. Currently, it sounds like +https://github.com/pcc/CMake/tree/ninja-generator[pcc's branch] is the +one to try. *Autotools*. In theory, you could coax Automake into producing .ninja files as well, but I haven't tried it. It may very well be the |