Wsmake

This manual documents how to use Wsmake. It is not a complete alternative to the LaTeX Wsmake User Manual. Instead, it aims to provide the information most likely to be desired from an Info manual. This includes an overview, usage description, and complete reference. The user manual covers additional topics such as Wsmake history, terminology, data flow, and advanced features.

Edition 0.7.901, 21 June 2002

1. Overview		Wsmake in brief.
2. Usage		Invoking and Commanding Wsmake.
5. Reference		Wsmake grammar and syntax.
Concept Index		Index of key terms.

1. Overview

Wsmake can be described as a data-centric shell. Its primary use is for website pre-processing. The outputs would be used as the content on a website. Its inputs would be a description of the website arranged according to the Wsmake grammar See section `Reference' in the Wsmake Info manual. However, Wsmake is not limited to the web. It can be used with any type of data for the purpose of hierarchical data manipulation.

There are three ways to use Wsmake: batch mode, text user interface, and graphical user interface. The commands for these, respectively, are wsmake, iwsmake, and gwsmake. wsmake acts like a shell and is used by iwsmake and gwsmake. The intent for iwsmake and gwsmake is to provide a way to visually configure and run wsmake.

Regardless of interface, when run Wsmake follows the same pattern. It takes a set of data from an input location, processes it, and then places it in an output location. It does this based on its input and the data itself. Hence, it will process Wsmake instructions embedded in the data it is configured to manipulate.

2. Usage

3. Invocation		Starting the Wsmake program
4. Data Description Tree		How to command Wsmake

3. Invocation

A primary goal concerning invocation has been to mimic GNU Make's command line options as much as possible wherever concepts merge between the two programs. Below are the options and descriptions for Wsmake (1):

`-f inputfile'

`--file=inputfile'

`--wsmakefile=inputfile'

Use file `inputfile' instead of standard input.

`-h'

`--help'

Print usage information and exit.

`-s'

`--quiet'

`--silent'

No feedback.

4. Data Description Tree

5. Reference

Concept Index

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Footnotes

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These options are for the batch-mode program wsmake

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Usage
3. Invocation
4. Data Description Tree
5. Reference
Concept Index

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1. Overview
2. Usage
3. Invocation
4. Data Description Tree
5. Reference
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