Creates a file with the boilerplate code for a given language. For example codetempl c will create a file code.c with contents:
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
return 0;
}
It also saves me from manually making files executable with chmod +x, by creating the template file for that language as executable, like for shell scripts.
The program parses your input, finds the corresponding template file in the code_templates directory, and copies it with cp.
- C
- Python
- Java
- Bash
- JavaScript
- LaTex
- C++
- HTML
- Perl
Set up CODETEMPL_ROOT as an environment variable, pointing to where this project is saved on your system. Then add it to PATH.
For example (in .profile):
# setup for codetempl
export CODETEMPL_ROOT=/home/alejandro/codetempl
export PATH=$PATH:$CODETEMPL_ROOT
You can request a code template file either by language or by filename.
codetempl <filename>: Will parse the file extension in <filename>, ie helloworld.c to find which language to use and pick the appropriate template.
codetempl <language>: Will create a file code.<ext> where <ext> is the file extension appropriate to that language.
Run codetempl help to see which languages are supported
You can pass multiple arguments to codetempl to create multiple files. Each argument can either be requesting by language or by filename, as described
above.
languages.config has the declarations for accepted language names, and the recognized file extension.
The file syntax is simple.
#for comments- Items are newline-delimited
- Each line is of format
language_name file_extension. Any amount of whitespace delimits the words. - All other whitespace (trailing, leading, empty lines) is ignored
Template files are stored in the code_templates directory in the root of this project. They must be named code_template.ext, where ext is the recognized file extension in the languages.config file. You can edit the content of the files as whatever your need for "boilerplate code" for that language evolves.