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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 9591fe9..da49e1f 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and line * nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an NLM * windres: (binutils)windres. Manipulate Windows resources +* windmc: (binutils)windmc. Generator for Windows message resources * dlltool: (binutils)dlltool. Create files needed to build and use DLLs END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @end format @@ -145,6 +146,9 @@ Convert object code into a Netware Loadable Module @item windres Manipulate Windows resources +@item windmc +Genertor for Windows message resources + @item dlltool Create the files needed to build and use Dynamic Link Libraries @end table @@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". * addr2line:: Convert addresses to file and line * nlmconv:: Converts object code into an NLM * windres:: Manipulate Windows resources +* windmc:: Generator for Windows message resources * dlltool:: Create files needed to build and use DLLs * Common Options:: Command-line options for all utilities * Selecting The Target System:: How these utilities determine the target. @@ -2869,6 +2874,168 @@ the Info entries for @file{binutils}. @c man end @end ignore +@node windmc +@chapter windmc + +@command{windmc} may be used to generator Windows message resources. + +@quotation +@emph{Warning:} @command{windmc} is not always built as part of the binary +utilities, since it is only useful for Windows targets. +@end quotation + +@c man title windmc generates Windows message resources. + +@smallexample +@c man begin SYNOPSIS windres +windmc [options] input-file +@c man end +@end smallexample + +@c man begin DESCRIPTION windmc + +@command{windmc} reads message definitions from an input file (.mc) and +translate them into a set of output files. The output files may be of +four kinds: + +@table @code +@item h +A C header file containing the message definitions. + +@item rc +A resource file compilable by the @command{windres} tool. + +@item bin +One or more binary files containing the resource data for a specific +message language. + +@item dbg +A C include file that maps message id's to their symbolic name. +@end table + +The exact description of these different formats is available in +documentation from Microsoft. + +When @command{windmc} converts from the @code{mc} format to the @code{bin} +format, @code{rc}, @code{h}, and optional @code{dbg} it is acting like the +Windows Message Compiler. + +@c man end + +@c man begin OPTIONS windmc + +@table @env +@item -a +@itemx --ascii_in +Specifies that the input file specified is ANSI. This is the default +behaviour. + +@item -A +@itemx --ascii_out +Specifies that messages in the output @code{bin} files should be in ANSI +format. + +@item -b +@itemx --binprefix +Specifies that @code{bin} filenames should have to be prefixed by the +basename of the source file. + +@item -c +@itemx --customflag +Sets the customer bit in all message id's. + +@item -C @var{codepage} +@itemx --codepage_in @var{codepage} +Sets the default codepage to be used to convert input file to UTF16. The +default is ocdepage 1252. + +@item -d +@itemx --decimal_values +Outputs the constants in the header file in decimal. Default is using +hexadecimal output. + +@item -e @var{ext} +@itemx --extension @var{ext} +The extension for the header file. The default is .h extension. + +@item -F @var{target} +@itemx --target @var{target} +Specify the BFD format to use for a bin file as output. This +is a BFD target name; you can use the @option{--help} option to see a list +of supported targets. Normally @command{windmc} will use the default +format, which is the first one listed by the @option{--help} option. +@ifclear man +@ref{Target Selection}. +@end ifclear + +@item -h @var{path} +@itemx --headerdir @var{path} +The target directory of the generated header file. The default is the +current directory. + +@item -H +@itemx --help +Displays a list of command line options and then exits. + +@item -m @var{characters} +@itemx --maxlength @var{characters} +Instructs @command{windmc} to generate a warning if the length +of any message exceeds the number specified. + +@item -n +@itemx --nullterminate +Terminate message text in @code{bin} files by zero. By default they are +terminated by CR/LF. + +@item -o +@itemx --hresult_use +Not yet implemented. Instructs @code{windmc} to generate an OLE2 header +file, using HRESULT definitions. Status codes are used if the flag is not +specified. + +@item -O @var{codepage} +@itemx --codepage_out @var{codepage} +Sets the default codepage to be used to output text files. The default +is ocdepage 1252. + +@item -r @var{path} +@itemx --rcdir @var{path} +The target directory for the generated @code{rc} script and the generated +@code{bin} files that the resource compiler script includes. The default +is the current directory. + +@item -u +@itemx --unicode_in +Specifies that the input file is UTF16. + +@item -U +@itemx --unicode_out +Specifies that messages in the output @code{bin} file should be in UTF16 +format. This is the default behaviour. + +@item -v +@item --verbose +Enable verbose mode. This tells you what the preprocessor is if you +didn't specify one. + +@item -V +@item --version +Prints the version number for @command{windres}. + +@item -x @var{path} +@itemx --xdgb @var{path} +The path of the @code{dbg} C include file that maps message id's to the +symbolic name. No such file is generated without specifying the switch. +@end table + +@c man end + +@ignore +@c man begin SEEALSO windmc +the Info entries for @file{binutils}. +@c man end +@end ignore + @node windres @chapter windres |