Introduction

The CXX Utilities package contains portable implementations for a variety of common programming tools. It is, therefore, a fairly minimalistic application development framework. These tools were developed with specific intent of making the freely available. See my copyright_notice.

The distribution is divided up like this:

• Utility Functions
• Helpful Programs (cyclomatic complexity analyer, C++ program database generator)
• Helpful Scripts (svn and git helpers)
• A text editor program including directory viewer
• Table Viewer command scripts (see cxxtls::ScriptTableViewer)
• A OLD mail reader library (not mine, GNU)
• An old copy of pdcurses for use in WIN32 environments, although it doesn't seem to work inside CYGWIN bash windows for some reason.
• Old junk in the attic

Utility Functions

The following directories define a library of utility functions and classes:

• include_directory files define library interfaces in header files
• lib directory files contain the implementations of functionality defined in the header files

The directory named "tests" has test programs for this functionality.

See utility_functions for a description of the functionality in the cxxtls namespace.

Helpful Programs

The bin directory defines a couple of programs useful to software developers:

• The program, cca::exe is a cyclomatic redundancy checker for the C++ language. Also, see the driver script, cca.

• The file, cpptagdb.exe, defines a program that scans C++ source files and prints a lightweight program database for them. See cpptagdb_documentation.

• The file tree.c defines a directory listing program that works like the standard linux command, "tree".

Helpful Scripts

The bin directory also contains some helpful scripts:

cca

A wrapper script that makes it easier to use cca.exe

find_default_include_paths

A script that invokes your compiler in such a way so as to make it produce the list of default include directorys -- like /usr/include, and so on.

genCppFilesList

Recursively prints the names of C++ files, starting in the current directory.

git_scripts

Scripts that help with the git CMS too.

svn_scripts

Scripts that are helpful in using the svn configuration management system or in the use of the "STV/svn.sh" cxxtls::ScriptTableViewer script.

A Text Editor

The directory editor implements a text editor based on curses. It also works on MS Windows. Note that the editor is imbedded in a directory viewer. See Editor.

A GNU pop3 Interface

• pop3 -- defines an interface to a pop3 mail server (GNU GPL license)

Old stuff best forgotten

• attic -- some old files that I am too partial to to delete.