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5434 :: application file/folder structure. passing nim options from nimble build.

• omgjfw (orginal) [2019-11-01T03:48:31+01:00] view original

  Hi

  I'm trying to understand how to build an application in nim.

  so far, I've done the nimble init and have a folder structure.

  I'd like to create three modules. a.nim b.nim c.nim and have a main.nim

  how do I build this using nim's equivalent? I figured nimble would do it.

  ideally I'd like to just type nimble build and the application is compiled and an exe pops out (or errors...)

  I need the threads:on command line option arg. Is this something I can do with a nimble file? I used nimble init but I can't see where I'd add the option for threads. Or how to add files to it so that it knows my project.

  found this: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#readme

  But I can't figure out how to pass the threads:on option. I've seen that apparently I might be able to use nimble build --threads:on or similar. Surely I can put that option into the nimble file itself? Do I really have to add that to the actual command line I use?

  thanks

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• Araq (orginal) [2019-11-01T23:52:01+01:00] view original

  That's one way of doing it.

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• cdunn2001 (orginal) [2019-11-02T20:12:54+01:00] view original

  If you look for the list of Nimble packages, you can look at GitHub source for some of them to see what other people do.

  I typically do:

  
  /foo.nimble
  /nim.cfg
  /src/foo.nim
  /src/foopkg/a.nim
  /src/foopkg/b.nim
  /src/foopkg/c.nim
  Run

  (I've renamed your main.nim to foo.nim so the executable will be called foo, there are ways to rename the executable before installing it.)

  In foo.nimble:

  srcDir        = "src"
  installDirs   = @["foopkg"]
  bin           = @["foo"]
  Run

  That way, others can depend on your "foopkg".

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