groffstudio

Version [next]

[Feature] Support for hdtbl.
[Changed] Build extras and build preprocessors are now listed in a multi-select box.
[Improved] If no error has occurred, the log file will contain a success message.
[Improved] The default font looked gross on macOS. This should be better now.
[Bugfix] Calling troff over the system default shell now, potentially finding more paths.


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Version 0.12.0
2022-03-14

[Feature] If the installed version of troff is not detected as groff, a warning is displayed.

implementation

{$R *.lfm}

function TBuildStatusWindow.BuildDocument(CommandLine: String; LogFile: String): Boolean;
var
  p: TProcess;
  n, total: LongInt;
  str: String;
  lh: TextFile;

begin
  p := TProcess.Create(nil);
  p.Options := p.Options + [poUsePipes, poStderrToOutPut];
  p.ShowWindow := swoHIDE;

  ShowMessage(CommandLine);

{$IFDEF WINDOWS}
  p.Executable := 'cmd';
  p.Parameters.Add('/c');
{$ELSE}
  p.Executable := '/bin/sh';
  p.Parameters.Add('-c');

{$ENDIF}
  p.Parameters.Add(CommandLine);
  p.Execute;

  if LogFile <> '' then
  begin
    AssignFile(lh, LogFile);

    Rewrite(lh);

    total := 0;

    while p.Running do
    begin
      n := p.Output.Read(str, 2048);
      total := total + n;
      if n > 0 then
      begin
        writeln(lh, str);
      end
      else Sleep(100);
    end;

    { We might have some buffer contents left. }
    repeat
      n := p.Output.Read(str, 2048);
      total := total + n;
      if n > 0 then
      begin
        writeln(lh, str);
      end;
    until n <= 0;

    if total = 0 then writeln(lh, 'No errors occurred. :-)');

    CloseFile(lh);
  end;

  result := p.ExitStatus > 0;
  p.Free;

  { Close the status window: }
  Close;


end;

end.