User's Guide to the Makefile Editor

This class provides a text editor specialized for editing makefiles. It is invoked automatically when opening any file with the name makefile, Makefile, or any file with the .mk extension or .vc extension in its name. The EditMake class is derived from the EditProgram class, and therefore inherits all of its features. It provides additional features for editing Makefile source code. It colors variables, referenced variables, includes, and rules. It disables the indenting features of the base class, so tabs are inserted by using the Tab key, as normal.

In the Special menu, the Generate VC Makefile menu choice will create a Microsoft Visual C++ format nmake file. Note that the conversion process is not perfect, but some of the common tasks, such as conversion to DOS style pathnames, are handled.

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