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-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/libguile-linking.texi | 17 |
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diff --git a/doc/ref/libguile-linking.texi b/doc/ref/libguile-linking.texi index de9076800..433f3b378 100644 --- a/doc/ref/libguile-linking.texi +++ b/doc/ref/libguile-linking.texi @@ -71,24 +71,23 @@ Here is @file{simple-guile.c}, source code for a @code{main} and an interpreter. @example -/* simple-guile.c --- how to start up the Guile - interpreter from C code. */ +/* simple-guile.c --- Start Guile from C. */ -/* Get declarations for all the scm_ functions. */ #include <libguile.h> static void inner_main (void *closure, int argc, char **argv) @{ - /* module initializations would go here */ + /* preparation */ scm_shell (argc, argv); + /* after exit */ @} int main (int argc, char **argv) @{ scm_boot_guile (argc, argv, inner_main, 0); - return 0; /* never reached */ + return 0; /* never reached, see inner_main */ @} @end example @@ -97,7 +96,9 @@ Guile, passing it @code{inner_main}. Once @code{scm_boot_guile} is ready, it invokes @code{inner_main}, which calls @code{scm_shell} to process the command-line arguments in the usual way. -Here is a Makefile which you can use to compile the above program. It +@subsection Building the Example with Make + +Here is a Makefile which you can use to compile the example program. It uses @code{pkg-config} to learn about the necessary compiler and linker flags. @example @@ -117,8 +118,10 @@ simple-guile.o: simple-guile.c $@{CC@} -c $@{CFLAGS@} simple-guile.c @end example +@subsection Building the Example with Autoconf + If you are using the GNU Autoconf package to make your application more -portable, Autoconf will settle many of the details in the Makefile above +portable, Autoconf will settle many of the details in the Makefile automatically, making it much simpler and more portable; we recommend using Autoconf with Guile. Here is a @file{configure.ac} file for @code{simple-guile} that uses the standard @code{PKG_CHECK_MODULES} |