.TH cliche 1 "August 27th, 2011" "cliche" "Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)"
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.SH NAME

cliche \- A tinimalistc template preprocessor for c++

.SH SYNOPSYS

\fBcliche\fR
[\fB-h\fR] [\fB--help\fR] [\fB--usage\fR]
[\fB-V\fR] [\fB--version\fR]
[\fB-L\fR] [\fB--license\fR]
[\fB-o\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB--output=\fR\fIfile\fR]
[\fB-t\fR \fIcode\fR|\fIoutput\fR] [\fB--top=\fR\fIcode\fR|\fIoutput\fR]
[\fB-C\fR] [\fB-O\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

cliche preprocesses its input to produce c++ code streaming
out the template while executing embedded c++ code and
expressions.

An example of cliche input file may look like this:

.ti 1
#include <iostream>
.ti 1
int main() {
.ti 2
 for(int i=0;i<5;++i) {
.ti 3
  <%output>
.ti 4
   <i>Whoa, it's <b><% i %></b> already!</i><br/>
.ti 3
  </%output>
.ti 2
 }
.ti 1
}

.SH OPTIONS

.TP
\fB-o\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB--output=\fR\fIfile\fR
Write output to the specified file.
.TP
\fB-t\fR \fIcode\fR|\fIoutput\fR, \fB--top=\fR\fIcode\fR|\fIoutput\fR
Expect input to have code or output (as if in <%code></%code> or <%output></%output> block) on the top-level. Code templates are suitable for feeding into compiler as is, whereas output templates may be better suited for #include.
.TP
\fB-C\fR
Same as \fB-t code\fR.
.TP
\fB-O\fR
Same as \fB-t output\fR.
.TP
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR, \fB--usage\fR
Display short usage instructions and exit.
.TP
\fB-V\fR, \fB--version\fR
Report version and exit.
.TP
\fB-L\fR, \fB--license\fR
Show licensing terms.

.SH EXIT STATUS
Unsurprisingly, \fBcliche\fR returns zero in case of success and non-zero otherwise.

.SH AUTHOR

Written by Michael Krelin <hacker@klever.net>


.SH COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2011 Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

.SH BUGS

You tell me. Send reports to <cliche-bugs@klever.net>