Getting Setup

First, you need Module::Build

cpan Module::Build

Then create the Build script

perl Build.PL

If you are missing dependencies, it will complain. Use CPAN to add them and/or see the svn section below.

Once all of the Wx, etc is setup, you can Build:

./Build

For more options:

./Build help

Test it (or use the ./Build testall target)

./Build test
./Build testgui

And to run it:

./Build run

Or

./run

Patches

Release tarballs can quickly become stale. For best results, work with a checkout of the subversion repository. See below.

SVN

The most current development is always in:

http://svn.dotreader.com/svn/dotreader/trunk/

The directory tree should be roughly:

svn/ ................. open repository root
|-- dotreader/ ....... main dotreader development
|   |-- trunk/ ....... latest (Build.PL, t, lib, ...)
|   |-- tags/* ....... tagged versions (of trunk)
|   `-- branches/* ... experimental forks
|-- testing/ ......... misc experiments
`-- content/ ......... ? versioned test content

For patches and updates to the dependencies, see

http://svn.dotreader.com/deps

There you will find some directories defined with svn:externals. These allow you to checkout all of the latest dependency code into just a few working copies and makes it more convenient for us to add or change dependencies.

Directory Layout

./ ................. archive or working-copy root (e.g. trunk)
|-- client/ ........ wx gui code
|-- inc/ ........... Build utilities (some testing junk too)
|-- lib/ ........... core modules
|-- prototype/ ..... experiments
|-- t/ ............. tests
|   |-- _gui/ ...... gui tests
|   |-- _sync/ ..... client/server tests
|   `-- */ ......... various categorized tests
|-- test_data/ ..... test input
|-- test_inc/ ...... test utility modules (hacks)
|-- test_packages/ . test books
|-- test_lib/ ...... test-specific modules (more formalized)
`-- util/ .......... command-line demo and utilities

Coding Standards

TODO

Mailing Lists

http://dotreader.com/mailman/listinfo

cpanm dtRdr

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install dtRdr