CVS
If
you don't use CVS yet, you should. Using CVS is much faster
and easier than downloading tarballs. It's also the only way
you can contribute changes and/or fixes.
You
should always use the options for pruning empty directories
and creating new directories. We also recommend using the
quiet option to make it easier to read CVS output.
To
do this on Unix, put the following lines in your .cvsrc
file.
To
do this on Windows, select the "Prune (remove) empty
directories" option on the Globals tab of the WinCvs
Preferences dialog box. Whenever you use the Update selection
command, select the "Create missing directories that
exist in the repository" option in the Update settings
dialog box.
Compiling
We
highly recommend using the -s option to make and nmake.
In silent mode, make/nmake won't print the commands being
executed but you'll still see any warnings or errors. This
is the easiest way to spot compiler warnings.
Debugging
Debugging
a Mash tool is slightly different because the tools are
actually scripts that are interpreted by the Mash shell.
As an example, suppose you want to debug vic.
On
Unix with gdb, you would do something like:
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