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*****
Usage
*****
To use the {fmt} library, add :file:`fmt/core.h`, :file:`fmt/format.h`,
:file:`fmt/format-inl.h`, :file:`src/format.cc` and optionally other headers
from a `release archive <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/latest>`_ or
the `Git repository <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt>`_ to your project.
Alternatively, you can :ref:`build the library with CMake <building>`.
.. _building:
Building the Library
====================
The included `CMake build script`__ can be used to build the fmt
library on a wide range of platforms. CMake is freely available for
download from https://www.cmake.org/download/.
__ https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
CMake works by generating native makefiles or project files that can
be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical
workflow starts with::
mkdir build # Create a directory to hold the build output.
cd build
cmake .. # Generate native build scripts.
where :file:`{<path/to/fmt>}` is a path to the ``fmt`` repository.
If you are on a \*nix system, you should now see a Makefile in the
current directory. Now you can build the library by running :command:`make`.
Once the library has been built you can invoke :command:`make test` to run
the tests.
You can control generation of the make ``test`` target with the ``FMT_TEST``
CMake option. This can be useful if you include fmt as a subdirectory in
your project but don't want to add fmt's tests to your ``test`` target.
If you use Windows and have Visual Studio installed, a :file:`FMT.sln`
file and several :file:`.vcproj` files will be created. You can then build them
using Visual Studio or msbuild.
On Mac OS X with Xcode installed, an :file:`.xcodeproj` file will be generated.
To build a `shared library`__ set the ``BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`` CMake variable to
``TRUE``::
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ...
__ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29#Shared_libraries
To build a `static library` with position independent code (required if the main
consumer of the fmt library is a shared library i.e. a Python extension) set the
``CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`` CMake variable to ``TRUE``::
cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ...
Installing the Library
======================
After building the library you can install it on a Unix-like system by running
:command:`sudo make install`.
Usage with CMake
================
You can add the ``fmt`` library directory into your project and include it in
your ``CMakeLists.txt`` file::
add_subdirectory(fmt)
or
::
add_subdirectory(fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
to exclude it from ``make``, ``make all``, or ``cmake --build .``.
You can detect and use an installed version of {fmt} as follows::
find_package(fmt)
target_link_libraries(<your-target> fmt::fmt)
Setting up your target to use a header-only version of ``fmt`` is equally easy::
target_link_libraries(<your-target> PRIVATE fmt::fmt-header-only)
Usage with build2
=================
You can use `build2 <https://build2.org>`_, a dependency manager and a
build-system combined, to use ``fmt``.
Currently this package is available in these package repositories:
- **https://cppget.org/fmt/** for released and published versions.
- `The git repository with the sources of the build2 package of fmt <https://github.com/build2-packaging/fmt.git>`_
for unreleased or custom revisions of ``fmt``.
**Usage:**
- ``build2`` package name: ``fmt``
- Library target name : ``lib{fmt}``
For example, to make your ``build2`` project depend on ``fmt``:
- Add one of the repositories to your configurations, or in your
``repositories.manifest``, if not already there::
:
role: prerequisite
location: https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable
- Add this package as a dependency to your ``./manifest`` file
(example for ``v7.0.x``)::
depends: fmt ~7.0.0
- Import the target and use it as a prerequisite to your own target
using `fmt` in the appropriate ``buildfile``::
import fmt = fmt%lib{fmt}
lib{mylib} : cxx{**} ... $fmt
Then build your project as usual with `b` or `bdep update`.
For ``build2`` newcomers or to get more details and use cases, you can read the
``build2``
`toolchain introduction <https://build2.org/build2-toolchain/doc/build2-toolchain-intro.xhtml>`_.
Building the Documentation
==========================
To build the documentation you need the following software installed on your
system:
* `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_ with pip and virtualenv
* `Doxygen <http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/>`_
* `Less <http://lesscss.org/>`_ with ``less-plugin-clean-css``.
Ubuntu doesn't package the ``clean-css`` plugin so you should use ``npm``
instead of ``apt`` to install both ``less`` and the plugin::
sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css.
First generate makefiles or project files using CMake as described in
the previous section. Then compile the ``doc`` target/project, for example::
make doc
This will generate the HTML documentation in ``doc/html``.
Conda
=====
fmt can be installed on Linux, macOS and Windows with
`Conda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/>`__, using its
`conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org>`__
`package <https://github.com/conda-forge/fmt-feedstock>`__, as follows::
conda install -c conda-forge fmt
Vcpkg
=====
You can download and install fmt using the `vcpkg
<https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg>`__ dependency manager::
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
cd vcpkg
./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
./vcpkg integrate install
./vcpkg install fmt
The fmt port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community
contributors. If the version is out of date, please `create an issue or pull
request <https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg>`__ on the vcpkg repository.
LHelper
=======
You can download and install fmt using
`lhelper <https://github.com/franko/lhelper>`__ dependency manager::
lhelper activate <some-environment>
lhelper install fmt
All the recipes for lhelper are kept in the
`lhelper's recipe <https://github.com/franko/lhelper-recipes>`__ repository.
Android NDK
===========
fmt provides `Android.mk file`__ that can be used to build the library
with `Android NDK <https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html>`_.
For an example of using fmt with Android NDK, see the
`android-ndk-example <https://github.com/fmtlib/android-ndk-example>`_
repository.
__ https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/support/Android.mk
Homebrew
========
fmt can be installed on OS X using `Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>`_::
brew install fmt
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