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Today I’m posting a quick tip for those who are new with Adobe Alchemy. I really agree that it kind of sucks when you’re new with theses technologies and you need to configure [...]]]> Hello all!

Once the blog is with a new face, let’s start to renew the posts too

Today I’m posting a quick tip for those who are new with Adobe Alchemy. I really agree that it kind of sucks when you’re new with theses technologies and you need to configure a lot of things.

Well, I have created a little shell script that helps to compile a C or C++ Alchemy project without the necessity of configuring the .profile file.

The steps to install and compile a Alchemy project with this shell script are:

1. Download the Alchemy Toolkit at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/alchemy.html
2. Unzip the package in a directory (that will be your main Alchemy directory)
3. Go to the main Alchemy directory via Terminal (i.e. cd /Documents/alchemy)
4. Run the config script in Terminal (i.e. ./config)

Now to compile a project just copy the shell script file to the folder that contains your C or C++ Alchemy project. But before run the script you just need to change the path (highlighted line) to the alchemy-setup directory located in the Alchemy directory (i.e. source /Documents/alchemy/alchemy-setup).

And that is it Now to run the shell script just make the file executable (i.e. in terminal type “chmod +x run.sh”) and run it. The script will then ask the main C file of the project: Just type the name of the file without extension and click Return. Done! Your project will be compiled!

Ps.: This is a shell script for Unix. If you want to port it to Windows (.bat) feel free to do that! Just share with us!

Ps.: To compile a C++ file just change the lines of the c-file extension (i.e. cName=”$fname.cpp”) and change the compiler to the g++ (i.e. which g++ AND g++ $cName -O3 -Wall -swc -o $swcName).

#!/bin/bash
#
# About:     This file is a shell script to make easier
#         the compilation of Adobe Alchemy sources
#
# The MIT License
#
# Copyright (c) 2009 Filipe Silvestrim - http://www.filipesilvestrim.com
#
# 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.
#

echo "**************** Easy Alchemy Compiler script ****************"
shopt -s expand_aliases

echo "// Configurating Alchemy..."
source /Documents/alchemy/alchemy-setup
PATH=$PATH:~/bin:/usr/local/bin:~/bin/flex/bin:~/bin/astmp:$ALCHEMY_HOME/achacks
export PATH

alc-on
which gcc

echo "// Accessing  Current Dir..."
DIR=$( (cd -P $(dirname $0) && pwd) )
cd $DIR

echo "// Please, write the main C file name:"
read fname
cName="$fname.c"
swcName="$fname.swc"
gcc $cName -O3 -Wall -swc -o $swcName

echo "**************** DONE ****************"