add new CMake macro generate_from_any and extend PythonToCPP script t…

…o create source file from any text file

cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake

@@ -161,6 +161,19 @@ macro(generate_from_py BASE_NAME OUTPUT_FILE)
 				COMMENT "Building files out of ${BASE_NAME}.py")
 endmacro(generate_from_py)
 
+macro(generate_from_any INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE VARIABLE)
+		set(TOOL_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Tools/PythonToCPP.py")
+		file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${TOOL_PATH}" TOOL_NATIVE_PATH)
+		file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${INPUT_FILE}" SOURCE_NATIVE_PATH)
+		add_custom_command(
+		 		OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+		 		COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "${TOOL_NATIVE_PATH}" "${SOURCE_NATIVE_PATH}" "${OUTPUT_FILE}" "${VARIABLE}"
+				MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${INPUT_FILE}"
+				DEPENDS "${TOOL_PATH}"
+				WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+				COMMENT "Building files out of ${INPUT_FILE}")
+endmacro(generate_from_any)
+
 
 # generates the ui -> cpp h files
 #macro(qt4_wrap_ui infiles )

src/Tools/PythonToCPP.py

@@ -9,19 +9,24 @@
 
 file = open(sys.argv[1])
 
-if(len(sys.argv) > 3):
-    sys.stderr.write("Wrong Parameter\n  Usage:\n  PythonToCPP Infile.py [Outfile]\n")
+if(len(sys.argv) > 4):
+    sys.stderr.write("Wrong Parameter\n  Usage:\n  PythonToCPP Infile.py [Outfile][Variable]\n")
 
 if(len(sys.argv) > 2):
     out = open(sys.argv[2],"w");
 else:
     out = sys.stdout
 
+if(len(sys.argv) > 3):
+    identifier = sys.argv[3]
+else:
+    identifier = os.path.basename(sys.argv[1])
+    identifier = identifier[:-3]
+
 lines = file.readlines()
 
 # We want to use this script for files in another directory, so we extract the actual file name
-fn = os.path.basename(sys.argv[1])
-out.write("const char " + fn[:-3] + "[] =")
+out.write("const char " + identifier + "[] =")
 
 for line in lines:
     # remove new line