The command:
mex file.mf
Will produce the file: file.f.
You can use the provided Makefile:
make install
You can also tweak the install location by setting PREFIX, and BIN.
Uninstall is similar:
make uninstall
If you changed any value on install, make sure you also change it on uninstall.
(mex is also self-contained. Copy it to anywhere in PATH if you would rather.)
The language is exceptionally simple, and without syntax checking.
If a line begins with '#', then it is converted to a comment.
e.g.
> # Hello, World!
c Hello, World!
If a line begins with a number, it is treated as a line number.
e.g.
> 100 print *, "This has a line number"
100 print *,"This has a line number"
Otherwise, mex assumes we have a valid expression.
e.g.
> print *, "Hello, World!"
print *, "Hello, World!"
See also, comparators
mex also supports user-defined macros, but only simple ones. Find and replace.
If a .mex file exists, then each line is treated as a space-seperated key-value pair.
The given source file is checked for each key, pre- and appended with an underscore, and then if found, the value is replaced.
e.g.
.mex:
x 27
somefile.mf:
real x
x=_x_
Turns into:
somefile.f:
real x
x=27
mex also supports symbols as comparators, replacing them rather naively. But basically:
| Symbol | Fortran Equivalent | Plain English |
|---|---|---|
| > | .gt. | Greater Than |
| < | .lt. | Less Than |
| <= | .le. | Less Than or Equal |
| >= | .ge. | Greater Than or Equal |
| == | .eq. | Equal |
| != | .ne. | Not Equal |
| && | .and. | And |
| || | .or. | Or |
| ! | .not. | Not |
| |^ | .xor. | Exclusive Or |
| ~= | .eqv. | Equivalent |
| ~! | .neqv. | Not Equivalent |
mex is released under Creative Commons 0 license, as close to Public Domain as I can.
The exact legal code can be found in the LICENSE file.