add autoconf and automake files

[andy5995]

This prepares bric for adding support for GNU gettext (#109), a way for the program to get translated.

You can get an idea here from the gettext docs that these files are required to set up support for translation.

EDIT: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Adjusting-Files.html#Adjusting-Files

This PR will add a configure script, which allows for setting various options before running make, including where bric would be installed to.

$ ./configure --help
`configure' configures bric git to adapt to many kinds of systems.

Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...

To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as
VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.

Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.

Configuration:
  -h, --help              display this help and exit
      --help=short        display options specific to this package
      --help=recursive    display the short help of all the included packages
  -V, --version           display version information and exit
  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print `checking ...' messages
      --cache-file=FILE   cache test results in FILE [disabled]
  -C, --config-cache      alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'
  -n, --no-create         do not create output files
      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or `..']

Installation directories:
  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                          [/usr/local]
  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                          [PREFIX]

By default, `make install' will install all the files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc.  You can specify
an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.

For better control, use the options below.

Fine tuning of the installation directories:
  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
  --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
  --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/bric]
  --htmldir=DIR           html documentation [DOCDIR]
  --dvidir=DIR            dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
  --pdfdir=DIR            pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
  --psdir=DIR             ps documentation [DOCDIR]

Program names:
  --program-prefix=PREFIX            prepend PREFIX to installed program names
  --program-suffix=SUFFIX            append SUFFIX to installed program names
  --program-transform-name=PROGRAM   run sed PROGRAM on installed program names

Optional Features:
  --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
  --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
  --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
  --enable-silent-rules   less verbose build output (undo: "make V=1")
  --disable-silent-rules  verbose build output (undo: "make V=0")
  --enable-dependency-tracking
                          do not reject slow dependency extractors
  --disable-dependency-tracking
                          speeds up one-time build

Some influential environment variables:
  CC          C compiler command
  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
  LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
              nonstandard directory <lib dir>
  LIBS        libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>
  CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
              you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>

Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.

Report bugs to <noone@localhost>.
bric home page: <'https://github.com/shnupta/bric'>.

I've removed the existing Makefiles; they are created when configure is run

[andy5995]

You can get an idea here from the gettext docs that these files are required to set up support for translation.

Here's that link I forgot to include: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Adjusting-Files.html#Adjusting-Files

[andy5995]

Oh this didn't render right when I added it to the commit message. Here's the correct output.

andy@oceanus:~/src/bric/src$ cat config.h 
/* src/config.h.  Generated from config.in by configure.  */
/* config.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */

/* Name of package */
#define PACKAGE "bric"

/* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "noone@localhost"

/* Define to the full name of this package. */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "bric"

/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
#define PACKAGE_STRING "bric 0.0.3-dev"

/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "bric"

/* Define to the home page for this package. */
#define PACKAGE_URL "https://github.com/shnupta/bric"

/* Define to the version of this package. */
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.0.3-dev"

/* Version number of package */
#define VERSION "0.0.3-dev"

[andy5995]

with commit b1403c6 , now you can actually see the build and install output: https://travis-ci.org/andy5995/bric/builds/420228519

Just click on one of the 4 jobs. And as you can see, the first one failed because of "undefined reference" problem. I'm not having that problem when building locally, and I'm using gcc 6.3.0

Let's wait until that's fixed to merge this. I'll give it some thought but if you have any ideas on how to fix that, let me know.

[andy5995]

Ok, fixed by 79dadc7 and here's the output: https://travis-ci.org/andy5995/bric/builds/420234607

[shnupta]

Hi Andy,

This is an awesome PR - makes bric feel a lot more professional.

I'm currently away for the weekend but I've just pulled my laptop out and built it and seems to work really well.

I'll try explore the rest of the new configure script and the other file changes (aswell as reading those links) tonight but so far it looks really good.

Also, thanks for integrating Travis! I haven't actually used it before so thanks for setting that up and showing me how it's done haha!

[andy5995]

You're welcome, Casey. Enjoy your weekend.

Does bric have a development chat room on IRC or Slack or something like that?

[shnupta]

No I haven't really thought about setting one up actually. I'll do that now! Would probably be very useful if more people get involved.

Edit:
Here we go: https://join.slack.com/t/bric-editor/shared_invite/enQtNDIyNjg5NzY2MTQ1LTk4OTE4ZjdiMGFmMDlhNWM2ZWJkMmM0MGQxMjNhODJlOWY1MjQzMmQ5MDEzOGM3YjM0YTJiZTc3MWY5MGNmZjI

[andy5995]

Cool. :)

You'll want to make a note of this. Not a serious problem but users shouldn't see this. Only maintainers should have to worry about having "autoheader" installed. I'm trying to figure it out... I saw it wasn't a problem on travis.

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