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The `koch`:idx: program is Nim's maintenance script. It is a replacement for make and shell scripting with the advantage that it is much more portable. The word koch means cook in German. `koch`:cmd: is used mainly to build the Nim compiler, but it can also be used for other tasks. This document describes the supported commands and their options.
The `boot`:idx: command bootstraps the compiler, and it accepts different options:
- -d:release By default a debug version is created, passing this option will
- force a release build, which is much faster and should be preferred unless you are debugging the compiler.
- -d:nimUseLinenoise Use the linenoise library for interactive mode
- (not needed on Windows).
- -d:leanCompiler Produce a compiler without JS codegen or
- documentation generator in order to use less RAM for bootstrapping.
After compilation is finished you will hopefully end up with the nim
compiler in the bin directory. You can add Nim's bin directory to
your $PATH or use the install command to place it where it will be
found.
The `csource`:idx: command builds the C sources for installation. It accepts the same options as you would pass to the boot command.
The temp command builds the Nim compiler but with a different final name (`nim_temp`:cmd:), so it doesn't overwrite your normal compiler. You can use this command to test different options, the same you would issue for the boot command.
The `test`:idx: command can also be invoked with the alias `tests`:option:. This
command will compile and run testament/tester.nim, which is the main
driver of Nim's test suite. You can pass options to the `test`:option: command,
they will be forwarded to the tester. See its source code for available
options.
The `web`:idx: command converts the documentation in the doc directory
from rst to HTML. It also repeats the same operation but places the result in
the web/upload which can be used to update the website at
https://nim-lang.org.
By default, the documentation will be built in parallel using the number of
available CPU cores. If any documentation build sub-commands fail, they will
be rerun in serial fashion so that meaningful error output can be gathered for
inspection. The `--parallelBuild:n`:option: switch or configuration option can be
used to force a specific number of parallel jobs or run everything serially
from the start (n == 1).
The `pdf`:idx: command builds PDF versions of Nim documentation: Manual, Tutorial and a few other documents. To run it one needs to install Latex/xelatex first.