path: root/doc/advopt.txt

Advanced commands:
  //compileToC, cc          compile project with C code generator
  //compileToCpp, cpp       compile project to C++ code
  //compileToOC, objc       compile project to Objective C code
  //js                      compile project to Javascript
  //e                       run a Nimscript file
  //rst2html                convert a reStructuredText file to HTML
  //rst2tex                 convert a reStructuredText file to TeX
  //jsondoc                 extract the documentation to a json file
  //ctags                   create a tags file
  //buildIndex              build an index for the whole documentation
  //genDepend               generate a DOT file containing the
                          module dependency graph
  //dump                    dump all defined conditionals and search paths
                          see also: --dump.format:json (useful with: ` | jq`)
  //check                   checks the project for syntax and semantic

Runtime checks (see -x):
  --objChecks:on|off        turn obj conversion checks on|off
  --fieldChecks:on|off      turn case variant field checks on|off
  --rangeChecks:on|off      turn range checks on|off
  --boundChecks:on|off      turn bound checks on|off
  --overflowChecks:on|off   turn int over-/underflow checks on|off
  --floatChecks:on|off      turn all floating point (NaN/Inf) checks on|off
  --nanChecks:on|off        turn NaN checks on|off
  --infChecks:on|off        turn Inf checks on|off
  --nilChecks:on|off        turn nil checks on|off
  --refChecks:on|off        turn ref checks on|off (only for --newruntime)

Advanced options:
  -o:FILE, --out:FILE       set the output filename
  --outdir:DIR              set the path where the output file will be written
  --stdout:on|off           output to stdout
  --colors:on|off           turn compiler messages coloring on|off
  --listFullPaths:on|off    list full paths in messages
  -w:on|off|list, --warnings:on|off|list
                            turn all warnings on|off or list all available
  --warning[X]:on|off       turn specific warning X on|off
  --hints:on|off|list       turn all hints on|off or list all available
  --hint[X]:on|off          turn specific hint X on|off
  --styleCheck:off|hint|error
                            produce hints or errors for Nim identifiers that
                            do not adhere to Nim's official style guide
                            https://nim-lang.org/docs/nep1.html
  --showAllMismatches:on|off
                            show all mismatching candidates in overloading
                            resolution
  --lib:PATH                set the system library path
  --import:PATH             add an automatically imported module
  --include:PATH            add an automatically included module
  --nimcache:PATH           set the path used for generated files
  -c, --compileOnly:on|off  compile Nim files only; do not assemble or link
  --noLinking:on|off        compile Nim and generated files but do not link
  --noMain:on|off           do not generate a main procedure
  --genScript:on|off        generate a compile script (in the 'nimcache'
                            subdirectory named 'compile_$$project$$scriptext'),
                            implies --compileOnly
  --genDeps:on|off          generate a '.deps' file containing the dependencies
  --os:SYMBOL               set the target operating system (cross-compilation)
  --cpu:SYMBOL              set the target processor (cross-compilation)
  --debuginfo:on|off        enables debug information
  -t, --passC:OPTION        pass an option to the C compiler
  -l, --passL:OPTION        pass an option to the linker
  --cincludes:DIR           modify the C compiler header search path
  --clibdir:DIR             modify the linker library search path
  --clib:LIBNAME            link an additional C library
                            (you should omit platform-specific extensions)
  --project                 document the whole project (doc2)
  --docSeeSrcUrl:url        activate 'see source' for doc and doc2 commands
                            (see doc.item.seesrc in config/nimdoc.cfg)
  --docInternal             also generate documentation for non-exported symbols
  --lineDir:on|off          generation of #line directive on|off
  --embedsrc:on|off         embeds the original source code as comments
                            in the generated output
  --threadanalysis:on|off   turn thread analysis on|off
  --tlsEmulation:on|off     turn thread local storage emulation on|off
  --taintMode:on|off        turn taint mode on|off
  --implicitStatic:on|off   turn implicit compile time evaluation on|off
  --trmacros:on|off         turn term rewriting macros on|off
  --multimethods:on|off     turn multi-methods on|off
  --memTracker:on|off       turn memory tracker on|off
  --hotCodeReloading:on|off
                            turn support for hot code reloading on|off
  --excessiveStackTrace:on|off
                            stack traces use full file paths
  --oldNewlines:on|off      turn on|off the old behaviour of "\n"
  --laxStrings:on|off       when turned on, accessing the zero terminator in
                            strings is allowed; only for backwards compatibility
  --nilseqs:on|off          allow 'nil' for strings/seqs for
                            backwards compatibility
  --oldast:on|off           use old AST for backwards compatibility
  --skipCfg:on|off          do not read the nim installation's configuration file
  --skipUserCfg:on|off      do not read the user's configuration file
  --skipParentCfg:on|off    do not read the parent dirs' configuration files
  --skipProjCfg:on|off      do not read the project's configuration file
  --gc:refc|markAndSweep|boehm|go|none|regions
                            select the GC to use; default is 'refc'
  --index:on|off            turn index file generation on|off
  --putenv:key=value        set an environment variable
  --NimblePath:PATH         add a path for Nimble support
  --noNimblePath            deactivate the Nimble path
  --noCppExceptions         use default exception handling with C++ backend
  --cppCompileToNamespace:namespace
                            use the provided namespace for the generated C++ code,
                            if no namespace is provided "Nim" will be used
  --expandMacro:MACRO       dump every generated AST from MACRO
  --excludePath:PATH        exclude a path from the list of search paths
  --dynlibOverride:SYMBOL   marks SYMBOL so that dynlib:SYMBOL
                            has no effect and can be statically linked instead;
                            symbol matching is fuzzy so
                            that --dynlibOverride:lua matches
                            dynlib: "liblua.so.3"
  --dynlibOverrideAll
                            disables the effects of the dynlib pragma
  --listCmd                 list the commands used to execute external programs
  --parallelBuild:0|1|...   perform a parallel build
                            value = number of processors (0 for auto-detect)
  --incremental:on|off      only recompile the changed modules (experimental!)
  --verbosity:0|1|2|3       set Nim's verbosity level (1 is default)
  --errorMax:N              stop compilation after N errors; 0 means unlimited
  --experimental:$1
                            enable experimental language feature
  --newruntime              use an alternative runtime that uses destructors
                            and that uses a shared heap via -d:useMalloc
  --profiler:on|off         enable profiling; requires `import nimprof`, and
                            works better with `--stackTrace:on`
                            see also https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/estp.html