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diff --git a/doc/nimrodc.txt b/doc/nimrodc.txt index 0a0781e36..c4b61a14f 100755 --- a/doc/nimrodc.txt +++ b/doc/nimrodc.txt @@ -70,13 +70,24 @@ However, the generated C code is not platform independent. C code generated for Linux does not compile on Windows, for instance. The comment on top of the C file lists the OS, CPU and CC the file has been compiled for. + +Cross compilation +================= + +To `cross compile`:idx:, use for example:: + + nimrod c --cpu:i386 --os:linux --compile_only --gen_script myproject.nim + +Then move the C code and the compile script ``compile_myproject.sh`` to your +Linux i386 machine and run the script. + DLL generation ============== Nimrod supports the generation of DLLs. However, there must be only one instance of the GC per process/address space. This instance is contained in -``nimrtl.dll``. This means that every generated Nimrod DLL depends +``nimrtl.dll``. This means that every generated Nimrod `DLL`:idx: depends on ``nimrtl.dll``. To generate the "nimrtl.dll" file, use the command:: nimrod c -d:release lib/nimrtl.nim |