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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 27b2273f0..fbaa5fd32 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -1,18 +1,9 @@ -# Nim Compiler - -[](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim) -[](http://forum.nim-lang.org) -[](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim?sort=newest&pageSize=15) -[](https://twitter.com/nim_lang) - -[](https://travis-ci.org/nim-lang/Nim) - -[](https://gratipay.com/nim/) -[](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/nim) - +# <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nim-lang/assets/master/Art/logo-crown.png" width="36"> Nim [](https://travis-ci.org/nim-lang/Nim) This repo contains the Nim compiler, Nim's stdlib, tools and -documentation. +documentation. For more information about Nim, including downloads +and documentation for the latest release, check out +[Nim's website](http://nim-lang.org). ## Compiling Compiling the Nim compiler is quite straightforward. Because @@ -48,14 +39,15 @@ $ bin/nim c koch $ ./koch boot -d:release ``` -``koch install [dir]`` may then be used to install Nim, but lots of things -don't work then so don't do that. Add it to your PATH instead. More ``koch`` -related options are documented in [doc/koch.txt](doc/koch.txt). +You should then add the ``bin`` directory to your PATH, to make it easily +executable on your system. The above steps can be performed on Windows in a similar fashion, the ``build.bat`` and ``build64.bat`` (for x86_64 systems) are provided to be used instead of ``build.sh``. +The ``koch`` tool is the Nim build tool, more ``koch`` related options are +documented in [doc/koch.txt](doc/koch.txt). ## Nimble [Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble) is Nim's package manager. For the @@ -66,12 +58,80 @@ the easiest way of installing Nimble is via: $ nim e install_nimble.nims ``` -## Getting help -A [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) is available if you have any -questions, and you can also get help in the IRC channel on -[Freenode](irc://irc.freenode.net/nim) in #nim. If you ask questions on -[StackOverflow use the nim -tag](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim). +**Warning:** If you install Nimble this way, you will not be able to use binary +Nimble packages or update Nimble easily. +The [Nimble readme](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#installation) +provides thorough instructions on how to install Nimble, so that this isn't a +problem. + +## Community +[](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim) +[](http://forum.nim-lang.org) +[](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim?sort=newest&pageSize=15) +[](https://twitter.com/nim_lang) + +* The [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) - the best place to ask questions and to discuss Nim. +* [IRC (Freenode#nim)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim) - the best place to discuss + Nim in real-time, this is also where most development decision get made! +* [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim) + +## Contributing + +[](https://gratipay.com/nim/) +[](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/nim) + +We welcome everyone's contributions to Nim. No matter how small or large +the contribution is, anything from small spelling fixes to large modules +intended to be included in the standard library are accepted. Before +you get started, you should know the following about this repositories +structure: + +* ``bin/``, ``build/`` - these directories are empty, but are used when Nim is built. +* ``compiler/`` - the compiler source code, all the Nim source code files in this + directory implement the compiler. This also includes nimfix, and plugins + which live in ``compiler/nimfix`` and ``compiler/plugins`` + respectively. Nimsuggest used to live in the ``compiler`` directory also, + but was moved to https://github.com/nim-lang/nimsuggest. +* ``config/`` - the configuration for the compiler and documentation generator. +* ``doc/`` - the documentation files in reStructuredText format. +* ``lib/`` - where the standard library lives. + * ``pure/`` - modules in the standard library written in pure Nim. + * ``impure/`` - modules in the standard library written in pure Nim which + depend on libraries written in other languages. + * ``wrappers/`` - modules which wrap libraries written in other languages. +* ``tests/`` - contains tests for the compiler and standard library, organised by + category. +* ``tools/`` - the tools including ``niminst`` and ``nimweb``, most of these are invoked + via ``koch``. +* ``web/`` - the Nim website (http://nim-lang.org). +* ``koch.nim`` - tool used to bootstrap Nim, generate C sources, build the website, documentation + and more. + +Most importantly, the ``koch`` tool can be used to run the test suite. To do so compile it first +by executing ``nim c koch``, then execute ``./koch tests``. The test suite takes a while to run, +but you can run specific tests by specifying a category to run, for example ``./koch tests cat async``. + +Make sure that the tests all pass before +[submitting your pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/). +If you're short on time, you can +just run the tests specific to your change. Just run the category which corresponds to the change +you've made. When you create your pull request, Travis CI will verify that all the tests pass +anyway. + +If you're looking for things to do, take a look at our +[issue tracker](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues). There is always plenty of issues +labelled [``Easy``](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/labels/Easy), these should be a good +starting point if this is your first contribution to Nim. + +You can also help with the development of Nim by making donations. You can do so +in many ways: + +* [Gratipay](https://gratipay.com/nim/) +* [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/nim) +* Bitcoin - 1BXfuKM2uvoD6mbx4g5xM3eQhLzkCK77tJ + +Finally, if you have any questions feel free to submit a question on the issue tracker, +on the [Nim forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org), or on IRC. ## License The compiler and the standard library are licensed under the MIT license, |