1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/subx/gen b/subx/gen
index 91370ea4..a2f1de4a 100755
--- a/subx/gen
+++ b/subx/gen
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-# Build commonly-used SubX programs.
+#!/bin/sh
+# Little helper to quickly build SubX programs from the commandline.
+# Only works for programs in some standard places the repo knows about.
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <file root without subdirectory or .subx extension>"
+  echo
+  echo "Naming convention: Files starting with 'ex' will be assumed to live in examples/ and be self-contained."
+  echo "Other files will be assumed to live in apps/ and need the standard library."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Build in debug mode since the common case at the moment is building small
+# files. To override, calling scripts should do their own builds to ensure
+# subx_bin is up to date.
+export CFLAGS=-g
 
 if [[ $1 == 'ex'* ]]
 then
-  CFLAGS=-g ./subx translate examples/$1.subx -o examples/`echo $1 |sed 's/\..*//'`
+  ./subx translate examples/$1.subx -o examples/`echo $1 |sed 's/\..*//'`
   exit $?
 fi
 
-CFLAGS=-g ./subx translate *.subx apps/$1.subx  -o apps/`echo $1 |sed 's/\..*//'`
+./subx translate *.subx apps/$1.subx  -o apps/`echo $1 |sed 's/\..*//'`
 exit $?