CLIck

CLIck is a SW library that allows you to implement multi-context CLIs in an extremely easy way.

Some popular features supported by CLIck are:

• multi-context environment

• XML based structure definition

• from simple and flat to complex multi-context CLIs

• subcommands handling

• history handling and commands recalling

• context-aware auto-completion

• automatic generation of application code

• commands implementation though user callbacks

• input/output stream redirection

• special keys actions

• VT100 keys compliant

• VERY easy to use

CLIck has been written with the following criteria to allow its usage in a vast variety of environments:

• code is fully re-entrant

• tested on multi-process, multi-thread and generic multi-task environments (even on OSes with no memory protection between tasks)

• very little usage of unistd library, to allow its usage on not fully POSIX OSes

• code is meant to be as much optimized as possible. Very little usage of dynamic memory allocation

• code is written in ANSI C, but ready to be used in C++ environments as well

[The basics]
[Defining the command tree: the XML tree file]
[Building CLIck]
[Creating your own application]
[Using the CLI]

This Wiki is "Work In Progress", I will soon upload a deeper description, as well as a quick tutorial. Please be patient.

Project Members:

• zacmarco (admin)