Overview
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| 3 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | JamPlus is a software build tool, similar to *make*. It is built on Perforce's Jam 2.5 and contains necessary and useful patches from the Perforce Jamming mailing list and Perforce Public Depot. JamPlus also has a number of new features above and beyond any published patches. |
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| 5 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | The JamPlus Jambase has support for Visual C++ builds only at this time. Other compilers are forthcoming. |
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| 7 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | h1. Download JamPlus |
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| 9 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | JamPlus may be downloaded from the Files tab above. |
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| 11 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | The JamPlus source code is available in Git from *@git://github.com/jamplus/jamplus.git@*. |
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| 14 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | h1. Building JamPlus |
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| 16 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | Please be aware that the bootstrapped version of JamPlus is not currently operational, nor can Jam build itself through the provided Jamfiles. |
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| 18 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | Go to the [[BuildingJamplus|Detailed instructions for building JamPlus]]. |
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| 21 | 1 | h1. Features |
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| 23 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | A sampling of the new features in the JamPlus distribution is below. More detailed accounts can be found on the New Features page. |
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| 25 | 1 | * All the power of the core Perforce Jam 2.5 software. |
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| 26 | 1 | * *Multiple Passes:* The ability to run multiple internal passes, collecting unknown dependencies, and executing them in a future pass. |
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| 27 | 1 | * *Network Cache:* Any to-be-built target can be retrieved from one or more shared network caches of prebuilt targets. |
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| 28 | 1 | * *Command-line Dependencies:* When the 'command line' of a target (not necessarily the real command line) changes, the target is rebuilt. |
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| 29 | 1 | * *Powerful New Variable Expansion:* Convert between slash types, expand literal text, include or exclude list components, recursive file globs, and more. |
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| 30 | 1 | * *Dependency (Header) Cache:* When dependency information is scanned, it is cached for the next build, offering a huge performance boost. |
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| 31 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | * *Batch Compilation*: JamPlus is able to batch files to tools that support it, such as the Visual C++ compiler. |
| 32 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | * *Workspace/Project Generator*: JamPlus can output project files for the Visual Studio IDE. |
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| 35 | 3 | Joshua Jensen | h1. Documentation |
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| 37 | 3 | Joshua Jensen | Find all available documentation on the [[Documentation]] page. |
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| 41 | 4 | Joshua Jensen | h1. Example Projects |
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| 43 | 7 | Joshua Jensen | A list of real-world projects converted to use JamPlus can be found on the [[ExampleProjects]] page. |