gap-system / PackageMaker

A simple GAP script for creating a GAP package skeleton

PackageMaker

PackageMaker is a GAP package that makes it easy and convenient to create new GAP packages.

You can use it as follows:

1. Download PackageMaker and extract it into a GAP pkg directory. Or just clone its git repository inside the pkg directory:

    git clone https://github.com/gap-system/PackageMaker
   

2. Start GAP, load the PackageMaker package and run the package wizard:

    LoadPackage("PackageMaker");
    PackageWizard();
   

3. Answer the questions about your new package. Afterwards, PackageMaker creates a new directory for the new package and populates it with all the files needed for a basic package.

4. Move the newly created package directory to a suitable place.

Next, you may wish to learn more about the purpose of the various generated files as well as the the meaning and correct usage of the entries in the PackageInfo.g file. Some relevant places for that:

• the GAP manual chapter on "Using and Developing GAP Packages".
• the manual of the Example
• the comments in the PackageInfo.g file of the Example package.

Contact

Please submit bug reports, suggestions for improvements and patches via the issue tracker.

You can also contact me directly via email.

License

PackageMaker is free software you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For details, see the file COPYING distributed as part of this package or see the FSF's own site.

As a special exception to the terms of the GNU General Public License, you are granted permission to distribute a package you generated using PackageMaker under any open source license recognized that is by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).