Add -n option, and other improvements

For consistency, I added this option, so any project type can be
explicitly specified. Of course, this option is the default, so it can
be left out to yield the existing behaviour.

mkproj.1

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .Nm
 .Fl v
 .Nm
-.Op Fl f | Fl l | Fl s
+.Op Fl f | Fl l | Fl n | Fl s
 .Oo
 .Op Fl d
 .Fl g Ar gitroot
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ The
 script creates a C++ project directory structure with some predefined
 boilerplate files, ready to be built using
 .Xr make 1 .
+.Pp
+Please note that you will need GNU Make to use the supplied Makefiles, which is
+standard on Linux systems.
+On BSD systems, use
+.Xr gmake 1 ,
+which is usually available through a package manager for the platform.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 can create a directory for a simple project using a single source file; a
 general project suitable for many source files; a general project setup as a
@@ -40,37 +47,54 @@ display a version string, containing the
 .Xr git 1
 commit hash, after you have built the tool at least once.
 .Pp
-The options are as follows:
+The options for
+.Nm
+are as follows:
 .Ss General Options
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl \-version, v
-Print version info and exit.
-.It Fl \-gitroot Ar gitroot , Fl g Ar gitroot
+.It Fl d
+Save default Git URL to clone from.
+Will only have any effect when also using the
+.Fl g
+option.
+It will cause the
+.Ar gitroot
+argument for
+.Fl g
+to be saved into the
+.Nm
+configuration file, for later use with the
+.Fl G
+option.
+.It Fl g Ar gitroot
 Clone a
 .Xr git 1
 repo from the supplied git URL.
 When combined with the
-.Fl \-default
-or
 .Fl d
 option, the supplied git URL will be saved into the
 .Nm
 configuration file.
-.It Fl \-gitfav , Fl G
-Use the git URL saved earlier to clone a repo from.
-.It Fl \-tplroot Ar tplroot , Fl t Ar tplroot
+.It Fl G
+Use the Git URL saved earlier to clone a repo from.
+.It Fl t Ar tplroot
 Specify the root directory where the project templates can be found.
 This option is useful when you want to use a modified set of files to base your
 projects on.
+.It Fl v
+Print version info and exit.
 .El
 .Ss Project Type Options
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl \-filter, f
-Create a filter project.
-.It Fl \-library, l
+.It Fl f
+Create a filter tool project.
+.It Fl l
 Create a library project.
-.It Fl \-simple, s
-Create a simple project.
+.It Fl n
+Create a normal tool project.
+This is the default.
+.It Fl s
+Create a simple tool project.
 .El
 .Pp
 Without any
@@ -190,8 +214,9 @@ This is where the C++ standard is defined.
 Change if needed for your project.
 Note the
 .Dq +=
-operator here, so a possibly defined $CXXFLAGS environment
-variable will be honored.
+operator here, so a possibly defined
+.Ev CXXFLAGS
+environment variable will be honored.
 .It PRECOMPILE
 The project can generate and use a precompiled header.
 By default, the precomp.hpp file contains the C++ Standard Library headers, but
@@ -246,7 +271,7 @@ Possible library dependencies should be added to the Makefile.
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It make
 Use this to compile and link your tool.
-When doing this with for the first time, or after doing a
+When doing this for the first time, or after doing a
 .Dq make dist-clean ,
 a
 .Dq build
@@ -291,10 +316,16 @@ that is generated using the various
 invocations.
 .It make uninstall
 Remove the files that are installed by the
-.Sq make install
+.Dq make install
 invocation.
 Please note that no dependency checks are done, so removal could break other
 tools or libraries that depend on the removed files.
+.Pp
+Also, if the install also created standard directories, like
+.Pa /usr/local/bin ,
+.Pa /usr/local/lib ,
+.Pa /usr/local/include ,
+etc., and they end up empty after the uninstall, they won't be removed.
 .El
 .Ss Tool Features, out of the box
 TODO describe main.cpp and version.cpp here.

mkproj.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ simple=0
 usegitroot=0
 
 usage() {
-    echo "usage: $progname [-f|-l|-s] [[-d] -g <gitroot>|-G] [-t <tplroot>] PROJECTNAME" >&2
+    echo "usage: $progname [-f|-l|-n|-s] [[-d] -g <gitroot>|-G] [-t <tplroot>] PROJECTNAME" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ check_gitroot() {
 progname=${0##*/}
 
 # option processing, using silent mode
-while getopts :dfGg:lst:v opt
+while getopts :dfGg:lnst:v opt
 do
     case $opt in
         d)
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ do
         l)
             library=1
             ;;
+        n)
+            mainfile=main.cpp
+            library=0
+            simple=0
+            ;;
         s)
             simple=1
             ;;