uil(Xm)                        6 January 1993                        uil(Xm)


 Name

    uil - the user interface language compiler

 Syntax

    uil [ options ] file

 Description

    The uil command invokes the UIL compiler. The User Interface Language
    (UIL) is a specification language for describing the initial state of a
    user interface for a Motif application. The specification describes the
    objects (menus, dialog boxes, labels, push buttons, and so on) used in
    the interface and specifies the routines to be called when the interface
    changes state as a result of user interaction.

    file    Specifies the file to be compiled through the UIL compiler.

    options Specifies one or more of the following options:

            -Ipathname
                    This option causes the compiler to look for include files
                    in the directory specified if the include files have not
                    been found in the paths that already were searched.
                    Specify this option followed by a pathname, with no
                    intervening spaces.

            -m      Machine code is listed. This directs the compiler to
                    place in the listing file a description of the records
                    that it added to the User Interface Database (UID). This
                    helps you isolate errors. The default is no machine code.

            -o file Directs the compiler to produce a UID.  By default, UIL
                    creates a UID with the name a.uid.  The file specifies
                    the filename for the UID.  No UID is produced if the com-
                    piler issues any diagnostics categorized as error or
                    severe.

            -s      Directs the compiler to set the locale before compiling
                    any files.  The locale is set in an implementation-
                    dependent manner.  On ANSI C-based systems, the locale is
                    usually set by calling setlocale(LCALL, "").  If this
                    option is not specified, the compiler does not set the
                    locale.

            -v file Directs the compiler to generate a listing.  The file
                    specifies the filename for the listing.  If the -v option
                    is not present, no listing is generated by the compiler.
                    The default is no listing.

            -w      Specifies that the compiler suppress all warning and in-
                    formational messages. If this option is not present, all
                    messages are generated, regardless of the severity.

            -wmd file
                    Specifies a binary widget meta-language description file
                    to be used in place of the default WML description.

    For more information about UIL syntax, see the OSF/Motif Programmer's
    Guide.

 See also

    X(X) and Uil(Xm).