Generator Config Macros

This page lists the macros which are pre-defined in qooxdoo, and can (mostly) be overridden in custom configuration files. (Others, like PYTHON_CMD or QOOXDOO_VERSION, you would only want to reference, but not set).

Macro name Description Default value

ADD_NOCACHE_PARAM

turn compile-options/uris/add-nocache-param on/off for source builds false

API_EXCLUDE

list of class pattern to exclude from the api documentation []

API_INCLUDE

list of class pattern to include in the api documentation ["qx.*", "${APPLICATION}.*"]

APPLICATION

application name space <undef>

APPLICATION_MAIN_CLASS

application main class ${APPLICATION}.Application

BUILD_PATH

output path for the "build" job (can be rel. to config dir) ./build

CACHE

path to the compile cache (can be rel. to config dir) ${TMPDIR}/cache

CACHE_KEY

takes the value of a complete cache configuration key (i.e. a map) { "compile" : "${CACHE}", "downloads" : "${CACHE}/downloads", "invalidate-on-tool-change" : true }

COMPILE_WITH_LINT

turn lint-check on/off during compile runs true

GENERATOR_OPTS

(read-only) string with the command line options the generator was invoked with (e.g. "-c myconf.json -q") <undef>

HOME

(read-only) value of the (process) environment variable "HOME" "." (for safety reasons)

LOCALES

list of locales for this application [ "en" ]

OPTIMIZE

list of optimization options for build version ["basecalls", "comments", "privates", "statics", "strings", "variables", "variants", "whitespace"]

QOOXDOO_PATH

path to the qooxdoo installation root dir <undef>

QOOXDOO_VERSION

the current qooxdoo version 5.0.2

QOOXDOO_REVISION

(read-only) the current qooxdoo repository revision (only defined in a repository checkout)

QXICONTHEME

icon theme to use for this application ["Tango"]

QXTHEME

theme to use for this application "qx.theme.Modern"

PYTHON_CMD

(read-only) Python executable (your system's default Python executable)

ROOT

application root dir (rel. to config dir) "."

SOURCE_SERVER_PORT

port the source-server should run on 0 (meaning an arbitrary free port will be picked)

TEST_INCLUDE

class pattern to search for unit test classes "${APPLICATION}.test.*"

TEST_EXCLUDE

class pattern to exclude unit test classes "${APPLICATION}.test.oldtests.*"

TESTS_SCRIPT

script file name for the test application (the "AUT") "tests.js"

TMPDIR

(read-only) path to tmp directory (platform-dependent, like /tmp etc.; run generate.py info to find out)

USERNAME

(read-only) value of the (process) environment variable "USERNAME" <undef>