ITK/Release 4/Coding Style/KWStyle

Source Code

Download via Git from

  git clone  git://public.kitware.com/KWStyle.git

Build

• Configure with CMake
• Default options should do just fine

Linux Example

If you are lucky enough to be using Linux, (or a *nix system), you can do:

   mkdir ~/bin/KWStyle
   cd  ~/bin/KWStyle
   ccmake ~/src/KWStyle
 

for convienence do:

  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ~/local 

if you want to install it in $HOME/local

and also configure it to build for Release:

  CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  Release

finally build and install with:

   make 
   make install

Use from ITK

Rerun CMake in your ITK build.

Turn ON the flag:

 ITK_USE_KWSTYLE    ON

Indicate where the KWStyle executable is located. For example, if you installed it as suggested above, then set:

   KWSTYLE_EXECUTABLE    ~/local/bin/KWStyle

and finally, set your favorite format for error reporting.

The options are:

KWSTYLE_USE_MSVC_FORMAT
KWSTYLE_USE_VIM_FORMAT

This will allow you to run KWStyle from your development environment and process the style errors just the same way that you manage compilation errors. Please note that the vim format is also compatible with Emacs.

For example, if you are a fortunate enough to be a user of Vim, you can do:

  cd  $ITK_BINARY_DIR
  vim
  

and from inside the editor type

  :make StyleCheckCode

if any errors are reported, the relevant files will be open inside the editor, just the same way as if C++ compilation errors had occurred during a normal build.

If you are not familiar with the Vim mode for "edit-compile-edit cycle", do yourself a favor and read:

   :help quickfix

It will change your life.

An additional target for coding style is

   :make StyleCheckCode

You can also run the Style checks as tests by doing from the command line:

   ctest -R KWStyleCodeTest -V

and

   ctest -R KWStyleReviewTest -V