Description

This is a collection of potentially useful c++ routines and objects for some common needs. The library should compile on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Contents:

• buffer.hpp/cpp
  • Provides a means to read/write standard integral and string types to a memory buffer
• color.hpp/cpp
  • A generic color object, primarily intended to be used with image.hpp/cpp
• console.hpp/cpp
  • Routines to generate the standard escape sequences for console manipulation (colors, cursor position,etc)
• filemap.hpp/cpp
  • Memory maps files into the address space
• image.hpp/cpp
  • A generic bitmap object and routine to save/import from non compressed bmp files.
• netutil.hpp/cpp
  • Generic object/routines for network access: initialize/shutdown network(Windows only), errormessage (used by sock.hpp/cpp)
• numinc.hpp
  • A simple number generator for one up counts. Allows for a max value. Useful for serial number generation of objects.
• random.hpp
  • This is a third party (not developed by myself) template for generating random numbers. It has its own license.
• sock.hpp/cpp
  • Is a generic socket class for network operations: send,receive,connect,etc.
• strutil.hpp
  • Provides multitude of methods to operate on strings: lower,upper,trim,parse,split,dump,etc.
• timer.hpp/cpp
  • Simple timer object

Building

Ensure cmake is installed. From the top level directory of the source tree:

• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"NMake Makefiles" (Windows)
• cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"Unix Makefiles" (all other OS)
• cmake --build . --config Release