README

Welcome to Codespace 1.2.4!

Codespace is a lightweight, POSIX compiant, command line development environment.

**** Installing your own Codespace environment
1. execute: ./install directory_for_Codespace

**** Creating a new Project ****
1. ./project [c] projectname 
	- builds and configures your project
	- optionally include c argument to create a C project
	- creates a local git repository
2. ./new [lang] filename 
	- creates new files
	- adds them to the local git index
	- automatically creates Makefile entries for compiled languages
	- languages:
		C (./new c filename)
		C++ (./new cpp filename)
		Java (./new java filename)
		Python (./new py filename)
		Perl (./new pl filename)
		Ruby (./new rb filename)
		POSIX Shell (./new sh filename)
	- create a text file with ./new filename 
3. make target
	- compile your source code


**** Utilities ****
1. ./import file
	- imports files to your project directory
	- automatically updates makefile
2. ./export directory
	- exports your project to directory
3. ./summary
	- prints out a summary of your project

**** Latest  Features ****
1.2.2 - Bug fixes, simplifying file structure and installation
	- install.sh will install your own Codespace environment
	- removed old, unnecessary utilities (wrappers for grep, sed, echo)
	- ensured consistent formatting of messages to user
	- removed dependencies on old utilities

1.2.3 - Added summary feature, language variable, easy archiving
	- new language variable for your project
	- summary now includes an elapsed time variable
	- archive target now in makefile

1.2.4 -import tool plus more sophisticated header file creation
	- new import tool will import files to project
	- header files now contain include guards
 	- source files contain include statements with reference to header files
	- install.sh file updated with added import tool