NAME

       NMLC — A compiler from NML code to NFO and/or GRF files.

SYNOPSIS

       nmlc [options] [file]

OPTIONS

       -c      Crop extraneous transparent blue from real sprites.

       -u      Save  real  sprites  uncompressed to GRF files. This saves a lot of time during encoding but it's
               not  recommended  when  creating  a  file  for  distribution  since  it  makes  the  output  file
               substantially bigger.

       --grf=file
               Write output in GRF format to <file>.

       --nfo=file
               Write output in NFO format to <file>.

       --nml=file
               Write output in NML format to <file>.

       --output=file | -o file
               Write  output  to <file>. The output type is detected from the extension of the filename. It must
               be one of nfo, nml or grf.

       --md5=file
               Write an md5sum of the resulting grf to <file>.

       --debug | -d
               Print a dump of the AST to stdout.

       --version
               Print programme's version number and exit.

       --help | -h
               Print usage information.

       --stack | -s
               Dump stack when an error occurs.

       -M      Output a rule suitable for make describing  the  graphics  dependencies  of  the  main  grf  file
               (requires input file or --grf)

       --MF=file
               When used with -M, specifies a file to write the dependencies to

       --MT=file
               Target of the rule emitted by dependency generation (requires -M)

       --custom-tags=file | -t file
               Load custom tags from <file> [default: custom_tags.txt].

       --lang-dir=dir | -l dir
               Load language files from directory <dir> [default: lang].

       --default-lang=file
               The default language is stored in <file> [default: english.lng].

       --sprites-dir=dir | -a dir
               Store 32bpp sprites in directory <dir> [default: sprites].

       --start-sprite=num
               Set  the  first  sprite  number  to write (do not use except when you output nfo that you want to
               include in other files).

       --palette=palette | -p palette
               Force nml to use the palette <pal> [default: ANY]. Valid values are 'DOS', 'WIN', 'ANY'.

       --quiet
               Disable all warnings. Errors will be printed normally.

       --cache-dir=dir
               Cache files are stored in directory <dir> [default: .nmlcache].

       --clear-orphaned
               Remove unused / orphaned items from cache files.

       --verbosity=level
               Set the verbosity level for informational output [default: 3, max: 4].

SEE ALSO

       The language reference at http://newgrf-specs.tt-wiki.net/wiki/NML:Main

AUTHOR

       NML was written by Albert Hofkamp, Christoph Elsenhans, Jasper Reichardt, Ingo von  Borstel,  José  Soler
       and Thijs Marinussen.

       This manual page was originally written by Thijs Marinussen.

                                                January 07, 2016                                         NMLC(1)