NAME

       gbs3 - GAMBAS Scripter.

SYNOPSIS

       gbs3 [options] [--] [<script file> | <project directory> | -]
       gbs3 --convert-project <source project directory> <destination script directory>
       gbs3 --convert-script <script file> [<Destination where project directory is created>]
       gbs3 [-p | --plugin] <script file> [<Destination directory where plugin is created>]

DESCRIPTION

       Gambas  is  a  free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, a mix of
       Java(tm) and Visual Basic(tm).  With Gambas, you can quickly design your program GUI  with  Qt  or  GTK+,
       access  database  systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQlite or ODBC databases, pilot applications with DBus,
       translate your program into many languages, create GStreamer, OpenGL or SDL applications, and so on...

       gbs3 is the interpreter that allows you to compile and execute a Gambas script.
       gbs3 may also be used to convert a Gambas project to a script or a script back to a project.

OPTIONS

       -b, --buildonly
              process and compile the script without executing it

       -c, --nocache
              force the script compilation (do not check cache)

       --convert-project
              convert a Gambas project into an executable Gambas script file

       --convert-script
              convert a Gambas script file into a Gambas project

       -e     execute the source code provided by the command line ( ':' separator )

       -f, --fast
              use just-in-time compiler

       -g, --debug
              add debugging information to application

       -h, --help
              display help and exit

       -l, --list
              display a list of available Components or Libraries, '-l component' or '-l library'

       -L, --license
              display license

       -p, --plugin
              generate a plugin executable that can be loaded by other scripts

       -S --strict
              fail if 'Public' or 'Sub' are defined without a 'main' function otherwise create main()

       -t, --trace
              turn on tracing option during execution

       -T, --terse
              only print a very terse error report on compile errors

       -u, --use
              load component or libraries ('comp1,comp2,lib1...')

       -v, --verbose
              be verbose

       -V, --version
              display version

       -w, --warnings
              display warnings during compilation

PROJECT CONVERSION

       gbs3 can convert a Gambas project into an executable script file using the --convert-project option.  The
       input project directory is used to create the script which is written to  the  output  script  directory.
       The script is created and named the same as the originating project.
       gbs3 MyProjectDirectory DestinationScriptDirectory

SCRIPT CONVERSION

       gbs3 can convert a script file to a full Gambas project using the --convert-script option.
       The  input  script  is translated into a project by the same basename as the script and is created in the
       specified directory. In the case in which no output directory is specified, the environment variable  PWD
       is used as the location to create the Gambas project.
       gbs3 MyScript.gbs ~/Projects
       This created the project 'MyScript' directory in the users 'Projects' directory.

PLUGINS

       gbs3  can create plugins that can be used by other scripts or Gambas applications after being built using
       the --plugin or -p option.  Plugins are created in a user-selected directory and are  also  executed  and
       cached  in this directory, unlike a normal script, in which executables are created in the temp directory
       and are executed from there.  This allows plugins to persist after the scripter exits.
       If no output destination is specified, then the plugin is created in the  ~/.local/lib/gambas  directory.
       and may be loaded from there using the component.load() function.
       gbs3 MyPluginScript [Plugin Destination Directory]

EXAMPLE

       #!/usr/bin/env gbs3
       for i as integer = 0 to 10
         print i;;
       next

AVAILABILITY

       The latest version of Gambas can always be obtained from
       gambas.sourceforge.net,
       documentation about the language is at
       http://gambaswiki.org/wiki.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://gambaswiki.org/bugtracker

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright© Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@gambas-basic.org>;

       This  is  free  software;  see  the  source  for  copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

                                                   August 2024                                           GBS3(1)