Making NeoMutt

How NeoMutt Assembles the Source

The NeoMutt build relies on a lot of pre-/post-processing.

The diagrams below shows how the code and docs fit together.

Key:

• Ellipse : source file

• Square : action

  • Blue square : normal command

  • Green square : NeoMutt script/command

• Red dot : action is dependent on the environment (OS, libs, etc.)

• Green star : action is dependent on user configuration

• {Braces} : multiple files follow this pattern

Source Code:

• compulsory : always compiled into NeoMutt

• conditional : depends on user config

• environmental : depends on OS’s available libraries

• generated : created from other files

• shared : used in multiple places

Diagram Source:

• Code

• Docs

Render the diagrams with the dot command:

dot -Tsvg make-code.gv > make-code.svg
dot -Tsvg make-docs.gv > make-docs.svg

(from the graphviz package)