`rectx build` causes crash if source and build directory are not set about rectx HOT 8 CLOSED

Solution

There are a couple of fixes that need to be done.

1. Instead of crashing, if the fields are not filled rectx should notify the user that they need to be filled.
2. Template syntax need to be updated so you can "label" a directory/file so during generation rectx automatically adds the "labelled" folders/files into the appropriate config fields. It may be a good idea to implement a field keyword that lets the template to define the values in the config pre-generation. This would also make the templates more powerful.
3. rectx build/run searches/assumes where stuff is. This isn't a great idea on it's own because if it doesn't know where things are then it could easily assume the wrong things and error. However, if the project.rectx config provides the template name, rectx could look up the template name and (given that solution 2 is implemented) we can find the build/source/main/etc that way.

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I don't really know how rectx works, but couldn't you possibly default to making a "build" or "bin" directory when building, and just include all files in the project directory and sub directories. Perhaps ignore the "build"/"bin" dir when scanning for .rct files?

Once again, I'm not the expert

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Thanks for the suggestion @Khhs167 😄.

Rectx generates project files, but it doesn't restrict the user to a specific project layout/structure. To do this, rectx uses a template which specifies how the project should be generated and a project config to specify where everything is. However, currently, the template does not specify where to find all of the ".rct" files or where to build the executable, so the project config does not specify where anything is. Since rectx build uses the project config to find the appropriate directories it causes a crash because the values in the config are not specified.

Unfortunately, I cannot generate a default folder for the executable because rectx doesn't even know where the source folder is! I would like to avoid generating default folders/files for the most part as the information exists for rectx to use just not available where it was expecting it to be available.

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Ultimately, this bug is due to shortsightedness in template syntax. I should be able to get it patched in no time 😎.

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Due to a lack of activity, this issue has been deemed stale. If this level of activity continues for a further 5 days this issues will be closed.

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This issue has been closed due to a lack of activity!

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