lives-plugins 2.8.7-1 / usr / bin / build-lives-rfx-plugin

#!/usr/bin/perl

# build-lives-rfx-plugin - Copyright G. Finch (salsaman) 2005 - 2012
# Released under the GPL 3 or later - see file COPYING or www.gnu.org for details

#usage : build-lives-rfx-plugin <script_file> <output_directory>
# if <output_directory> is omitted, plugins will be generated in /tmp



########################################################
# this will auto-generate a LiVES-Perl plugin from the info in $file

$rfx_version="1.8";


if ($ARGV[0] eq "-get") {
    $section=$ARGV[1];
    $file=$ARGV[2];
    my @result=&rc_read($section,$file);
    foreach (@result) {
	print "$_\n";
    }
    exit 0;
}


$file=$ARGV[0];

my $define=(&rc_read("define",$file))[0];
if ($define eq "") {
    print "  - <define> section missing from script file.\n";
    exit 5;
}

my $version=substr($define,1);

unless (&make_ver_hash($version) <= &make_ver_hash($rfx_version)) {
    print "\n\n  - Invalid script RFX version $version, this builder is for $rfx_version\n";
    exit 4;
}

my $delim=substr($define,0,1);
my $delimit=$delim;
if ($delim =~ /[\^\$\.\*\+\?\|\(\)\[\]\{\}\\]/) {
    $delim="\\".$delim;
}

my $plugin_name=(&rc_read("name",$file))[0];
my $author_name=(&rc_read("author",$file))[0];
my $lang_code=(&rc_read("language_code",$file))[0];
unless ($lang_code eq "240"||hex($lang_code)==240) {
    print "  - Invalid language code for this builder !\n";
    exit 3;
}

my $plugin_version=(&rc_read("version",$file))[0];
my $description=(&rc_read("description",$file))[0];
my @requires=&rc_read("requires",$file);
my @params=&rc_read("params",$file);
my @param_window=&rc_read("param_window",$file);
my $properties=(&rc_read("properties",$file))[0];
my @pre=&rc_read("pre",$file);
my @loop=&rc_read("loop",$file);
my @post=&rc_read("post",$file);
my @onchange=&rc_read("onchange",$file);

$properties=hex($properties)|0x8000; # mark as built with build-plugin

my $min_frames=(split(/$delim/,$description))[2];
my $in_channels=(split(/$delim/,$description))[3];

if ($min_frames==-1) {
    $is_util=1;
}
else {
    $is_util=0;
}


$builder_version="2.8.7";

if ($in_channels==0&&$properties&0x0004) {
    #batch mode generator
    $is_batch_gen=1;
}
else {
    $is_batch_gen=0;
}


if ($in_channels>0) {
    push(@requires,"convert");
}


#########################################################

# generate into /tmp
# LiVES will call this to generate in plugins/effects/rendered/test

if (!defined($ARGV[1])) {
    if ($^O eq "MSWin32") {
	$prefix_dir="C:\\";
    } else {
	$prefix_dir="/tmp";
    }
}
else {
    $prefix_dir=$ARGV[1];
}

if ($^O eq "MSWin32") {
    $plugin_file="$prefix_dir\\$plugin_name";
}
else {
    $plugin_file="$prefix_dir/$plugin_name";
}

if (defined($DEBUG)) {
    print "Creating plugin file $plugin_file\n";
}

########################################################

open OUT,">","$plugin_file";

print OUT "#!/usr/bin/perl\n\n";
print OUT "#######################################################################\n";
print OUT "# LiVES $plugin_name plugin, version $version\n";
print OUT "# RFX version $rfx_version\n";
print OUT "# autogenerated from script by $author_name\n\n";
print OUT "# rendered plugins should accept:\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> version (return <plugin_name> version <version>)\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_define\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_capabilities\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_description (e.g. \"Edge detect|Edge detecting|1|1|\")\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> clear (clean up any plugin generated temp files)\n";
print OUT "# and optionally any of: \n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_parameters\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_param_window\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> get_onchange\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> onchange_<when> (for any triggers, e.g. onchange_init)\n";
print OUT "#\n";
print OUT "# they must accept:\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> process <parameters>\n\n";
print OUT "# You should not skip any frames, if a frame is not changed you must do:\n";
print OUT "# `cp \$in \$out`\n";
print OUT "#\n";
print OUT "# for *non-Perl* plugins, LiVES will call:\n";
print OUT "# <plugin_name> process \"<dir>\" <in_ext> <out_ext> <start> <end>\n";
print OUT "#  <width> <height> <parameters>\n";
print OUT "# first you should chdir to <dir>\n";
print OUT "# then you should create all output frames %8d\$out_ext in numerical \n";
print OUT "# from start to end inclusive,\n";
print OUT "# each time calling sig_progress (see smogrify) - writes current frame number to \n";
print OUT "# <dir>/.status\n";
print OUT "# and checking for pause\n";
print OUT "#\n";
print OUT "# Any errors should be transmitted as in sig_error - \n";
print OUT "# write \"error|msg1|msg2|msg3|\" to <dir>/.status\n";
print OUT "# msgn must not contain \"\\n\", but can be omitted\n\n";
print OUT "# output frames should be named %8d\$out_ext in the same directory\n";
print OUT "# after processing, you should leave no gaps in out frames, you should not resize\n";
print OUT "# or change the palette from RGB24 (LiVES will check and autocorrect this soon)\n\n";
print OUT "# Also you must implement your own: &sig_error and &sig_progress\n\n\n";
print OUT "#######################################################################\n\n";


print OUT "use POSIX;\n\n";

print OUT "my \$command=\$ARGV[0];\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_capabilities\") {\n";
print OUT "    # capabilities is a bitmap field\n";
print OUT "    # 0x0001 == slow (hint to GUI)\n";
print OUT "    # 0x0002 == may resize (all frames to $nwidth x $nheight)\n";
print OUT "    # 0x0004 == block mode generator\n";
print OUT "    # 0x8000 == reserved\n";
print OUT "    print \"$properties\\n\";\n";
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"version\") {\n";
print OUT "    print \"$plugin_name version $plugin_version : builder version $builder_version\\n\";\n";
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_define\") {\n";
print OUT "    print \"$delimit$version\\n\";\n";
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_description\") {\n";
print OUT "    #format here is \"Menu entry|Action description|min_frames|number_of_in_channels|\"\n";
print OUT "    # min_frames==-1 indicates a special \"no processing\" effect. This allows more\n";
print OUT "    #general parameter windows which are not really effects (e.g. frame_calculator)\n";
print OUT "    print \"$description\\n\";\n";
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_parameters\") {\n";
print OUT "    # \"name|label|type|other fields...\"\n";
    print OUT "    # eg. print \"radius|_radius|num0|1|1|100|\";\n";
    print OUT "    # types can be numx,colRGB24,bool,string or string_list\n";

    foreach (@params) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    @bits=split(/$delim/);
	    # note: ARGV[0]=="process"
	    if ($bits[2] eq "string") {
		$bits[3]=&quotescape (&escape($bits[3]));
	    }
	    print OUT "    print \"".join($delimit,@bits)."$delimit\\n\";\n";
	}
    }

print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_param_window\") {\n";

    foreach (@param_window) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    $_ =~ s/\"/\\\"/g;
	    print OUT "    print \"$_$delimit\\n\";\n";
	}
    }

print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";

print OUT "if (\$command eq \"get_onchange\") {\n";
if (@onchange) {
    &gen_onchange(0);
}
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n";

print OUT "#######################################################\n\n";
print OUT "if (\$command eq \"process\") {\n\n";
print OUT "# in case of error, you should do:\n";
print OUT "# &sig_error(\"msg1\",\"msg2\",\"msg3\",\"msg4\"); [ msg's are optional, but must not\n"; 
print OUT "# contain newlines (\\n) ]\n\n";

if (@requires) {
    &gen_requires(0);
}

if (@params) {
    print OUT "\n###### handle parameters #############\n";
    print OUT "# autogenerated from get_parameters\n\n";

    &gen_get_params;
    &gen_param_checks;
}

for ($i=0;$i<@params;$i++) {
    unless ($params[$i] eq "") {
	if (&param_get_type($i) eq "colRGB24") {
	    $pname=&param_get_name($i);
	    print OUT "\$p$i=int(\$p$i);\n";
	    print OUT "if (\$p$i>0xFFFFFF||\$p$i<0) {\n";
	    print OUT "    &sig_error(\"Invalid colour for $pname.\");\n";
	    print OUT "    exit 1;\n";
	    print OUT "}\n";
	    print OUT "\$p$i"."_red=int(\$p$i/65536);\n";
	    print OUT "\$p$i"."-=\$p$i"."_red*65536;\n";
	    print OUT "\$p$i"."_green=int(\$p$i/256);\n";
	    print OUT "\$p$i"."-=\$p$i"."_green*256;\n";
	    print OUT "\$p$i"."_blue=\$p$i;\n";
	}
    }
}

if ($in_channels==2) {
    print OUT "   \$nwidth=\$width;\n\$nheight=\$height;\n\n";
    print OUT "    if (\$img_ext2 eq \".png\") {\n";
    print OUT "        \$img_prefix2=\"PNG32:\";\n";
    print OUT "    } else {\n";
    print OUT "        \$img_prefix2=\"\";\n";
    print OUT "    }\n";

}


print OUT "\n";

if ($in_channels==0&&!$is_batch_gen) {
    # script writer MUST set this themselves
    print OUT "    \$end=0;\n\n";
}

print OUT "   if (\$img_ext eq \".png\") {\n";
print OUT "        \$img_prefix=\"PNG32:\";\n";
print OUT "   } else {\n";
print OUT "        \$img_prefix=\"\";\n";
print OUT "   }\n\n";

print OUT "   if (\$out_ext eq \".png\") {\n";
print OUT "        \$out_prefix=\"PNG32:\";\n";
print OUT "   } else {\n";
print OUT "        \$out_prefix=\"\";\n";
print OUT "   }\n\n";


if (@pre) {
    &gen_pre;
}

print OUT "\n";
print OUT "    if (\$start==0) {\$start = 1;}\n";
print OUT "\n";

unless ($is_batch_gen) {
    print OUT "\n################# loop through frames #################\n";

    print OUT "   if (\$img_ext eq \".png\") {\n";
    print OUT "        \$img_prefix=\"PNG32:\";\n";
    print OUT "   } else {\n";
    print OUT "        \$img_prefix=\"\";\n";
    print OUT "   }\n\n";

    print OUT "   if (\$out_ext eq \".png\") {\n";
    print OUT "        \$out_prefix=\"PNG32:\";\n";
    print OUT "   } else {\n";
    print OUT "        \$out_prefix=\"\";\n";
    print OUT "   }\n\n";


	if ($in_channels==2) {
	    print OUT "    \$frame2=\$start2;\n";
	    print OUT "    unless (defined(\$img_ext2)) {\n";
	    print OUT "        \$img_ext2=\$img_ext;\n";
	    print OUT "    }\n\n";

	    print OUT "    if (!(\$img_ext2 eq \$img_ext) && &location(\"convert\") eq \"\") {\n";
	    print OUT "         &sig_error(\"'convert' is required by this plugin.\",\"Please install imagemagick and try again.\");\n";
	    print OUT "         exit 1;\n";
	    print OUT "    }\n\n";


	    print OUT "    if (\$img_ext2 eq \".png\") {\n";
	    print OUT "        \$img_prefix2=\"PNG32:\";\n";
	    print OUT "    } else {\n";
	    print OUT "        \$img_prefix2=\"\";\n";
	    print OUT "    }\n\n";


	}

    print OUT "    for (\$frame=\$start;\$frame<=\$end;\$frame++) {\n";
    print OUT "	# sig progress will update the progress bar from \$start->\$end\n";
    print OUT "	\$name=&mkname(\$frame);\n";

    unless ($in_channels==0) {
	print OUT "	\$in=\"\$name\$img_ext\";\n\n";
	print OUT "     if (!defined(\$end) || \$end==0) {\n";
	print OUT "         print STDERR \"WARNING: generator plugin did not set \$end !\";\n";
	print OUT "         &sig_error(\"Generator plugin did not set \$end.\");\n";
	print OUT "     }\n";
    }
    
    if ($in_channels==2) {
	print OUT "        \$name2=&mkname(\$frame2);\n";

	print OUT "        \$in2=\"\$clipboard/\$name2\$img_ext2\";\n";


	print OUT "        unless (-f \$in2f) {\n";
	print OUT "            # end of clipboard reached, loop back to start\n";
	print OUT "            \$frame2=\$start2;\n";
	print OUT "            \$name2=&mkname(\$frame2);\n";
	print OUT "            \$in2=\"\$clipboard/\$name2\$img_ext2\";\n";
	print OUT "	}\n";


	print OUT "        unless (\$img_ext2 eq \$img_ext) {\n";
	print OUT "            system(\"\$convert_command \$img_prefix2\\\"\$in2\\\" \$img_prefix\\\"\$clipboard/\$name2\$img_ext\\\"\");\n";
	print OUT "            \$img_prefix2=\$img_prefix;\n";
	print OUT "        }\n";


    }


    print OUT "	\$out=\"\$name\$out_ext\";\n\n";

    if ($in_channels>0) {
	print OUT "# wait for front end to create $in\n";
	print OUT " while (!-f \$in) {\n";
	print OUT "     sleep 1;\n";
	print OUT " }\n\n";

    }

}

print OUT "##################### the all-important bit #######################\n\n";
    
    &gen_loop;

print OUT "\n###################################################################\n";

unless ($is_batch_gen) {
    if ($in_channels==2) {

	print OUT "        unless (\$img_ext2 eq \$img_ext) {\n";
	print OUT "            unlink \$in2;\n";
	print OUT "        }\n";

	print OUT "        \$frame2++;\n";
    }
    
    print OUT "        \$opfailed=0;\n";
    print OUT "        if (! -f \$out) {\n";
    print OUT "            print STDERR \"Warning: effect plugin $plugin_name skipped frame \$frame !\\n\";\n";
    print OUT "            print STDERR \"Retrying\\n\";\n";

    print OUT "            \$frame--;\n";
    print OUT "            \$opfailed=1;\n";
    print OUT "        }\n";
    print OUT "        unless (\$opfailed) {\n";
    if ($in_channels==0) {
	print OUT "	    &sig_progress(\$frame,\$nwidth,\$nheight,\$fps,\$end);\n";
    }
    else {
	print OUT "	    &sig_progress(\$frame);\n";
    }
    print OUT "        }\n";
    
    for ($i=0;$i<@params;$i++) {
	unless ($params[$i] eq "") {
	    if (&param_get_type($i) eq "colRGB24") {
		# clamp RGB values
		print OUT "        if (\$p$i"."_red>255) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_red=255;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
		print OUT "        elsif (\$p$i"."_red<0) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_red=0;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
		print OUT "        if (\$p$i"."_green>255) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_green=255;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
		print OUT "        elsif (\$p$i"."_green<0) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_green=0;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
		print OUT "        if (\$p$i"."_blue>255) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_blue=255;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
		print OUT "        elsif (\$p$i"."_blue<0) {\n";
		print OUT "            \$p$i"."_blue=0;\n";
		print OUT "        }\n";
	    }
	}
    }
    
    print OUT "    }\n";
}


print OUT "    return 1;\n";
print OUT "}\n\n\n";

print OUT "\n########## Post loop code ############\n";

print OUT "if (\$command eq \"clear\") {\n";

print OUT "    \$start=\$ARGV[1];\n";
print OUT "    \$end=\$ARGV[2];\n";
print OUT "    \$img_ext=\$ARGV[3];\n";

print OUT "\n";

if (@post) {
    &gen_post;
}
print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
print OUT "}\n";


if (@onchange) {
    print OUT "\n########## Triggers ############\n";
    &gen_onchange(1);
}

close OUT;

system ("chmod 755 \"$plugin_file\"");

####################################3



sub gen_requires {
    my ($type)=@_;
    print OUT "##### check requirements first #######\n";

    foreach (@requires) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    print OUT "    if (&location(\"$_\") eq \"\") {\n";
	    if ($type==0) {
		print OUT "      &sig_error(\"You must install '$_' before you can use this effect.\");\n";
	    }
	    else {
		print OUT "      print \"You must install '$_' before you can use this utility.\";\n";
	    }
	    print OUT "      exit 1;\n";
	    print OUT "    }\n";
	}
    }
}




sub gen_get_params {
    my $i=0;
    my (@bits,$type);
    foreach (@params) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    @bits=split (/$delim/,$_);
	    # note: ARGV[0]=="process"
	    $def=($bits[3]);
	    if ($bits[2] eq "string") {
		$def="\"".&quotescape($def)."\"";
	    }
	    print OUT "    unless (defined(\$ARGV[".($i+1)."])) {\n";
	    print OUT "      \$p$i=$def;\n";
	    print OUT "    }\n";
	    print OUT "    else {\n";

	    print OUT "      \$p$i=\$ARGV[".($i+1)."];\n";

	    print OUT "    }\n";
	    $i++;
	}
    }
}


sub gen_param_checks {
# generate some errors if params are out of range
# fix decimal places and booleans
# TODO - check for valid colours
    my ($pname,$min,$max,$type,$dp,@bits,$fix);
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@params) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    @bits=split(/$delim/);
	    $type=$bits[2];
	    if (substr($type,0,3) eq "num") {
		$pname=$bits[0];
		$min=$bits[4];
		$max=$bits[5];
		$dp=substr($type,3);
		$fix=10**$dp;
		if ($dp>0) {
		    $fix.=".";
		}
		print OUT "    \$!=0;\n";

#use POSIX::strtod to account for locales LC_NUMERIC

		print OUT "    if (\$p$i>=0) {\n";
		print OUT "        \$p$i=int(POSIX::strtod(\$p$i)*$fix+.5)/$fix;\n";
		print OUT "    } else {\n";
		print OUT "        \$p$i=int(POSIX::strtod(\$p$i)*$fix-.5)/$fix;\n";
		print OUT "    }\n";
		print OUT "    if (\$p$i<$min) {\n";
		print OUT "       &sig_error(\"$pname must be >= $min\");\n";
		print OUT "       exit 1;\n";
		print OUT "    }\n";
		print OUT "    if (\$p$i>$max) {\n";
		print OUT "       &sig_error(\"$pname must be <= $max\");\n";
		print OUT "       exit 1;\n";
		print OUT "    }\n";
	    }
	    if ($type eq "bool") {
		print OUT "    \$p$i=~(~\$p$i);\n";
	    }
	    $i++;
	}
    }
}

sub gen_pre {
    foreach (@pre) {
	print OUT "    ".$_."\n";
    }
}

sub gen_loop {
    foreach (@loop) {
	print OUT "        ".$_."\n";
    }
}

sub gen_post {
    foreach (@post) {
	print OUT "    ".$_."\n";
    }
}



sub rc_read {
    # return an array value from our .rc file
    my ($key,$rcfile)=@_;
    my $string="";
    my (@result,$part);

    unless (defined(open IN,"$rcfile")) {
	print "  - Unable to read values from script file, $rcfile\n";
	exit 2;
    }
    $part=0;
    while (<IN>) {
	if ($_=~ /(.*)(<\/$key>)/) {
	    return @result;
	}
	if ($part==1||$_=~ /(<$key>)(.*)/) {
	    if ($part==1) {
		chomp($_);
		$string=$_;
		@result=(@result,$string);
	    }
	    else {
		$part=1;
	    }
	}
    }
    return @result;
}



sub gen_onchange {
    my ($pass)=@_;
    my ($i,$acount,$which,$code,$type);
    my (%hash)=();

    foreach (@onchange) {
	unless ($_ eq "") {
	    $which=(split(/$delim/))[0];
	    if ($which>@params||($which>0&&$params[$which-1] eq "")) {
		print "  - onchange value $which > num parameters.\n";
		exit 1;
	    }
	    if ($pass==0) {
		if (!defined($hash{$which})) {
		    print OUT "    print \"$which$delimit\\n\";\n";
		    $hash{$which}=1;
		}
	    }
	    else {
		$code=substr($_,length($which)+1);
		push(@{ $hash{$which} }, $code);
	    }
	}
    }
	
    if ($pass==1) {
	foreach $which (sort keys %hash) {
	    print OUT "\nif (\$command eq \"onchange_$which\") {\n";

	    if (@requires&&$is_util&&$which eq "init") {
		# for utilities, we generate requires here, since there is no process
		&gen_requires(1);
	    }

	    $acount=1;
	    for ($i=0;$i<@params;$i++) {
		unless ($params[$i] eq "") {
		    $type=&param_get_type($i);
		    if ($type eq "colRGB24") {
			# with RGBA we would also have _alpha
			print OUT "    \$p$i"."_red=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
			print OUT "    \$p$i"."_green=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
			print OUT "    \$p$i"."_blue=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
		    }
		    else {
			print OUT "    \$p$i"."=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
			unless ($type eq "bool" || $type eq "string" || $type eq "string_list") {
			    print OUT "    \$p$i"."_min=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
			    print OUT "    \$p$i"."_max=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
			}
		    }
		}
	    }
	    print OUT "    \$width=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    print OUT "    \$height=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    print OUT "    \$start=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    print OUT "    \$end=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    print OUT "    \$last=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    print OUT "    \$length=\$end-\$start+1;\n";
	    if ($in_channels==2) {
		print OUT "    \$width2=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
		print OUT "    \$height2=\@ARGV[".$acount++."];\n";
	    }
	    print OUT "\n";
	    foreach (@{$hash{$which}}) { 
		print OUT "    $_\n";
	    }
	    my ($has_params)=0;
	    for ($i=0;$i<@params;$i++) {
		unless ($params[$i] eq "") {
		    $type=&param_get_type($i);
		    if (!$has_params) {
			&escquotes(@params);
			print OUT "\n    print \"";
			$has_params=1;
		    }
		    if ($type eq "colRGB24") {
			print OUT "\$p$i"."_red ";
			print OUT "\$p$i"."_green ";
			print OUT "\$p$i"."_blue ";
		    }
		    else {
			if ($type eq "string") {
			    print OUT "\\\"\$p$i\\\" ";
			}
			else {
			    print OUT "\$p$i ";
			}
			unless ($type eq "bool" || $type eq "string" || $type eq "string_list") {
			    print OUT "\$p$i"."_min ";
			    print OUT "\$p$i"."_max ";
			}
		    }
		}
	    }
	    if ($has_params) {
		print OUT "\";\n";
	    }
	    print OUT "    exit 0;\n";
	    print OUT "}\n";
	}
    }
}



sub param_get_type {
    (split(/$delim/,$params[$_[0]]))[2];
}

sub param_get_name {
    (split(/$delim/,$params[$_[0]]))[0];
}



sub escape {
    my ($string)=$_[0];
    $string=~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
    return $string;
}

sub quotescape {
    my ($string)=$_[0];
    $string=~ s/([\"\$\@])/\\$1/g;
    return $string;
}


sub escquotes {
    for ($i=0;$i<@params;$i++) {
	unless ($params[$i] eq "") {
	    $type=&param_get_type($i);
	    if ($type eq "string") {
		print OUT "    \$p$i=~ s/\\\"/\\\\\\\"/g;\n";
	    }
	}
    }
}


sub make_ver_hash {
    # turn a version like
    # a.b.c into an integer
    # a * 1,000,000 plus b * 1,000 plus c
    # eg. 1.4.6 becomes 10004006

    my ($string)=shift;
    if ($string eq "") {
	return 0;
    }
    my ($ver_major,$ver_minor,$ver_micro)=split (/[.]/, $string,3);
    my $version_hash=($ver_major*1000+$ver_minor)*1000;
    $version_hash;
}