more niminst fixes

compiler/installer.ini

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Start: "doc/overview.html"
 [Other]
 Files: "readme.txt;install.txt;contributors.txt;copying.txt"
 Files: "makefile"
-Files: "*.ini"
 Files: "koch.nim"
 
 Files: "icons/nim.ico"
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ Files: "tools"
 Files: "web/website.ini"
 Files: "web/ticker.html"
 Files: "web/*.nim"
-Files: "web/*.txt"
 Files: "web/*.rst"
 Files: "web/*.csv"
 Files: "web/news/*.rst"

tools/niminst/niminst.nim

@@ -202,14 +202,34 @@ proc parseCmdLine(c: var ConfigData) =
   if c.infile.len == 0: quit(Usage)
   if c.mainfile.len == 0: c.mainfile = changeFileExt(c.infile, "nim")
 
-proc ignoreFile(f, root: string, allowHtml: bool): bool =
+proc eqT(a, b: string; t: proc (a: char): char{.nimcall.}): bool =
+  ## equality under a transformation ``t``. candidate for the stdlib?
+  var i = 0
+  var j = 0
+  while i < a.len and j < b.len:
+    let aa = t a[i]
+    let bb = t b[j]
+    if aa == '\0':
+      inc i
+      if bb == '\0': inc j
+    elif bb == '\0': inc j
+    else:
+      if aa != bb: return false
+      inc i
+      inc j
+  result = i >= a.len and j >= b.len
+
+proc tPath(c: char): char =
+  if c == '\\': '/'
+  else: c
+
+proc ignoreFile(f, explicit: string, allowHtml: bool): bool =
   let (_, name, ext) = splitFile(f)
   let html = if not allowHtml: ".html" else: ""
-  let explicit = splitPath(root).tail
-  result = (ext in ["", ".exe", ".idx"] or
-            ext == html or name[0] == '.') and name & ext != explicit
+  result = (ext in ["", ".exe", ".idx", ".o", ".obj", ".dylib"] or
+            ext == html or name[0] == '.') and not eqT(f, explicit, tPath)
 
-proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root: string,
+proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root, explicit: string,
                         allowHtml: bool) =
   let tail = splitPath(root).tail
   if tail == "nimcache" or tail[0] == '.':
@@ -221,22 +241,22 @@ proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root: string,
     else:
       case k
       of pcFile, pcLinkToFile:
-        if not ignoreFile(f, root, allowHtml):
+        if not ignoreFile(f, explicit, allowHtml):
           add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
       of pcDir:
-        walkDirRecursively(s, f, allowHtml)
+        walkDirRecursively(s, f, explicit, allowHtml)
       of pcLinkToDir: discard
 
 proc addFiles(s: var seq[string], patterns: seq[string]) =
   for p in items(patterns):
     if existsDir(p):
-      walkDirRecursively(s, p, false)
+      walkDirRecursively(s, p, p, false)
     else:
       var i = 0
       for f in walkFiles(p):
         if existsDir(f):
-          walkDirRecursively(s, f, false)
-        elif not ignoreFile(f, p, false):
+          walkDirRecursively(s, f, p, false)
+        elif not ignoreFile(f, f, false):
           add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
           inc(i)
       if i == 0: echo("[Warning] No file found that matches: " & p)