Build a toolbox with Scilab 2018-06-30

Yann Debray – Scilab – ESI Group

To get started you can get inspiration from the toolbox_skeleton, packaged and distributed with

Scilab in the contrib directory:

Minimal Version

Let us start with the very little you need in order to get your toolbox working:

- etc/

- myToolbox.quit

- myToolbox.start

- macros/

- buildmacros.sce

- myFirstFunction.sci

- builder.sce

- cleaner.sce

.quit Not so important at first. It defines the actions to perform when we quit the toolbox. You can leave it

empty.

.start This script is executed at startup. You can add a function call at the end of the script, for instance:

loginGUI();

Macros This is where you save all your functions written in Scilab (also called macros).

Buildmacros This script is called by the builder.sce at the root of your toolbox. It generates a binary version of

your Scilab functions (.bin).

Builder

By executing this file, you will build your toolbox.

Cleaner

This is important if you want to carry modifications on your toolbox. You need to clean the previous

build. This will result in deleting all the .bin files, as long as the loader and unloader.