TMChat

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TMChat, a small chat tool with a self-written TCP/IPv4 communication library, TMSocket.

Supported Compiler

Compiler	Platform	Target	C++11	C++14 ~ C++20
GCC 7 ~ GCC 11	Linux x86_64	-m64	Perfectly supported	Perfectly supported
Clang 12 ~ Clang 14	Linux x86_64	-m64	Perfectly supported	Perfectly supported
MSVC 19.37	Windows (64-bit)	x64	Not supported	Supported
MSVC 19.37	Windows (64-bit)	x86	Not supported	Compiler warnings
Apple Clang 13	macOS arm64	-m64	Supported	Supported

Structure

• tmsocket: A communication library using TCP/IPv4 which provides message pack oriented communication.
• server: The server of TMChat.
• client: The client of TMChat.

How to build

Linux

# Requires GNU Autotools and GNU Make

$ autoreconf -i
$ ./configure
$ make -j$(nproc)

And the target build/lib/libtmsocket.a, build/bin/tmchat_server and build/bin/tmchat_client will be built.

Then install it:

sudo make install

After installation, you can use the third party library libtmsocket.a:

#include <tmsocket/include/server_communicator.hpp>
#include <tmsocket/include/client_communicator.hpp>

with link option -ltmsocket and use the chat tool:

$ tmchat_server
$ tmchat_client

Windows

Use Visual Studio

Open TMChat.sln with Visual Studio 2022 or later versions, choose a target platfrom (Release

x64 recommended) and then build the solution.

Then the target server.exe and client.exe will be built.

Use MSBuild

You can also use MSBuild to build the targets. If so, you should have MSBuild in your path. You can add it to your path manually or use “Developer command Prompt for Visual Studio”.

You can run Build.cmd to build and run Clean.cmd to clean, or run the following command in cmd:

> MSBuild ".\TMChat.sln" [options]

The options can be:

• -t:<value>: Specify the task. The value can be:
  • Build: Incremental compile. This is the recommended value.
  • Recompile: Recompile. This will delete all files built in the last compilation and rebuild the targets.
  • Clean: Delete all files in the last compilation.
• -p:<property>=<value>;<property>=<value>;.... The property can be:
  • Configuration: The value can be Debug or Release
  • Target: The value can be x86 or x64
• -m:<value>: The value specifies the maximum number of concurrent processes to use when building. The default value is 1

Example:

> MSBuild ".\TMChat.sln" "-t:Build" "-p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64" "-m:8"

Then the target server.exe and client.exe will be built in the directory below:

	Debug	Release
x86	src\Debug	src\Release
x64	src\x64\Debug	src\x64\Release

macOS

# Requires GNU Autotools and GNU Make

$ autoreconf -i
$ CXX='clang++ -std=c++11' ./configure
$ make -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)

And the target build/lib/libtmsocket.a, build/bin/tmchat_server and build/bin/tmchat_client will be built.

Then install it:

sudo make install

After installation, you can use the third party library libtmsocket.a:

#include <tmsocket/include/server_communicator.hpp>
#include <tmsocket/include/client_communicator.hpp>

with link option -ltmsocket and use the chat tool:

$ tmchat_server
$ tmchat_client