Scaffold a new project with wcl init

§ 1Purpose

Start a new WCL project from a built-in template instead of an empty file.

§ 2Prerequisites

• You have chosen a destination directory that is empty (or will use --force).

§ 3Flowchart

§ 4Steps

$ wcl init --list
Built-in templates:
  minimal
  page
  book
  presentation

Run wcl init --list to see the built-in templates: minimal (a single commented main.wcl) plus the multi-folder wdoc projects page, book and presentation.

$ wcl init minimal ./my-project
Project name [my-project]:
created ./my-project

Run wcl init <template> <dest>, e.g. wcl init minimal ./my-project. You are prompted for each property the template declares; pass -D name=value to answer inline or --defaults to skip prompts.

$ wcl check ./my-project/main.wcl
ok

Change into the new folder and run wcl check on its main.wcl to confirm the scaffold validates before you start editing.