TRAINFUCK

an esolang that transpiles to everyone’s favorite esolang (so basically an awk script) NOW WITH MORE SCRIPTING CAPABILITIES!

LANGUAGE

trainfuck is not case-sensitive
except for ALL ABOARD and END OF THE LINE
ignore everything before ALL ABOARD
ignore everything after END OF THE LINE
(this means you can comment between these)
syntax does NOT WRAP across line breaks
anything else is an error and DERAILS the train

KEYWORDS

bf	tf
`>`	choo
`<`	choo choo
`+`	chug
`-`	chugga
`.`	click OR clickety
`,`	clack
`[`	tickets please
`]`	your ticket please

WHY?

because fuck you, that’s why.

INVOKING

trainfuck FILE.tf

Or, for round-tripping …

fucktrain FILE.bf | trainfuck

USAGE

trainfuck -h:

TRAINFUCK: CHOO CHOO

Usage:
 trainfuck -h|--help
 trainfuck [-w WIDTH] [FLAGS...] INPUTFILE [-o OUTPUTFILE]

Parameters:
 INPUTFILE       The trainfuck file to process.
                 If INPUTFILE ends in .tf or .trainfuck, it will be interpreted
                 as a TRAINFUCK file; if it ends in .bf or .brainfuck, it will
                 be interpreted as a BRAINFUCK file.  Otherwise, the file will
                 be assumed to be the default filetype (trainfuck).

 -w WIDTH        Set the brainfuck output width (default: 42).
 -o OUTPUTFILE   Where to send transpiled brainfuck (default: /dev/stderr).
 --              Stop processing arguments; interpret the rest as filenames

FLAGS:
 -h, --help          Show this help
 -c, --comments      Show comments (default)
 -C, --no-comments   Hide comments
 -z, --compact       Show "compact" comments (default)
 -Z, --no-compact    Show "wide" comments
 -x, --execute       Execute trainspiled brainfuck
 -X, --no-execute    Only trainspile, do not execute (default)
 -t, --trainfuck     Force TRAINFUCK mode: interpret files as trainfuck
 -b, --brainfuck     Force BRAINFUCK mode: interpret files as brainfuck
 -q, --quiet         Don't print any more than is necessary

INSTALL

make install

UNINSTALL

rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

LICENSE

WTFPL, what else? See COPYING for details.

AUTHOR

trainfuck was shat out by Case Duckworth (acdw) one evening during the CoVid-19 quarantine times. that probably explains it.