File Locations

The file locations panel provides control over where certain paths needed by the compiler are located.

Build Directory

The build directory specifies the location for storing compiled files relative to the project’s home directory. By default Simply Fortran will create a directory at compile time and direct all compiler output to said directory. This directory is also deleted during the clean process.

Module Directory

The module directory is the location relative to the project’s home directory where modules are stored. At compile time, Simply Fortran will create this directory if necessary, and the module directory will be deleted during the clean process.

Users should not place files in the module directory as they will be deleted during the build process. To include external modules, users should specify a directory via the Search Directories option.

Search Directories

The Search Directories box lists the directories where the compilers search for libraries, headers, and Fortran modules.

The box contains two tabs corresponding to include search directories and library search directories. The include search directories corresponds not only to C compiler headers, but also to Fortran module files. The dialog is used only to specify the directories to search as opposed to actual libraries to incorporate during linking.

The Add… button opens a directory search dialog for the user to specify a directory. Similarly, the Remove button will remove any selection from the current search list. Default directories which are present in new projects can be removed using the Remove button, but are added back in simply by pressing the Add Defaults button.