seisman/how-to-write-makefile

This repository contains an improved Chinese-language guide on how to write Makefile files. A Makefile is a special configuration file used to automate the process of compiling and building software projects, telling a tool called Make which commands to run and in what order. The content originates from a series of blog posts written by an author named Chen Hao, which were translated and adapted from the official GNU Make manual. The series has been widely recommended in Chinese developer communities as an introductory resource for learning Makefiles. Previous PDF versions circulating online had plain formatting with no syntax highlighting, so this repository recreates the document using Sphinx, a documentation-generation tool, to produce a more polished PDF with proper code formatting. The repository includes both an online web version and a downloadable PDF. To build the documents locally, you clone the repository, install the Python dependencies listed in a requirements file, and then run a single command to generate either an HTML site or a PDF. Generating the PDF requires a separate typesetting system called TeXLive to be installed. The README is brief and written almost entirely in Chinese, pointing to the project homepage and the generated output files. The repository is a documentation project rather than a software tool, so there is no application to run. It is intended for developers, particularly those working on Linux or Unix-like systems, who want a clear written guide to understanding and writing Makefile build scripts.