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Indicate the usage of generating messages from .idl files (#1185)
This PR adds an informational message to guide users on generating ROS2 JavaScript messages from .idl files. The change introduces a command-line flag detection mechanism and displays a helpful message with documentation link when the `--idl` flag is not used. - Adds detection for the `--idl` command-line argument - Displays informational message with documentation link when IDL generation is not being used Fix: #1185
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scripts/generate_messages.js

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const generator = require('../rosidl_gen/index.js');
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const tsdGenerator = require('../rostsd_gen/index.js');
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const useIDL = !!process.argv.find((arg) => arg === '--idl');
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async function main() {
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console.log('Start generation of ROS2 JavaScript messages...');
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if (!useIDL) {
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console.log(
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'See details https://github.com/RobotWebTools/rclnodejs?tab=readme-ov-file#idl-message-generation for generating from .idl files'
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);
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}
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try {
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await generator.generateAll(true);

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