idetools: 'usages' and 'def' should work now; documented js backend

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of "license": c.license = UnixToNativePath(k.value)
else: quit(errorStr(p, "unknown variable: " & k.key))
The ECMAScript target
=====================
Nimrod can also generate `ECMAScript`:idx: (also known as `JavaScript`:idx:)
code. However, the ECMAScript code generator is experimental!
Nimrod targets ECMAScript 1.5 which is supported by any widely used browser.
Since ECMAScript does not have a portable means to include another module,
Nimrod just generates a long ``.js`` file.
Features or modules that the ECMAScript platform does not support are not
available. This includes:
* manual memory management (``alloc``, etc.)
* casting and other unsafe operations (``cast`` operator, ``zeroMem``, etc.)
* file management
* most modules of the Standard library
* proper 64 bit integer arithmetic
* unsigned integer arithmetic
However, the modules `strutils`:idx:, `math`:idx:, and `times`:idx: are
available! To access the DOM, use the `dom`:idx: module that is only
available for the ECMAScript platform.
To compile a Nimrod module into a ``.js`` file use the ``js`` command; the
default is a ``.js`` file that is supposed to be referenced in an ``.html``
file. However, you can also run the code with `nodejs`:idx:\:
nimrod js -d:nodejs -r examples/hallo.nim
Known bugs
----------
* exception handling does not work