public static function process($ficlist, $sourcepath, $distpath, $preprocvars, $preprocmanifest = false)
    {
        $manifest = new Reader($ficlist, $sourcepath, $distpath);
        $manifest->setVerbose(self::$verbose);
        $manifest->setStripComment(self::$stripComment);
        $manifest->setTargetCharset(self::$targetPropertiesFilesCharset);
        $manifest->setSourceCharset(self::$sourcePropertiesFilesDefaultCharset);
        $manifest->setIndentation(self::$indentation);
        $manifest->process($preprocvars, $preprocmanifest);
    }