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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1998-09-09 13:47:43 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1998-09-09 13:47:43 +0000
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
+# Copyright © 1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+# Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@compusol.com.au>
+# and François Pinard <pinard@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
+
+require 5.003;
+
+use strict;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use POSIX 'strftime';
+
+my $RCS_Id = '$Id: help2man,v 1.1 1998/09/09 13:47:43 meyering Exp $';
+my $this_program = 'help2man';
+my $this_version = '0.0';
+
+if ($RCS_Id =~ /\$Id:\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/)
+{
+ $this_version = $2;
+ ($this_program = $1) =~ s/(\.\w+)?,v$//;
+}
+
+my $version_info = <<EOT;
+$this_program $this_version
+
+Copyright (C) 1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
+warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+EOT
+
+my $help_info = <<EOT;
+`$this_program' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
+
+Usage: $this_program [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
+
+ --name=STRING use `STRING' as the description for the NAME paragraph
+ --include=FILE include material from `FILE'
+ --opt-include=FILE include material from `FILE' if it exists
+ --output=FILE send output to `FILE'
+ --help print this help, then exit
+ --version print $this_program program version number, then exit
+
+EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `version' options.
+EOT
+
+my ($include, $opt_name, $opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_help,
+ $opt_version);
+
+# Parse options.
+GetOptions (
+ 'name=s' => \$opt_name,
+ 'include=s' => \$include,
+ 'opt-include=s' => \$opt_include,
+ 'output=s' => \$opt_output,
+ help => sub { print $help_info; exit },
+ version => sub { print $version_info; exit },
+) or die $help_info;
+
+die $help_info unless @ARGV == 1;
+
+my %include = ();
+my @include = (); # to retain order
+
+# Process include file (if given). Format is:
+#
+# [section name]
+# verbatim text
+
+if ($include or $opt_include)
+{
+ if (open INC, $include || $opt_include)
+ {
+ my $sect;
+
+ while (<INC>)
+ {
+ if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
+ {
+ $sect = uc $1;
+ $sect =~ s/^\s+//;
+ $sect =~ s/\s+$//;
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Silently ignore anything before the first
+ # section--allows for comments and revision info.
+ next unless $sect;
+
+ push @include, $sect unless $include{$sect};
+ $include{$sect} ||= '';
+ $include{$sect} .= $_;
+ }
+
+ close INC;
+
+ die "$this_program: no valid information found in `$include'\n"
+ unless %include;
+
+ # Compress trailing blank lines
+ for (keys %include)
+ {
+ $include{$_} =~ s/\n+$//;
+ $include{$_} .= "\n" unless /^NAME$/;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ die "$this_program: can't open `$include' ($!)\n" if $include;
+ }
+}
+
+# Turn off localisation of executable's ouput.
+@ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LANG LC_ALL)} = ('C') x 3;
+
+# Grab help and version paragraphs from executable
+my @help = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --manhelp 2>/dev/null`;
+my @version = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --version 2>/dev/null`
+ or die "$this_program: can't get `--version' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
+
+@help = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --help 2>/dev/null`
+ or die "$this_program: can't get `--help' info from $ARGV[0]\n"
+ unless @help;
+
+my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
+(my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
+my $package = $program;
+my $version;
+
+if ($opt_output)
+{
+ unlink $opt_output
+ or die "$this_program: can't unlink $opt_output ($!)\n"
+ if -e $opt_output;
+
+ open STDOUT, ">$opt_output"
+ or die "$this_program: can't create $opt_output ($!)\n";
+}
+
+# The first line of the --version information is assumed to be in one
+# of the following formats:
+#
+# <version>
+# <program> <version>
+# GNU <program> <version>
+# <program> (GNU <package>) <version>
+# <program> - GNU <package> <version>
+#
+# and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
+
+$_ = shift @version;
+
+if (/^(\S+)\s+\((GNU\s+[^)]+)\)\s+(.*)/ or
+ /^(\S+)\s+-\s*(GNU\s+\S+)\s+(.*)/)
+{
+ $program = $1;
+ $package = $2;
+ $version = $3;
+}
+elsif (/^(GNU\s+)?(\S+)\s+(.*)/)
+{
+ $program = $2;
+ $package = $1 ? "$1$2" : $2;
+ $version = $3;
+}
+else
+{
+ $version = $_;
+}
+
+$program =~ s!.*/!!;
+
+# Check for name in help output
+if ($help[0] =~ s/^(?:name|oneliner):\s*(\S.*)//)
+{
+ ($include{NAME} = "$program \\- $1") =~ s/\s+$//;
+ shift @help unless length $help[0];
+}
+
+# --name overrides --include contents and/or --manhelp oneliner
+$include{NAME} = "$program \\- $opt_name" if $opt_name;
+
+# Default (useless) NAME paragraph
+$include{NAME} ||= "$program \\- manual page for $program $version";
+
+# Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
+my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
+
+# Header.
+print <<EOT;
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
+.TH $PROGRAM 1 "$date" "$package $version" "FSF"
+.SH NAME
+$include{NAME}
+EOT
+
+my $accumulate = 1;
+my @description = ();
+
+sub convert_option;
+
+# Output converted --help information.
+for (@help)
+{
+ chomp;
+
+ if (s/^Usage:\s+\S+\s+(.*)\n?//)
+ {
+ # Turn the usage clause into a synopsis.
+ my $synopsis = '';
+
+ do {
+ my $syn = $1;
+ $syn =~ s/(([][]|\.\.+)+)/\\fR$1\\fI/g;
+ $syn =~ s/^/\\fI/ unless $syn =~ s/^\\fR//;
+ $syn .= '\fR';
+ $syn =~ s/\\fI(\s*)\\fR/$1/g;
+
+ $synopsis .= ".br\n" unless $accumulate;
+ $synopsis .= ".B $program\n";
+ $synopsis .= "$syn\n";
+ $accumulate = 0;
+ } while s/^(?:Usage|\s*or):\s+\S+\s+(.*)\n?//;
+
+ # Include file overrides SYNOPSIS
+ print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n", $include{SYNOPSIS} || $synopsis;
+
+ # Dump any accumulated description text.
+ print ".SH DESCRIPTION\n";
+ print @description;
+
+ # Add additional description text from include file
+ if ($include{DESCRIPTION})
+ {
+ print ".PP\n" unless $include{DESCRIPTION} =~ /^\..P/;
+ print $include{DESCRIPTION};
+ }
+
+ next unless $_;
+ }
+
+ # Accumulate text if the synopsis has not been produced yet.
+ if ($accumulate)
+ {
+ push @description, ".PP\n" if @description;
+ push @description, "$_\n";
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Catch start of options.
+ if (/^Options:/)
+ {
+ print qq(.SH OPTIONS\n);
+ s/Options://;
+ }
+
+ # Catch bug report text.
+ if (/^Report bugs |^Email bug reports to /)
+ {
+ print qq(.SH "REPORTING BUGS"\n$_\n);
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Special case for tar 1.12: --label=NAME\nPATTERN.
+ s{(\n[ \t]*)(-V,[ \t]+--label=NAME.*)\n[ \t]+PATTERN[ \t]+}
+ {$1$2$1\\&...=PATTERN };
+
+ # Convert options.
+ s/(\s)(-[][\w=-]+|\\&\S+)/$1 . convert_option $2/ge;
+
+ # Option subsections have second line indented.
+ print qq(.SS "$1"\n) if s/^(\S.*)\n(\s)/$2/;
+
+ # Lines indented more than about 10 spaces may be assumed to be
+ # continuations of the previous line.
+ s/\n {10,}/ /g;
+
+ # Lines following dotted (*) or numbered points may also be
+ # continued if indented to the same level as the text following
+ # the point.
+ 1 while s{((?:^|\n)(\s+)(?:[1-9][.)]|\*)(\s+)(?:[^\n]+))\n\2 \3(\S)}
+ {$1 $4}g;
+
+ # Indented paragraph.
+ if (/^\s/)
+ {
+ for (split /\n/)
+ {
+ s/^\s+//;
+ s/([^,])\s+/$1\n/;
+ print ".TP\n$_\n" if $_;
+ }
+ }
+ # Anything else.
+ else
+ {
+ print ".PP\n$_\n";
+ }
+}
+
+# Print any include items other than the ones we have already dealt
+# with.
+for (@include)
+{
+ print qq(.SH "$_"\n$include{$_})
+ unless /^(NAME|SYNOPSIS|DESCRIPTION|SEE ALSO)$/;
+}
+
+# Refer to the real documentation.
+if ($include{'SEE ALSO'} or $program ne 'info')
+{
+ print qq(.SH "SEE ALSO"\n);
+ print $include{'SEE ALSO'}, ".PP\n" if $include{'SEE ALSO'};
+
+ print <<EOT unless $program eq 'info';
+The full documentation for
+.B $program
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B $program
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info $program
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.
+EOT
+}
+
+# Output converted --version information.
+for (@version)
+{
+ chomp;
+
+ # Convert copyright symbol or (c) to nroff character
+ s/Copyright\s+(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/g;
+
+ # Insert appropriate headings for copyright and author
+ if (/^Copyright\s\\/) { print ".SH COPYRIGHT\n" }
+ elsif (/^Written\s+by/) { print ".SH AUTHOR\n" }
+ else { print ".PP\n"; }
+
+ # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages and the
+ # disclaimer
+ s/(.)\n(Copyright\s|This is free software)/$1\n.br\n$2/g;
+
+ print "$_\n";
+}
+
+exit;
+
+# Convert option dashes to \- to stop nroff from hyphenating 'em, and
+# embolden. Option arguments get italicised.
+sub convert_option
+{
+ my $option = '\fB' . shift;
+
+ $option =~ s/-/\\-/g;
+ unless ($option =~ s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
+ {
+ $option =~ s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
+ $option =~ s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
+ $option .= '\fR';
+ }
+
+ $option;
+}