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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-07-08 21:00:01 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-07-08 21:00:01 +0000
commitc540aafa3f55b3f4e58c1ae98256fec1b53f0d62 (patch)
tree0aa0f2c2dc0d6ac9bef7e29cb29193259e264b16 /man
parentb30d80a58617c92d7fd89eb717341278ad6e4eda (diff)
downloadcoreutils-c540aafa3f55b3f4e58c1ae98256fec1b53f0d62.tar.xz
Update to version 1.29.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rwxr-xr-xman/help2man81
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/man/help2man b/man/help2man
index e7441359c..55490a03c 100755
--- a/man/help2man
+++ b/man/help2man
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
-# Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 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
@@ -17,25 +18,25 @@
# 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>
+# Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
# Available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/
-use 5.004;
+use 5.005;
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
use Text::Tabs qw(expand);
use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_TIME);
my $this_program = 'help2man';
-my $this_version = '1.24';
+my $this_version = '1.29';
my $version_info = <<EOT;
GNU $this_program $this_version
-Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 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.
-Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod\@compusol.com.au>
+Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod\@debian.org>
EOT
my $help_info = <<EOT;
@@ -43,29 +44,46 @@ my $help_info = <<EOT;
Usage: $this_program [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
- -n, --name=STRING use `STRING' as the description for the NAME paragraph
- -s, --section=SECTION use `SECTION' as the section for the man page
+ -n, --name=STRING description for the NAME paragraph
+ -s, --section=SECTION section number for manual page (1, 6, 8)
+ -m, --manual=TEXT name of manual (User Commands, ...)
+ -S, --source=TEXT source of program (FSF, Debian, ...)
-i, --include=FILE include material from `FILE'
-I, --opt-include=FILE include material from `FILE' if it exists
-o, --output=FILE send output to `FILE'
+ -p, --info-page=TEXT name of Texinfo manual
-N, --no-info suppress pointer to Texinfo manual
--help print this help, then exit
--version print version number, then exit
-EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `--version' options.
+EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `--version' options although
+alternatives may be specified using:
+
+ -h, --help-option=STRING help option string
+ -v, --version-option=STRING version option string
Report bugs to <bug-help2man\@gnu.org>.
EOT
my $section = 1;
-my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_no_info);
+my $manual = '';
+my $source = '';
+my $help_option = '--help';
+my $version_option = '--version';
+my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_info, $opt_no_info);
+
my %opt_def = (
- 'n|name=s' => \$opt_name,
- 's|section=s' => \$section,
- 'i|include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 1 ] },
- 'I|opt-include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 0 ] },
- 'o|output=s' => \$opt_output,
- 'N|no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
+ 'n|name=s' => \$opt_name,
+ 's|section=s' => \$section,
+ 'm|manual=s' => \$manual,
+ 'S|source=s' => \$source,
+ 'i|include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 1 ] },
+ 'I|opt-include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 0 ] },
+ 'o|output=s' => \$opt_output,
+ 'p|info-page=s' => \$opt_info,
+ 'N|no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
+ 'h|help-option=s' => \$help_option,
+ 'v|version-option=s' => \$version_option,
);
# Parse options.
@@ -81,9 +99,6 @@ my %include = ();
my %append = ();
my @include = (); # retain order given in include file
-# Provide replacement `quote-regex' operator for pre-5.005.
-BEGIN { eval q(sub qr { '' =~ $_[0]; $_[0] }) if $] < 5.005 }
-
# Process include file (if given). Format is:
#
# [section name]
@@ -175,9 +190,9 @@ setlocale LC_TIME, 'C';
# Grab help and version info from executable.
my ($help_text, $version_text) = map {
- join '', map { s/ +$//; expand $_ } `$ARGV[0] --$_ 2>/dev/null`
- or die "$this_program: can't get `--$_' info from $ARGV[0]\n"
-} qw(help version);
+ join '', map { s/ +$//; expand $_ } `$ARGV[0] $_ 2>/dev/null`
+ or die "$this_program: can't get `$_' info from $ARGV[0]\n"
+} $help_option, $version_option;
my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
(my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
@@ -239,6 +254,18 @@ $include{NAME} ||= "$program \\- manual page for $program $version\n";
# Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
+# Set default page head/footers
+$source ||= "$program $version";
+unless ($manual)
+{
+ for ($section)
+ {
+ if (/^(1[Mm]|8)/) { $manual = 'System Administration Utilities' }
+ elsif (/^6/) { $manual = 'Games' }
+ else { $manual = 'User Commands' }
+ }
+}
+
# Extract usage clause(s) [if any] for SYNOPSIS.
if ($help_text =~ s/^Usage:( +(\S+))(.*)((?:\n(?: {6}\1| *or: +\S).*)*)//m)
{
@@ -377,7 +404,7 @@ while (length)
my $content = '';
# Option with description.
- if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:( +)|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
+ if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:( +(?!-))|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
{
$matched .= $& if %append;
$indent = length ($4 || "$1$3");
@@ -462,6 +489,8 @@ while (length)
# Refer to the real documentation.
unless ($opt_no_info)
{
+ my $info_page = $opt_info || $program;
+
$sect = 'SEE ALSO';
$include{$sect} ||= '';
$include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
@@ -474,7 +503,7 @@ and
.B $program
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
-.B info $program
+.B info $info_page
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
EOT
@@ -483,7 +512,7 @@ EOT
# Output header.
print <<EOT;
.\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
-.TH $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$package $version" FSF
+.TH $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$source" "$manual"
EOT
# Section ordering.
@@ -498,7 +527,7 @@ for (@pre, (grep ! /^($filter)$/o, @include), @post)
{
my $quote = /\W/ ? '"' : '';
print ".SH $quote$_$quote\n";
-
+
for ($include{$_})
{
# Replace leading dot, apostrophe and backslash tokens.