-#!@PERL@
+#!@PERL@ -w
# Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
-# Copyright © 1997, 98, 99 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
# 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 = '1.012';
+my $this_version = '1.28';
my $version_info = <<EOT;
-$this_program $this_version
+GNU $this_program $this_version
-Copyright (C) 1997, 98, 99 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 $help_info = <<EOT;
`$this_program' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
-Usage: $this_program [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
+Usage: $this_program [OPTIONS]... 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 $this_program program version number, 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 $section = 1;
-my ($include, $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,
+ '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.
Getopt::Long::config('bundling');
-GetOptions (
- 'n|name=s' => \$opt_name,
- 's|section=s' => \$section,
- 'i|include=s' => \$include,
- 'I|opt-include=s' => \$opt_include,
- 'o|output=s' => \$opt_output,
- 'N|no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
- help => sub { print $help_info; exit },
- version => sub { print $version_info; exit },
+GetOptions (%opt_def,
+ help => sub { print $help_info; exit },
+ version => sub { print $version_info; exit },
) or die $help_info;
die $help_info unless @ARGV == 1;
my %include = ();
-my @include = (); # to retain order
+my %append = ();
+my @include = (); # retain order given in include file
# Process include file (if given). Format is:
#
-# [section name]
-# verbatim text
+# [section name]
+# verbatim text
+#
+# or
+#
+# /pattern/
+# verbatim text
+#
-if ($include or $opt_include)
+while (@opt_include)
{
- if (open INC, $include || $opt_include)
+ my ($inc, $required) = @{shift @opt_include};
+
+ next unless -f $inc or $required;
+ die "$this_program: can't open `$inc' ($!)\n"
+ unless open INC, $inc;
+
+ my $key;
+ my $hash = \%include;
+
+ while (<INC>)
{
- my $sect;
+ # [section]
+ if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
+ {
+ $key = uc $1;
+ $key =~ s/^\s+//;
+ $key =~ s/\s+$//;
+ $hash = \%include;
+ push @include, $key unless $include{$key};
+ next;
+ }
- while (<INC>)
+ # /pattern/
+ if (m!^/(.*)/([ims]*)!)
{
- if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
+ my $pat = $2 ? "(?$2)$1" : $1;
+
+ # Check pattern.
+ eval { $key = qr($pat) };
+ if ($@)
{
- $sect = uc $1;
- $sect =~ s/^\s+//;
- $sect =~ s/\s+$//;
- next;
+ $@ =~ s/ at .*? line \d.*//;
+ die "$inc:$.:$@";
}
- # 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} .= $_;
+ $hash = \%append;
+ next;
}
- close INC;
-
- die "$this_program: no valid information found in `$include'\n"
- unless %include;
-
- # Compress trailing blank lines.
- for (keys %include)
+ # Check for options before the first section--anything else is
+ # silently ignored, allowing the first for comments and
+ # revision info.
+ unless ($key)
{
- $include{$_} =~ s/\n+$//;
- $include{$_} .= "\n" unless /^NAME$/;
+ # handle options
+ if (/^-/)
+ {
+ local @ARGV = split;
+ GetOptions %opt_def;
+ }
+
+ next;
}
+
+ $hash->{$key} ||= '';
+ $hash->{$key} .= $_;
}
- else
- {
- die "$this_program: can't open `$include' ($!)\n" if $include;
- }
+
+ close INC;
+
+ die "$this_program: no valid information found in `$inc'\n"
+ unless $key;
}
-# Turn off localisation of executable's ouput.
+# Compress trailing blank lines.
+for my $hash (\(%include, %append))
+{
+ for (keys %$hash) { $hash->{$_} =~ s/\n+$/\n/ }
+}
+
+# Turn off localisation of executable's output.
@ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LANG LC_ALL)} = ('C') x 3;
-# Turn off localisation of date (for strftime)
+# Turn off localisation of date (for strftime).
setlocale LC_TIME, 'C';
-# Expand tabs, strip trailing spaces and break into paragraphs
-sub paragraphs { split /\n\n+/, join '', expand @_ }
-
-# Grab help and version paragraphs from executable
-my @help = paragraphs `$ARGV[0] --help 2>/dev/null`
- or die "$this_program: can't get `--help' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
-
-my @version = paragraphs `$ARGV[0] --version 2>/dev/null`
- or die "$this_program: can't get `--version' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
+# Grab help and version info from executable.
+my ($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"
+} $help_option, $version_option;
my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
(my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
#
# and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
-$_ = shift @version;
+($_, $version_text) = split /\n+/, $version_text, 2;
if (/^(\S+) +\(((?:GNU|Free) +[^)]+)\) +(.*)/ or
/^(\S+) +- *((?:GNU|Free) +\S+) +(.*)/)
$program =~ s!.*/!!;
-# no info for `info' itself
+# No info for `info' itself.
$opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
-# --name overrides --include contents
-$include{NAME} = "$program \\- $opt_name" if $opt_name;
+# --name overrides --include contents.
+$include{NAME} = "$program \\- $opt_name\n" if $opt_name;
-# Default (useless) NAME paragraph
-$include{NAME} ||= "$program \\- manual page for $program $version";
+# Default (useless) NAME paragraph.
+$include{NAME} ||= "$program \\- manual page for $program $version\n";
# 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 $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$package $version" FSF
-.SH NAME
-$include{NAME}
-EOT
+# 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' }
+ }
+}
-my $break;
-my $accumulate = 1;
-my @description = ();
+# Extract usage clause(s) [if any] for SYNOPSIS.
+if ($help_text =~ s/^Usage:( +(\S+))(.*)((?:\n(?: {6}\1| *or: +\S).*)*)//m)
+{
+ my @syn = $2 . $3;
+
+ if ($_ = $4)
+ {
+ s/^\n//;
+ for (split /\n/) { s/^ *(or: +)?//; push @syn, $_ }
+ }
+
+ my $synopsis = '';
+ for (@syn)
+ {
+ $synopsis .= ".br\n" if $synopsis;
+ s!^\S*/!!;
+ s/^(\S+) *//;
+ $synopsis .= ".B $1\n";
+ s/\s+$//;
+ s/(([][]|\.\.+)+)/\\fR$1\\fI/g;
+ s/^/\\fI/ unless s/^\\fR//;
+ $_ .= '\fR';
+ s/(\\fI)( *)/$2$1/g;
+ s/\\fI\\fR//g;
+ s/^\\fR//;
+ s/\\fI$//;
+ s/^\./\\&./;
+
+ $synopsis .= "$_\n";
+ }
+
+ $include{SYNOPSIS} ||= $synopsis;
+}
+
+# Process text, initial section is DESCRIPTION.
+my $sect = 'DESCRIPTION';
+$_ = "$help_text\n\n$version_text";
+
+# Normalise paragraph breaks.
+s/^\n+//;
+s/\n*$/\n/;
+s/\n\n+/\n\n/g;
+
+# Temporarily exchange leading dots, apostrophes and backslashes for
+# tokens.
+s/^\./\x80/mg;
+s/^'/\x81/mg;
+s/\\/\x82/g;
+
+# Start a new paragraph (if required) for these.
+s/([^\n])\n(Report +bugs|Email +bug +reports +to|Written +by)/$1\n\n$2/g;
sub convert_option;
-# Output converted --help information.
-for (@help)
+while (length)
{
- chomp;
+ # Convert some standard paragraph names.
+ if (s/^(Options|Examples): *\n//)
+ {
+ $sect = uc $1;
+ next;
+ }
- if (s/^Usage: +\S+ +(.*)\n?//)
+ # Copyright section
+ if (/^Copyright +[(\xa9]/)
{
- # 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( *)\\fR/$1/g;
-
- $synopsis .= ".br\n" unless $accumulate;
- $synopsis .= ".B $program\n";
- $synopsis .= "$syn\n";
- $accumulate = 0;
- } while s/^(?:Usage| *or): +\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})
+ $sect = 'COPYRIGHT';
+ $include{$sect} ||= '';
+ $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
+
+ my $copy;
+ ($copy, $_) = split /\n\n/, $_, 2;
+
+ for ($copy)
{
- print ".PP\n" unless $include{DESCRIPTION} =~ /^\..P/;
- print $include{DESCRIPTION};
+ # Add back newline
+ s/\n*$/\n/;
+
+ # Convert iso9959-1 copyright symbol or (c) to nroff
+ # character.
+ s/^Copyright +(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/mg;
+
+ # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages
+ # and the disclaimer.
+ s/(.)\n(Copyright |This +is +free +software)/$1\n.br\n$2/g;
+
+ # Join hyphenated lines.
+ s/([A-Za-z])-\n */$1/g;
}
- $break = 1;
- next unless $_;
+ $include{$sect} .= $copy;
+ $_ ||= '';
+ next;
}
- # Accumulate text if the synopsis has not been produced yet.
- if ($accumulate)
+ # Catch bug report text.
+ if (/^(Report +bugs|Email +bug +reports +to) /)
{
- push @description, ".PP\n" if @description;
- push @description, "$_\n";
- next;
+ $sect = 'REPORTING BUGS';
}
- # Convert some standard paragraph names
- if (s/^(Options|Examples): *\n//)
+ # Author section.
+ elsif (/^Written +by/)
{
- print qq(.SH \U$1\n);
- $break = '';
- next unless length;
+ $sect = 'AUTHOR';
}
- # Catch bug report text.
- if (/^Report bugs |^Email bug reports to /)
+ # Examples, indicated by an indented leading $, % or > are
+ # rendered in a constant width font.
+ if (/^( +)([\$\%>] )\S/)
{
- print qq(.SH "REPORTING BUGS"\n$_\n);
- $break = '';
+ my $indent = $1;
+ my $prefix = $2;
+ my $break = '.IP';
+ $include{$sect} ||= '';
+ while (s/^$indent\Q$prefix\E(\S.*)\n*//)
+ {
+ $include{$sect} .= "$break\n\\f(CW$prefix$1\\fR\n";
+ $break = '.br';
+ }
+
next;
}
- # Option subsections have second line indented.
- if (s/^(\S.*)\n / /)
+ my $matched = '';
+ $include{$sect} ||= '';
+
+ # Sub-sections have a trailing colon and the second line indented.
+ if (s/^(\S.*:) *\n / /)
{
- print qq(.SS "$1"\n);
- $break = '';
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $include{$sect} .= qq(.SS "$1"\n);
}
- my $output = '';
- while (length)
- {
- my $indent = 0;
+ my $indent = 0;
+ my $content = '';
- # Tagged paragraph
- if (s/^( +(\S.*?) +)(\S.*)\n?//)
+ # Option with description.
+ if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:( +(?!-))|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $indent = length ($4 || "$1$3");
+ $content = ".TP\n\x83$2\n\x83$5\n";
+ unless ($4)
{
- $indent = length $1;
- $output .= ".TP\n$2\n$3\n";
- $break = 1;
+ # Indent may be different on second line.
+ $indent = length $& if /^ {20,}/;
}
+ }
- # Indented paragraph
- elsif (s/^( +)(\S.*)\n?//)
- {
- $indent = length $1;
- $output .= ".IP\n$2\n";
- $break = 1;
- }
+ # Option without description.
+ elsif (s/^ {1,10}([+-]\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $content = ".HP\n\x83$1\n";
+ $indent = 80; # not continued
+ }
- # Left justified paragraph
- else
- {
- s/(.*)\n?//;
- $output .= ".PP\n" if $break;
- $output .= "$1\n";
- $break = 1;
- }
+ # Indented paragraph with tag.
+ elsif (s/^( +(\S.*?) +)(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $indent = length $1;
+ $content = ".TP\n\x83$2\n\x83$3\n";
+ }
- # Continuations
- $output .= "$1\n" while s/^ {$indent}(\S.*)\n?//;
+ # Indented paragraph.
+ elsif (s/^( +)(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $indent = length $1;
+ $content = ".IP\n\x83$2\n";
}
- $_ = $output;
+ # Left justified paragraph.
+ else
+ {
+ s/(.*)\n//;
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $content = ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
+ $content .= "$1\n";
+ }
- # Convert options.
- s/(^| )(-[][\w=-]+)/$1 . convert_option $2/mge;
- print;
-}
+ # Append continuations.
+ while (s/^ {$indent}(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append;
+ $content .= "\x83$1\n"
+ }
-# Print any include items other than the ones we have already dealt
-# with.
-for (@include)
-{
- print qq(.SH "$_"\n$include{$_})
- unless /^(NAME|SYNOPSIS|DESCRIPTION|SEE ALSO)$/;
+ # Move to next paragraph.
+ s/^\n+//;
+
+ for ($content)
+ {
+ # Leading dot and apostrophe protection.
+ s/\x83\./\x80/g;
+ s/\x83'/\x81/g;
+ s/\x83//g;
+
+ # Convert options.
+ s/(^| )(-[][\w=-]+)/$1 . convert_option $2/mge;
+ }
+
+ # Check if matched paragraph contains /pat/.
+ if (%append)
+ {
+ for my $pat (keys %append)
+ {
+ if ($matched =~ $pat)
+ {
+ $content .= ".PP\n" unless $append{$pat} =~ /^\./;
+ $content .= $append{$pat};
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ $include{$sect} .= $content;
}
# Refer to the real documentation.
-if ($include{'SEE ALSO'} or !$opt_no_info)
+unless ($opt_no_info)
{
- print qq(.SH "SEE ALSO"\n);
- print $include{'SEE ALSO'}, ".PP\n" if $include{'SEE ALSO'};
+ my $info_page = $opt_info || $program;
- print <<EOT unless $opt_no_info;
+ $sect = 'SEE ALSO';
+ $include{$sect} ||= '';
+ $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
+ $include{$sect} .= <<EOT;
The full documentation for
.B $program
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.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
}
-# Output converted --version information.
-for (@version)
-{
- chomp;
-
- # Join hyphenated lines.
- s/([A-Za-z])-\n */$1/g;
-
- # Convert copyright symbol or (c) to nroff character.
- s/Copyright +(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/g;
-
- # Insert appropriate headings for copyright and author.
- if (/^Copyright \\/) { print ".SH COPYRIGHT\n" }
- elsif (/^Written +by/) { print ".SH AUTHOR\n" }
- else { print ".PP\n"; }
+# Output header.
+print <<EOT;
+.\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
+.TH $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$source" "$manual"
+EOT
- # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages and the
- # disclaimer.
- s/(.)\n(Copyright |This is free software)/$1\n.br\n$2/g;
+# Section ordering.
+my @pre = qw(NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXAMPLES);
+my @post = ('AUTHOR', 'REPORTING BUGS', 'COPYRIGHT', 'SEE ALSO');
+my $filter = join '|', @pre, @post;
- print "$_\n";
+# Output content.
+for (@pre, (grep ! /^($filter)$/o, @include), @post)
+{
+ if ($include{$_})
+ {
+ my $quote = /\W/ ? '"' : '';
+ print ".SH $quote$_$quote\n";
+
+ for ($include{$_})
+ {
+ # Replace leading dot, apostrophe and backslash tokens.
+ s/\x80/\\&./g;
+ s/\x81/\\&'/g;
+ s/\x82/\\e/g;
+ print;
+ }
+ }
}
exit;
# embolden. Option arguments get italicised.
sub convert_option
{
- my $option = '\fB' . shift;
+ local $_ = '\fB' . shift;
- $option =~ s/-/\\-/g;
- unless ($option =~ s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
+ s/-/\\-/g;
+ unless (s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
{
- $option =~ s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
- $option =~ s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
- $option .= '\fR';
+ s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
+ s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
+ $_ .= '\fR';
}
- $option;
+ $_;
}