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+#!/bin/sh
+# aside from this initial boilerplate, this is actually -*- scheme -*- code
+main='(module-ref (resolve-module '\''(scripts display-commentary)) '\'main')'
+exec ${GUILE-guile} -l $0 -c "(apply $main (cdr (command-line)))" "$@"
+!#
+;;; display-commentary --- As advertized
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2001, 2006 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 software; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+;;; Author: Thien-Thi Nguyen
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Usage: display-commentary REF1 REF2 ...
+;;
+;; Display Commentary section from REF1, REF2 and so on.
+;; Each REF may be a filename or module name (list of symbols).
+;; In the latter case, a filename is computed by searching `%load-path'.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-module (scripts display-commentary)
+ :use-module (ice-9 documentation)
+ :export (display-commentary))
+
+(define (display-commentary-one file)
+ (format #t "~A commentary:\n~A" file (file-commentary file)))
+
+(define (module-name->filename-frag ls) ; todo: export or move
+ (let ((ls (map symbol->string ls)))
+ (let loop ((ls (cdr ls)) (acc (car ls)))
+ (if (null? ls)
+ acc
+ (loop (cdr ls) (string-append acc "/" (car ls)))))))
+
+(define (display-module-commentary module-name)
+ (cond ((%search-load-path (module-name->filename-frag module-name))
+ => (lambda (file)
+ (format #t "module ~A\n" module-name)
+ (display-commentary-one file)))))
+
+(define (display-commentary . refs)
+ (for-each (lambda (ref)
+ (cond ((string? ref)
+ (if (equal? 0 (string-index ref #\())
+ (display-module-commentary
+ (with-input-from-string ref read))
+ (display-commentary-one ref)))
+ ((list? ref)
+ (display-module-commentary ref))))
+ refs))
+
+(define main display-commentary)
+
+;;; display-commentary ends here