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Revision: 1.1
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1 pcg 1.1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
2    
3     # Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
4     # Copyright © 1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5    
6     # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7     # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8     # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9     # any later version.
10    
11     # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12     # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13     # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14     # GNU General Public License for more details.
15    
16     # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17     # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18     # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
19    
20     # Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@compusol.com.au>
21    
22     use 5.004;
23     use strict;
24     use Getopt::Long;
25     use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_TIME);
26    
27     my $this_program = 'help2man';
28     my $this_version = '1.006';
29     my $version_info = <<EOT;
30     $this_program $this_version
31    
32     Copyright (C) 1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
33     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
34     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
35    
36     Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod\@compusol.com.au>
37     EOT
38    
39     my $help_info = <<EOT;
40     `$this_program' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
41    
42     Usage: $this_program [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
43    
44     --name=STRING use `STRING' as the description for the NAME paragraph
45     --include=FILE include material from `FILE'
46     --opt-include=FILE include material from `FILE' if it exists
47     --output=FILE send output to `FILE'
48     --no-info suppress pointer to Texinfo manual
49     --help print this help, then exit
50     --version print $this_program program version number, then exit
51    
52     EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `version' options.
53     EOT
54    
55     my ($include, $opt_name, $opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_no_info);
56    
57     # Parse options.
58     GetOptions (
59     'name=s' => \$opt_name,
60     'include=s' => \$include,
61     'opt-include=s' => \$opt_include,
62     'output=s' => \$opt_output,
63     'no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
64     help => sub { print $help_info; exit },
65     version => sub { print $version_info; exit },
66     ) or die $help_info;
67    
68     die $help_info unless @ARGV == 1;
69    
70     my %include = ();
71     my @include = (); # to retain order
72    
73     # Process include file (if given). Format is:
74     #
75     # [section name]
76     # verbatim text
77    
78     if ($include or $opt_include)
79     {
80     if (open INC, $include || $opt_include)
81     {
82     my $sect;
83    
84     while (<INC>)
85     {
86     if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
87     {
88     $sect = uc $1;
89     $sect =~ s/^\s+//;
90     $sect =~ s/\s+$//;
91     next;
92     }
93    
94     # Silently ignore anything before the first
95     # section--allows for comments and revision info.
96     next unless $sect;
97    
98     push @include, $sect unless $include{$sect};
99     $include{$sect} ||= '';
100     $include{$sect} .= $_;
101     }
102    
103     close INC;
104    
105     die "$this_program: no valid information found in `$include'\n"
106     unless %include;
107    
108     # Compress trailing blank lines.
109     for (keys %include)
110     {
111     $include{$_} =~ s/\n+$//;
112     $include{$_} .= "\n" unless /^NAME$/;
113     }
114     }
115     else
116     {
117     die "$this_program: can't open `$include' ($!)\n" if $include;
118     }
119     }
120    
121     # Turn off localisation of executable's ouput.
122     @ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LANG LC_ALL)} = ('C') x 3;
123    
124     # Turn off localisation of date (for strftime)
125     setlocale LC_TIME, 'C';
126    
127     # Grab help and version paragraphs from executable
128     my @help = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --help 2>/dev/null`
129     or die "$this_program: can't get `--help' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
130    
131     my @version = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --version 2>/dev/null`
132     or die "$this_program: can't get `--version' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
133    
134     my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
135     my $program = $ARGV[0]; $program =~ s!.*/!!;
136     my $package = $program;
137     my $version;
138    
139     if ($opt_output)
140     {
141     unlink $opt_output
142     or die "$this_program: can't unlink $opt_output ($!)\n"
143     if -e $opt_output;
144    
145     open STDOUT, ">$opt_output"
146     or die "$this_program: can't create $opt_output ($!)\n";
147     }
148    
149     # The first line of the --version information is assumed to be in one
150     # of the following formats:
151     #
152     # <version>
153     # <program> <version>
154     # GNU <program> <version>
155     # <program> (GNU <package>) <version>
156     # <program> - GNU <package> <version>
157     #
158     # and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
159    
160     $_ = shift @version;
161    
162     if (/^(\S+)\s+\((GNU\s+[^)]+)\)\s+(.*)/ or
163     /^(\S+)\s+-\s*(GNU\s+\S+)\s+(.*)/)
164     {
165     $program = $1;
166     $package = $2;
167     $version = $3;
168     }
169     elsif (/^(GNU\s+)?(\S+)\s+(.*)/)
170     {
171     $program = $2;
172     $package = $1 ? "$1$2" : $2;
173     $version = $3;
174     }
175     else
176     {
177     $version = $_;
178     }
179    
180     $program =~ s!.*/!!;
181    
182     # no info for `info' itself
183     $opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
184    
185     # --name overrides --include contents
186     $include{NAME} = "$program \\- $opt_name" if $opt_name;
187    
188     # Default (useless) NAME paragraph
189     $include{NAME} ||= "$program \\- manual page for $program $version";
190    
191     # Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
192     my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
193    
194     # Header.
195     print <<EOT;
196     .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
197     .TH $PROGRAM 1 "$date" "$package $version" "FSF"
198     .SH NAME
199     $include{NAME}
200     EOT
201    
202     my $accumulate = 1;
203     my @description = ();
204    
205     sub convert_option;
206    
207     # Output converted --help information.
208     for (@help)
209     {
210     chomp;
211    
212     if (s/^Usage:\s+\S+\s+(.*)\n?//)
213     {
214     # Turn the usage clause into a synopsis.
215     my $synopsis = '';
216    
217     do {
218     my $syn = $1;
219     $syn =~ s/(([][]|\.\.+)+)/\\fR$1\\fI/g;
220     $syn =~ s/^/\\fI/ unless $syn =~ s/^\\fR//;
221     $syn .= '\fR';
222     $syn =~ s/\\fI(\s*)\\fR/$1/g;
223    
224     $synopsis .= ".br\n" unless $accumulate;
225     $synopsis .= ".B $program\n";
226     $synopsis .= "$syn\n";
227     $accumulate = 0;
228     } while s/^(?:Usage|\s*or):\s+\S+\s+(.*)\n?//;
229    
230     # Include file overrides SYNOPSIS.
231     print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n", $include{SYNOPSIS} || $synopsis;
232    
233     # Dump any accumulated description text.
234     print ".SH DESCRIPTION\n";
235     print @description;
236    
237     # Add additional description text from include file.
238     if ($include{DESCRIPTION})
239     {
240     print ".PP\n" unless $include{DESCRIPTION} =~ /^\..P/;
241     print $include{DESCRIPTION};
242     }
243    
244     next unless $_;
245     }
246    
247     # Accumulate text if the synopsis has not been produced yet.
248     if ($accumulate)
249     {
250     push @description, ".PP\n" if @description;
251     push @description, "$_\n";
252     next;
253     }
254    
255     # Catch start of options.
256     if (/^Options:/)
257     {
258     print qq(.SH OPTIONS\n);
259     s/Options://;
260     }
261    
262     # Catch bug report text.
263     if (/^Report bugs |^Email bug reports to /)
264     {
265     print qq(.SH "REPORTING BUGS"\n$_\n);
266     next;
267     }
268    
269     # Special case for tar 1.12: --label=NAME\nPATTERN.
270     s{(\n[ \t]*)(-V,[ \t]+--label=NAME.*)\n[ \t]+PATTERN[ \t]+}
271     {$1$2$1\\&...=PATTERN };
272    
273     # Convert options.
274     s/(\s)(-[][\w=-]+|\\&\S+)/$1 . convert_option $2/ge;
275    
276     # Option subsections have second line indented.
277     print qq(.SS "$1"\n) if s/^(\S.*)\n(\s)/$2/;
278    
279     # Lines indented more than about 10 spaces may be assumed to be
280     # continuations of the previous line.
281     s/\n {10,}/ /g;
282    
283     # Lines following dotted (*) or numbered points may also be
284     # continued if indented to the same level as the text following
285     # the point.
286     1 while s{((?:^|\n)(\s+)(?:[1-9][.)]|\*)(\s+)(?:[^\n]+))\n\2 \3(\S)}
287     {$1 $4}g;
288    
289     # Indented paragraph.
290     if (/^\s/)
291     {
292     for (split /\n/)
293     {
294     s/^\s+//;
295     s/([^,])\s+/$1\n/;
296     print ".TP\n$_\n" if $_;
297     }
298     }
299     # Anything else.
300     else
301     {
302     print ".PP\n$_\n";
303     }
304     }
305    
306     # Print any include items other than the ones we have already dealt
307     # with.
308     for (@include)
309     {
310     print qq(.SH "$_"\n$include{$_})
311     unless /^(NAME|SYNOPSIS|DESCRIPTION|SEE ALSO)$/;
312     }
313    
314     # Refer to the real documentation.
315     if ($include{'SEE ALSO'} or !$opt_no_info)
316     {
317     print qq(.SH "SEE ALSO"\n);
318     print $include{'SEE ALSO'}, ".PP\n" if $include{'SEE ALSO'};
319    
320     print <<EOT unless $opt_no_info;
321     The full documentation for
322     .B $program
323     is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
324     .B info
325     and
326     .B $program
327     programs are properly installed at your site, the command
328     .IP
329     .B info $program
330     .PP
331     should give you access to the complete manual.
332     EOT
333     }
334    
335     # Output converted --version information.
336     for (@version)
337     {
338     chomp;
339    
340     # Join hyphenated lines.
341     s/([A-Za-z])-\n */$1/g;
342    
343     # Convert copyright symbol or (c) to nroff character.
344     s/Copyright\s+(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/g;
345    
346     # Insert appropriate headings for copyright and author.
347     if (/^Copyright\s\\/) { print ".SH COPYRIGHT\n" }
348     elsif (/^Written\s+by/) { print ".SH AUTHOR\n" }
349     else { print ".PP\n"; }
350    
351     # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages and the
352     # disclaimer.
353     s/(.)\n(Copyright\s|This is free software)/$1\n.br\n$2/g;
354    
355     print "$_\n";
356     }
357    
358     exit;
359    
360     # Convert option dashes to \- to stop nroff from hyphenating 'em, and
361     # embolden. Option arguments get italicised.
362     sub convert_option
363     {
364     my $option = '\fB' . shift;
365    
366     $option =~ s/-/\\-/g;
367     unless ($option =~ s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
368     {
369     $option =~ s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
370     $option =~ s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
371     $option .= '\fR';
372     }
373    
374     $option;
375     }