man/help2man

   1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
   2
   3 # Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
   4 # Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
   5 # Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   6
   7 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   8 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   9 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  10 # any later version.
  11
  12 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  13 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  14 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  15 # GNU General Public License for more details.
  16
  17 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  18 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19 # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  20
  21 # Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
  22 # Available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/
  23
  24 use 5.005;
  25 use strict;
  26 use Getopt::Long;
  27 use Text::Tabs qw(expand);
  28 use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_ALL);
  29 use locale;
  30
  31 my $this_program = 'help2man';
  32 my $this_version = '1.35';
  33
  34 my $have_gettext;
  35 BEGIN {
  36     eval {
  37         require Locale::gettext;
  38         Locale::gettext->import;
  39         $have_gettext = 1;
  40     };
  41
  42     unless ($have_gettext)
  43     {
  44         *gettext = sub { $_[0] };
  45         *textdomain = sub {};
  46     }
  47 }
  48
  49 sub _ { gettext @_ }
  50 sub N_ { $_[0] }
  51
  52 textdomain $this_program;
  53 {
  54     my ($user_locale) = grep defined && length,
  55         (map $ENV{$_}, qw(LANGUAGE LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG)), 'C';
  56
  57     sub kark # die with message formatted in the invoking user's locale
  58     {
  59         setlocale LC_ALL, $user_locale;
  60         my $fmt = gettext shift;
  61         die +(sprintf $fmt, @_), "\n";
  62     }
  63 }
  64
  65 my $version_info = sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_version;
  66 GNU %s %s
  67
  68 Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software
  69 Foundation, Inc.
  70 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
  71 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  72
  73 Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
  74 EOT
  75
  76 my $help_info = sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_program;
  77 `%s' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
  78
  79 Usage: %s [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
  80
  81  -n, --name=STRING       description for the NAME paragraph
  82  -s, --section=SECTION   section number for manual page (1, 6, 8)
  83  -m, --manual=TEXT       name of manual (User Commands, ...)
  84  -S, --source=TEXT       source of program (FSF, Debian, ...)
  85  -L, --locale=STRING     select locale (default "C")
  86  -i, --include=FILE      include material from `FILE'
  87  -I, --opt-include=FILE  include material from `FILE' if it exists
  88  -o, --output=FILE       send output to `FILE'
  89  -p, --info-page=TEXT    name of Texinfo manual
  90  -N, --no-info           suppress pointer to Texinfo manual
  91      --help              print this help, then exit
  92      --version           print version number, then exit
  93
  94 EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `--version' options although
  95 alternatives may be specified using:
  96
  97  -h, --help-option=STRING     help option string
  98  -v, --version-option=STRING  version option string
  99
 100 Report bugs to <bug-help2man@gnu.org>.
 101 EOT
 102
 103 my $section = 1;
 104 my $manual = '';
 105 my $source = '';
 106 my $locale = 'C';
 107 my $help_option = '--help';
 108 my $version_option = '--version';
 109 my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_info, $opt_no_info);
 110
 111 my %opt_def = (
 112     'n|name=s'           => \$opt_name,
 113     's|section=s'        => \$section,
 114     'm|manual=s'         => \$manual,
 115     'S|source=s'         => \$source,
 116     'L|locale=s'         => \$locale,
 117     'i|include=s'        => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 1 ] },
 118     'I|opt-include=s'    => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 0 ] },
 119     'o|output=s'         => \$opt_output,
 120     'p|info-page=s'      => \$opt_info,
 121     'N|no-info'          => \$opt_no_info,
 122     'h|help-option=s'    => \$help_option,
 123     'v|version-option=s' => \$version_option,
 124 );
 125
 126 # Parse options.
 127 Getopt::Long::config('bundling');
 128 GetOptions (%opt_def,
 129     help    => sub { print $help_info; exit },
 130     version => sub { print $version_info; exit },
 131 ) or die $help_info;
 132
 133 die $help_info unless @ARGV == 1;
 134
 135 die "$this_program: no locale support (Locale::gettext required)\n"
 136     unless $locale eq 'C' or $have_gettext;
 137
 138 # Set localisation of date and executable's ouput.
 139 delete @ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LC_MESSAGES LANG)};
 140 setlocale LC_ALL, $ENV{LC_ALL} = $locale;
 141
 142 my %include = ();
 143 my %append = ();
 144 my @include = (); # retain order given in include file
 145
 146 # Process include file (if given).  Format is:
 147 #
 148 #   [section name]
 149 #   verbatim text
 150 #
 151 # or
 152 #
 153 #   /pattern/
 154 #   verbatim text
 155 #
 156
 157 while (@opt_include)
 158 {
 159     my ($inc, $required) = @{shift @opt_include};
 160
 161     next unless -f $inc or $required;
 162     kark N_("%s: can't open `%s' (%s)"), $this_program, $inc, $!
 163         unless open INC, $inc;
 164
 165     my $key;
 166     my $hash = \%include;
 167
 168     while (<INC>)
 169     {
 170         # [section]
 171         if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
 172         {
 173             $key = uc $1;
 174             $key =~ s/^\s+//;
 175             $key =~ s/\s+$//;
 176             $hash = \%include;
 177             push @include, $key unless $include{$key};
 178             next;
 179         }
 180
 181         # /pattern/
 182         if (m!^/(.*)/([ims]*)!)
 183         {
 184             my $pat = $2 ? "(?$2)$1" : $1;
 185
 186             # Check pattern.
 187             eval { $key = qr($pat) };
 188             if ($@)
 189             {
 190                 $@ =~ s/ at .*? line \d.*//;
 191                 die "$inc:$.:$@";
 192             }
 193
 194             $hash = \%append;
 195             next;
 196         }
 197
 198         # Check for options before the first section--anything else is
 199         # silently ignored, allowing the first for comments and
 200         # revision info.
 201         unless ($key)
 202         {
 203             # handle options
 204             if (/^-/)
 205             {
 206                 local @ARGV = split;
 207                 GetOptions %opt_def;
 208             }
 209
 210             next;
 211         }
 212
 213         $hash->{$key} ||= '';
 214         $hash->{$key} .= $_;
 215     }
 216
 217     close INC;
 218
 219     kark N_("%s: no valid information found in `%s'"), $this_program, $inc
 220         unless $key;
 221 }
 222
 223 # Compress trailing blank lines.
 224 for my $hash (\(%include, %append))
 225 {
 226     for (keys %$hash) { $hash->{$_} =~ s/\n+$/\n/ }
 227 }
 228
 229 # Grab help and version info from executable.
 230 my ($help_text, $version_text) = map {
 231     join '', map { s/ +$//; expand $_ } `$ARGV[0] $_ 2>/dev/null`
 232         or kark N_("%s: can't get `%s' info from %s"), $this_program,
 233             $_, $ARGV[0]
 234 } $help_option, $version_option;
 235
 236 my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
 237 (my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
 238 my $package = $program;
 239 my $version;
 240
 241 if ($opt_output)
 242 {
 243     unlink $opt_output or kark N_("%s: can't unlink %s (%s)"),
 244         $this_program, $opt_output, $! if -e $opt_output;
 245
 246     open STDOUT, ">$opt_output"
 247         or kark N_("%s: can't create %s (%s)"), $this_program, $opt_output, $!;
 248 }
 249
 250 # The first line of the --version information is assumed to be in one
 251 # of the following formats:
 252 #
 253 #   <version>
 254 #   <program> <version>
 255 #   {GNU,Free} <program> <version>
 256 #   <program> ({GNU,Free} <package>) <version>
 257 #   <program> - {GNU,Free} <package> <version>
 258 #
 259 # and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
 260
 261 ($_, $version_text) = split /\n+/, $version_text, 2;
 262
 263 if (/^(\S+) +\(((?:GNU|Free) +[^)]+)\) +(.*)/ or
 264     /^(\S+) +- *((?:GNU|Free) +\S+) +(.*)/)
 265 {
 266     $program = $1;
 267     $package = $2;
 268     $version = $3;
 269 }
 270 elsif (/^((?:GNU|Free) +)?(\S+) +(.*)/)
 271 {
 272     $program = $2;
 273     $package = $1 ? "$1$2" : $2;
 274     $version = $3;
 275 }
 276 else
 277 {
 278     $version = $_;
 279 }
 280
 281 $program =~ s!.*/!!;
 282
 283 # No info for `info' itself.
 284 $opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
 285
 286 for ($include{_('NAME')})
 287 {
 288     if ($opt_name) # --name overrides --include contents.
 289     {
 290         $_ = "$program \\- $opt_name\n";
 291     }
 292     elsif ($_) # Use first name given as $program
 293     {
 294         $program = $1 if /^([^\s,]+)(?:,?\s*[^\s,\\-]+)*\s+\\?-/;
 295     }
 296     else # Set a default (useless) NAME paragraph.
 297     {
 298         $_ = sprintf _("%s \\- manual page for %s %s") . "\n", $program,
 299             $program, $version;
 300     }
 301 }
 302
 303 # Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
 304 my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
 305
 306 # Set default page head/footers
 307 $source ||= "$program $version";
 308 unless ($manual)
 309 {
 310     for ($section)
 311     {
 312         if (/^(1[Mm]|8)/) { $manual = _('System Administration Utilities') }
 313         elsif (/^6/)      { $manual = _('Games') }
 314         else              { $manual = _('User Commands') }
 315     }
 316 }
 317
 318 # Extract usage clause(s) [if any] for SYNOPSIS.
 319 my $PAT_USAGE = _('Usage');
 320 my $PAT_USAGE_CONT = _('or');
 321 if ($help_text =~ s/^($PAT_USAGE):( +(\S+))(.*)((?:\n(?: {6}\1| *($PAT_USAGE_CONT): +\S).*)*)//om)
 322 {
 323     my @syn = $3 . $4;
 324
 325     if ($_ = $5)
 326     {
 327         s/^\n//;
 328         for (split /\n/) { s/^ *(($PAT_USAGE_CONT): +)?//o; push @syn, $_ }
 329     }
 330
 331     my $synopsis = '';
 332     for (@syn)
 333     {
 334         $synopsis .= ".br\n" if $synopsis;
 335         s!^\S*/!!;
 336         s/^(\S+) *//;
 337         $synopsis .= ".B $1\n";
 338         s/\s+$//;
 339         s/(([][]|\.\.+)+)/\\fR$1\\fI/g;
 340         s/^/\\fI/ unless s/^\\fR//;
 341         $_ .= '\fR';
 342         s/(\\fI)( *)/$2$1/g;
 343         s/\\fI\\fR//g;
 344         s/^\\fR//;
 345         s/\\fI$//;
 346         s/^\./\\&./;
 347
 348         $synopsis .= "$_\n";
 349     }
 350
 351     $include{_('SYNOPSIS')} ||= $synopsis;
 352 }
 353
 354 # Process text, initial section is DESCRIPTION.
 355 my $sect = _('DESCRIPTION');
 356 $_ = "$help_text\n\n$version_text";
 357
 358 # Normalise paragraph breaks.
 359 s/^\n+//;
 360 s/\n*$/\n/;
 361 s/\n\n+/\n\n/g;
 362
 363 # Join hyphenated lines.
 364 s/([A-Za-z])-\n *([A-Za-z])/$1$2/g;
 365
 366 # Temporarily exchange leading dots, apostrophes and backslashes for
 367 # tokens.
 368 s/^\./\x80/mg;
 369 s/^'/\x81/mg;
 370 s/\\/\x82/g;
 371
 372 my $PAT_BUGS            = _('Report +bugs|Email +bug +reports +to');
 373 my $PAT_AUTHOR          = _('Written +by');
 374 my $PAT_OPTIONS         = _('Options');
 375 my $PAT_EXAMPLES        = _('Examples');
 376 my $PAT_FREE_SOFTWARE   = _('This +is +free +software');
 377
 378 # Start a new paragraph (if required) for these.
 379 s/([^\n])\n($PAT_BUGS|$PAT_AUTHOR)/$1\n\n$2/og;
 380
 381 sub convert_option;
 382
 383 while (length)
 384 {
 385     # Convert some standard paragraph names.
 386     if (s/^($PAT_OPTIONS): *\n//o)
 387     {
 388         $sect = _('OPTIONS');
 389         next;
 390     }
 391     elsif (s/^($PAT_EXAMPLES): *\n//o)
 392     {
 393         $sect = _('EXAMPLES');
 394         next;
 395     }
 396
 397     # Copyright section
 398     if (/^Copyright +[(\xa9]/)
 399     {
 400         $sect = _('COPYRIGHT');
 401         $include{$sect} ||= '';
 402         $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
 403
 404         my $copy;
 405         ($copy, $_) = split /\n\n/, $_, 2;
 406
 407         for ($copy)
 408         {
 409             # Add back newline
 410             s/\n*$/\n/;
 411
 412             # Convert iso9959-1 copyright symbol or (c) to nroff
 413             # character.
 414             s/^Copyright +(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/mg;
 415
 416             # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages
 417             # and the disclaimer.
 418             s/(.)\n(Copyright |$PAT_FREE_SOFTWARE)/$1\n.br\n$2/og;
 419         }
 420
 421         $include{$sect} .= $copy;
 422         $_ ||= '';
 423         next;
 424     }
 425
 426     # Catch bug report text.
 427     if (/^($PAT_BUGS) /o)
 428     {
 429         $sect = _('REPORTING BUGS');
 430     }
 431
 432     # Author section.
 433     elsif (/^($PAT_AUTHOR)/o)
 434     {
 435         $sect = _('AUTHOR');
 436     }
 437
 438     # Examples, indicated by an indented leading $, % or > are
 439     # rendered in a constant width font.
 440     if (/^( +)([\$\%>] )\S/)
 441     {
 442         my $indent = $1;
 443         my $prefix = $2;
 444         my $break = '.IP';
 445         $include{$sect} ||= '';
 446         while (s/^$indent\Q$prefix\E(\S.*)\n*//)
 447         {
 448             $include{$sect} .= "$break\n\\f(CW$prefix$1\\fR\n";
 449             $break = '.br';
 450         }
 451
 452         next;
 453     }
 454
 455     my $matched = '';
 456     $include{$sect} ||= '';
 457
 458     # Sub-sections have a trailing colon and the second line indented.
 459     if (s/^(\S.*:) *\n / /)
 460     {
 461         $matched .= $& if %append;
 462         $include{$sect} .= qq(.SS "$1"\n);
 463     }
 464
 465     my $indent = 0;
 466     my $content = '';
 467
 468     # Option with description.
 469     if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:(  +(?!-))|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
 470     {
 471         $matched .= $& if %append;
 472         $indent = length ($4 || "$1$3");
 473         $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$5\n";
 474         unless ($4)
 475         {
 476             # Indent may be different on second line.
 477             $indent = length $& if /^ {20,}/;
 478         }
 479     }
 480
 481     # Option without description.
 482     elsif (s/^ {1,10}([+-]\S.*)\n//)
 483     {
 484         $matched .= $& if %append;
 485         $content = ".HP\n\x84$1\n";
 486         $indent = 80; # not continued
 487     }
 488
 489     # Indented paragraph with tag.
 490     elsif (s/^( +(\S.*?)  +)(\S.*)\n//)
 491     {
 492         $matched .= $& if %append;
 493         $indent = length $1;
 494         $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$3\n";
 495     }
 496
 497     # Indented paragraph.
 498     elsif (s/^( +)(\S.*)\n//)
 499     {
 500         $matched .= $& if %append;
 501         $indent = length $1;
 502         $content = ".IP\n\x84$2\n";
 503     }
 504
 505     # Left justified paragraph.
 506     else
 507     {
 508         s/(.*)\n//;
 509         $matched .= $& if %append;
 510         $content = ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
 511         $content .= "$1\n";
 512     }
 513
 514     # Append continuations.
 515     while ($indent ? s/^ {$indent}(\S.*)\n// : s/^(\S.*)\n//)
 516     {
 517         $matched .= $& if %append;
 518         $content .= "\x84$1\n"
 519     }
 520
 521     # Move to next paragraph.
 522     s/^\n+//;
 523
 524     for ($content)
 525     {
 526         # Leading dot and apostrophe protection.
 527         s/\x84\./\x80/g;
 528         s/\x84'/\x81/g;
 529         s/\x84//g;
 530
 531         # Convert options.
 532         s/(^| |\()(-[][\w=-]+)/$1 . convert_option $2/mge;
 533
 534         # Escape remaining hyphens
 535         s/-/\x83/g;
 536     }
 537
 538     # Check if matched paragraph contains /pat/.
 539     if (%append)
 540     {
 541         for my $pat (keys %append)
 542         {
 543             if ($matched =~ $pat)
 544             {
 545                 $content .= ".PP\n" unless $append{$pat} =~ /^\./;
 546                 $content .= $append{$pat};
 547             }
 548         }
 549     }
 550
 551     $include{$sect} .= $content;
 552 }
 553
 554 # Refer to the real documentation.
 555 unless ($opt_no_info)
 556 {
 557     my $info_page = $opt_info || $program;
 558
 559     $sect = _('SEE ALSO');
 560     $include{$sect} ||= '';
 561     $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
 562     $include{$sect} .= sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $program, $program, $info_page;
 563 The full documentation for
 564 .B %s
 565 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 566 .B info
 567 and
 568 .B %s
 569 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 570 .IP
 571 .B info %s
 572 .PP
 573 should give you access to the complete manual.
 574 EOT
 575 }
 576
 577 # Output header.
 578 print <<EOT;
 579 .\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
 580 .TH $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$source" "$manual"
 581 EOT
 582
 583 # Section ordering.
 584 my @pre = (_('NAME'), _('SYNOPSIS'), _('DESCRIPTION'), _('OPTIONS'),
 585     _('EXAMPLES'));
 586
 587 my @post = (_('AUTHOR'), _('REPORTING BUGS'), _('COPYRIGHT'), _('SEE ALSO'));
 588 my $filter = join '|', @pre, @post;
 589
 590 # Output content.
 591 for my $sect (@pre, (grep ! /^($filter)$/o, @include), @post)
 592 {
 593     if ($include{$sect})
 594     {
 595         my $lsect = gettext $sect;
 596         my $quote = $lsect =~ /\W/ ? '"' : '';
 597         print ".SH $quote$lsect$quote\n";
 598
 599         for ($include{$sect})
 600         {
 601             # Replace leading dot, apostrophe, backslash and hyphen
 602             # tokens.
 603             s/\x80/\\&./g;
 604             s/\x81/\\&'/g;
 605             s/\x82/\\e/g;
 606             s/\x83/\\-/g;
 607
 608             # Convert some latin1 chars to troff equivalents
 609             s/\xa0/\\ /g; # non-breaking space
 610
 611             print;
 612         }
 613     }
 614 }
 615
 616 close STDOUT or kark N_("%s: error writing to %s (%s)"), $this_program,
 617     $opt_output || 'stdout', $!;
 618
 619 exit;
 620
 621 # Convert option dashes to \- to stop nroff from hyphenating 'em, and
 622 # embolden.  Option arguments get italicised.
 623 sub convert_option
 624 {
 625     local $_ = '\fB' . shift;
 626
 627     s/-/\x83/g;
 628     unless (s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
 629     {
 630         s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
 631         s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
 632         $_ .= '\fR';
 633     }
 634
 635     $_;
 636 }