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1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
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.
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.
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.
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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
21 # Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
22 # Available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/
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;
31 my $this_program = 'help2man';
32 my $this_version = '1.35';
34 my $have_gettext;
35 BEGIN {
36 eval {
37 require Locale::gettext;
38 Locale::gettext->import;
39 $have_gettext = 1;
42 unless ($have_gettext)
44 *gettext = sub { $_[0] };
45 *textdomain = sub {};
49 sub _ { gettext @_ }
50 sub N_ { $_[0] }
52 textdomain $this_program;
54 my ($user_locale) = grep defined && length,
55 (map $ENV{$_}, qw(LANGUAGE LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG)), 'C';
57 sub kark # die with message formatted in the invoking user's locale
59 setlocale LC_ALL, $user_locale;
60 my $fmt = gettext shift;
61 die +(sprintf $fmt, @_), "\n";
65 my $version_info = sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_version;
66 GNU %s %s
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.
73 Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
74 EOT
76 my $help_info = sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_program;
77 `%s' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
79 Usage: %s [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
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
94 EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `--version' options although
95 alternatives may be specified using:
97 -h, --help-option=STRING help option string
98 -v, --version-option=STRING version option string
100 Report bugs to <bug-help2man@gnu.org>.
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);
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,
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;
133 die $help_info unless @ARGV == 1;
135 die "$this_program: no locale support (Locale::gettext required)\n"
136 unless $locale eq 'C' or $have_gettext;
138 # Set localisation of date and executable's ouput.
139 delete @ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LC_MESSAGES LANG)};
140 setlocale LC_ALL, $ENV{LC_ALL} = $locale;
142 my %include = ();
143 my %append = ();
144 my @include = (); # retain order given in include file
146 # Process include file (if given). Format is:
148 # [section name]
149 # verbatim text
151 # or
153 # /pattern/
154 # verbatim text
157 while (@opt_include)
159 my ($inc, $required) = @{shift @opt_include};
161 next unless -f $inc or $required;
162 kark N_("%s: can't open `%s' (%s)"), $this_program, $inc, $!
163 unless open INC, $inc;
165 my $key;
166 my $hash = \%include;
168 while (<INC>)
170 # [section]
171 if (/^\[([^]]+)\]/)
173 $key = uc $1;
174 $key =~ s/^\s+//;
175 $key =~ s/\s+$//;
176 $hash = \%include;
177 push @include, $key unless $include{$key};
178 next;
181 # /pattern/
182 if (m!^/(.*)/([ims]*)!)
184 my $pat = $2 ? "(?$2)$1" : $1;
186 # Check pattern.
187 eval { $key = qr($pat) };
188 if ($@)
190 $@ =~ s/ at .*? line \d.*//;
191 die "$inc:$.:$@";
194 $hash = \%append;
195 next;
198 # Check for options before the first section--anything else is
199 # silently ignored, allowing the first for comments and
200 # revision info.
201 unless ($key)
203 # handle options
204 if (/^-/)
206 local @ARGV = split;
207 GetOptions %opt_def;
210 next;
213 $hash->{$key} ||= '';
214 $hash->{$key} .= $_;
217 close INC;
219 kark N_("%s: no valid information found in `%s'"), $this_program, $inc
220 unless $key;
223 # Compress trailing blank lines.
224 for my $hash (\(%include, %append))
226 for (keys %$hash) { $hash->{$_} =~ s/\n+$/\n/ }
229 # Grab help and version info from executable.
230 my ($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;
236 my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
237 (my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
238 my $package = $program;
239 my $version;
241 if ($opt_output)
243 unlink $opt_output or kark N_("%s: can't unlink %s (%s)"),
244 $this_program, $opt_output, $! if -e $opt_output;
246 open STDOUT, ">$opt_output"
247 or kark N_("%s: can't create %s (%s)"), $this_program, $opt_output, $!;
250 # The first line of the --version information is assumed to be in one
251 # of the following formats:
253 # <version>
254 # <program> <version>
255 # {GNU,Free} <program> <version>
256 # <program> ({GNU,Free} <package>) <version>
257 # <program> - {GNU,Free} <package> <version>
259 # and seperated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
261 ($_, $version_text) = split /\n+/, $version_text, 2;
263 if (/^(\S+) +\(((?:GNU|Free) +[^)]+)\) +(.*)/ or
264 /^(\S+) +- *((?:GNU|Free) +\S+) +(.*)/)
266 $program = $1;
267 $package = $2;
268 $version = $3;
270 elsif (/^((?:GNU|Free) +)?(\S+) +(.*)/)
272 $program = $2;
273 $package = $1 ? "$1$2" : $2;
274 $version = $3;
276 else
278 $version = $_;
281 $program =~ s!.*/!!;
283 # No info for `info' itself.
284 $opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
286 for ($include{_('NAME')})
288 if ($opt_name) # --name overrides --include contents.
290 $_ = "$program \\- $opt_name\n";
292 elsif ($_) # Use first name given as $program
294 $program = $1 if /^([^\s,]+)(?:,?\s*[^\s,\\-]+)*\s+\\?-/;
296 else # Set a default (useless) NAME paragraph.
298 $_ = sprintf _("%s \\- manual page for %s %s") . "\n", $program,
299 $program, $version;
303 # Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
304 my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
306 # Set default page head/footers
307 $source ||= "$program $version";
308 unless ($manual)
310 for ($section)
312 if (/^(1[Mm]|8)/) { $manual = _('System Administration Utilities') }
313 elsif (/^6/) { $manual = _('Games') }
314 else { $manual = _('User Commands') }
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)
323 my @syn = $3 . $4;
325 if ($_ = $5)
327 s/^\n//;
328 for (split /\n/) { s/^ *(($PAT_USAGE_CONT): +)?//o; push @syn, $_ }
331 my $synopsis = '';
332 for (@syn)
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/^\./\\&./;
348 $synopsis .= "$_\n";
351 $include{_('SYNOPSIS')} ||= $synopsis;
354 # Process text, initial section is DESCRIPTION.
355 my $sect = _('DESCRIPTION');
356 $_ = "$help_text\n\n$version_text";
358 # Normalise paragraph breaks.
359 s/^\n+//;
360 s/\n*$/\n/;
361 s/\n\n+/\n\n/g;
363 # Join hyphenated lines.
364 s/([A-Za-z])-\n *([A-Za-z])/$1$2/g;
366 # Temporarily exchange leading dots, apostrophes and backslashes for
367 # tokens.
368 s/^\./\x80/mg;
369 s/^'/\x81/mg;
370 s/\\/\x82/g;
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 $PAT_FREE_SOFTWARE = _('This +is +free +software');
378 # Start a new paragraph (if required) for these.
379 s/([^\n])\n($PAT_BUGS|$PAT_AUTHOR)/$1\n\n$2/og;
381 sub convert_option;
383 while (length)
385 # Convert some standard paragraph names.
386 if (s/^($PAT_OPTIONS): *\n//o)
388 $sect = _('OPTIONS');
389 next;
391 elsif (s/^($PAT_EXAMPLES): *\n//o)
393 $sect = _('EXAMPLES');
394 next;
397 # Copyright section
398 if (/^Copyright +[(\xa9]/)
400 $sect = _('COPYRIGHT');
401 $include{$sect} ||= '';
402 $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
404 my $copy;
405 ($copy, $_) = split /\n\n/, $_, 2;
407 for ($copy)
409 # Add back newline
410 s/\n*$/\n/;
412 # Convert iso9959-1 copyright symbol or (c) to nroff
413 # character.
414 s/^Copyright +(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/mg;
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;
421 $include{$sect} .= $copy;
422 $_ ||= '';
423 next;
426 # Catch bug report text.
427 if (/^($PAT_BUGS) /o)
429 $sect = _('REPORTING BUGS');
432 # Author section.
433 elsif (/^($PAT_AUTHOR)/o)
435 $sect = _('AUTHOR');
438 # Examples, indicated by an indented leading $, % or > are
439 # rendered in a constant width font.
440 if (/^( +)([\$\%>] )\S/)
442 my $indent = $1;
443 my $prefix = $2;
444 my $break = '.IP';
445 $include{$sect} ||= '';
446 while (s/^$indent\Q$prefix\E(\S.*)\n*//)
448 $include{$sect} .= "$break\n\\f(CW$prefix$1\\fR\n";
449 $break = '.br';
452 next;
455 my $matched = '';
456 $include{$sect} ||= '';
458 # Sub-sections have a trailing colon and the second line indented.
459 if (s/^(\S.*:) *\n / /)
461 $matched .= $& if %append;
462 $include{$sect} .= qq(.SS "$1"\n);
465 my $indent = 0;
466 my $content = '';
468 # Option with description.
469 if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:( +(?!-))|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
471 $matched .= $& if %append;
472 $indent = length ($4 || "$1$3");
473 $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$5\n";
474 unless ($4)
476 # Indent may be different on second line.
477 $indent = length $& if /^ {20,}/;
481 # Option without description.
482 elsif (s/^ {1,10}([+-]\S.*)\n//)
484 $matched .= $& if %append;
485 $content = ".HP\n\x84$1\n";
486 $indent = 80; # not continued
489 # Indented paragraph with tag.
490 elsif (s/^( +(\S.*?) +)(\S.*)\n//)
492 $matched .= $& if %append;
493 $indent = length $1;
494 $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$3\n";
497 # Indented paragraph.
498 elsif (s/^( +)(\S.*)\n//)
500 $matched .= $& if %append;
501 $indent = length $1;
502 $content = ".IP\n\x84$2\n";
505 # Left justified paragraph.
506 else
508 s/(.*)\n//;
509 $matched .= $& if %append;
510 $content = ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
511 $content .= "$1\n";
514 # Append continuations.
515 while ($indent ? s/^ {$indent}(\S.*)\n// : s/^(\S.*)\n//)
517 $matched .= $& if %append;
518 $content .= "\x84$1\n"
521 # Move to next paragraph.
522 s/^\n+//;
524 for ($content)
526 # Leading dot and apostrophe protection.
527 s/\x84\./\x80/g;
528 s/\x84'/\x81/g;
529 s/\x84//g;
531 # Convert options.
532 s/(^| |\()(-[][\w=-]+)/$1 . convert_option $2/mge;
534 # Escape remaining hyphens
535 s/-/\x83/g;
538 # Check if matched paragraph contains /pat/.
539 if (%append)
541 for my $pat (keys %append)
543 if ($matched =~ $pat)
545 $content .= ".PP\n" unless $append{$pat} =~ /^\./;
546 $content .= $append{$pat};
551 $include{$sect} .= $content;
554 # Refer to the real documentation.
555 unless ($opt_no_info)
557 my $info_page = $opt_info || $program;
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
568 .B %s
569 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
571 .B info %s
573 should give you access to the complete manual.
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"
583 # Section ordering.
584 my @pre = (_('NAME'), _('SYNOPSIS'), _('DESCRIPTION'), _('OPTIONS'),
585 _('EXAMPLES'));
587 my @post = (_('AUTHOR'), _('REPORTING BUGS'), _('COPYRIGHT'), _('SEE ALSO'));
588 my $filter = join '|', @pre, @post;
590 # Output content.
591 for my $sect (@pre, (grep ! /^($filter)$/o, @include), @post)
593 if ($include{$sect})
595 my $lsect = gettext $sect;
596 my $quote = $lsect =~ /\W/ ? '"' : '';
597 print ".SH $quote$lsect$quote\n";
599 for ($include{$sect})
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;
608 # Convert some latin1 chars to troff equivalents
609 s/\xa0/\\ /g; # non-breaking space
611 print;
616 close STDOUT or kark N_("%s: error writing to %s (%s)"), $this_program,
617 $opt_output || 'stdout', $!;
619 exit;
621 # Convert option dashes to \- to stop nroff from hyphenating 'em, and
622 # embolden. Option arguments get italicised.
623 sub convert_option
625 local $_ = '\fB' . shift;
627 s/-/\x83/g;
628 unless (s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
630 s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
631 s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
632 $_ .= '\fR';