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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2007-08-29 08:10:01 -0500
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2007-08-29 08:10:01 -0500
commit7ecedea509f9a5484d122c3c430d84954cb7c811 (patch)
treefdfdb4cf7a179303376b659a8e6ec2e3ac8ac227 /scripts/config2help.py
parent6ed92f34c01157e03a9afdc6dc1822875cf0d615 (diff)
downloadtoybox-7ecedea509f9a5484d122c3c430d84954cb7c811.tar.gz
Add "help" command. (Building help/help.h requires python, but I'll ship
that file with release versions.)
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os,sys
+
+def zapquotes(str):
+ if str[0]=='"': str = str[1:str.rfind('"')]
+ return str
+
+def escapequotes(str):
+ return str.strip().replace("\\","\\\\").replace('"','\\"')
+
+helplen = morelines = 0
+out = sys.stdout
+
+def readfile(filename):
+ global helplen, morelines
+ #sys.stderr.write("Reading %s\n" % filename)
+ try:
+ lines = open(filename).read().split("\n")
+ except IOError:
+ sys.stderr.write("File %s missing\n" % filename)
+ return
+ config = None
+ description = None
+ for i in lines:
+ if helplen:
+ i = i.expandtabs()
+ if not len(i) or i[:helplen].isspace():
+ if morelines: out.write('\\n')
+ morelines = 1
+ out.write(escapequotes(i))
+ continue
+ else:
+ helplen = morelines = 0
+ out.write('"\n')
+
+ words = i.strip().split(None,1)
+ if not len(words): continue
+
+ if words[0] in ("config", "menuconfig"):
+ config = words[1]
+ description = ""
+ elif words[0] in ("bool", "boolean", "tristate", "string", "hex", "int"):
+ if len(words)>1: description = zapquotes(words[1])
+ elif words[0]=="prompt":
+ description = htmlescape(zapquotes(words[1]))
+ elif words[0] in ("help", "---help---"):
+ out.write('#define help_%s "' % config.lower())
+ helplen = len(i[:i.find(words[0])].expandtabs())
+ elif words[0] == "source": readfile(zapquotes(words[1]))
+ elif words[0] in ("default","depends", "select", "if", "endif", "#", "comment", "menu", "endmenu"): pass
+
+readfile(sys.argv[1])
+if helplen: out.write('"\n')