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# help.py - help data for mercurial
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#
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# Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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#
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# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
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# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
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from i18n import gettext, _
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import sys, os
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import extensions
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def moduledoc(file):
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    '''return the top-level python documentation for the given file
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    Loosely inspired by pydoc.source_synopsis(), but rewritten to
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    handle triple quotes and to return the whole text instead of just
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    the synopsis'''
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    result = []
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    line = file.readline()
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    while line[:1] == '#' or not line.strip():
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        line = file.readline()
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        if not line:
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            break
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    start = line[:3]
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    if start == '"""' or start == "'''":
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        line = line[3:]
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        while line:
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            if line.rstrip().endswith(start):
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                line = line.split(start)[0]
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                if line:
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                    result.append(line)
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                break
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            elif not line:
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                return None # unmatched delimiter
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            result.append(line)
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            line = file.readline()
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    else:
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        return None
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    return ''.join(result)
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def listexts(header, exts, maxlength, indent=1):
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    '''return a text listing of the given extensions'''
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    if not exts:
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        return ''
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    result = '\n%s\n\n' % header
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    for name, desc in sorted(exts.iteritems()):
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        result += '%s%-*s %s\n' % (' ' * indent, maxlength + 2,
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                                   ':%s:' % name, desc)
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    return result
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def extshelp():
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    doc = loaddoc('extensions')()
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    exts, maxlength = extensions.enabled()
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    doc += listexts(_('enabled extensions:'), exts, maxlength)
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    exts, maxlength = extensions.disabled()
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    doc += listexts(_('disabled extensions:'), exts, maxlength)
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    return doc
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def loaddoc(topic):
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    """Return a delayed loader for help/topic.txt."""
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    def loader():
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        if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
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            module = sys.executable
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        else:
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            module = __file__
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        base = os.path.dirname(module)
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        for dir in ('.', '..'):
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            docdir = os.path.join(base, dir, 'help')
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            if os.path.isdir(docdir):
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                break
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        path = os.path.join(docdir, topic + ".txt")
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        doc = gettext(open(path).read())
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        for rewriter in helphooks.get(topic, []):
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            doc = rewriter(topic, doc)
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        return doc
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    return loader
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helptable = [
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    (["config", "hgrc"], _("Configuration Files"), loaddoc('config')),
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    (["dates"], _("Date Formats"), loaddoc('dates')),
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    (["patterns"], _("File Name Patterns"), loaddoc('patterns')),
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    (['environment', 'env'], _('Environment Variables'),
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     loaddoc('environment')),
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    (['revs', 'revisions'], _('Specifying Single Revisions'),
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     loaddoc('revisions')),
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    (['mrevs', 'multirevs'], _('Specifying Multiple Revisions'),
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     loaddoc('multirevs')),
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    (['revset', 'revsets'], _("Specifying Revision Sets"), loaddoc('revsets')),
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    (['diffs'], _('Diff Formats'), loaddoc('diffs')),
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    (['merge-tools'], _('Merge Tools'), loaddoc('merge-tools')),
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    (['templating', 'templates'], _('Template Usage'),
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     loaddoc('templates')),
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    (['urls'], _('URL Paths'), loaddoc('urls')),
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    (["extensions"], _("Using additional features"), extshelp),
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    (["subrepo", "subrepos"], _("Subrepositories"), loaddoc('subrepos')),
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    (["hgweb"], _("Configuring hgweb"), loaddoc('hgweb')),
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    (["glossary"], _("Glossary"), loaddoc('glossary')),
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]
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# Map topics to lists of callable taking the current topic help and
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# returning the updated version
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helphooks = {
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}
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def addtopichook(topic, rewriter):
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    helphooks.setdefault(topic, []).append(rewriter)