changeset 9294:5f4862a00697

help: format templating help topic with a field list
author Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
date Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:38:08 +0200
parents e48a48b754d3
children b0f447a259ab
files mercurial/help.py
diffstat 1 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/mercurial/help.py	Sun Aug 02 23:38:07 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/help.py	Sun Aug 02 23:38:08 2009 +0200
@@ -375,24 +375,27 @@
     keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These
     keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:
 
-    - author: String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
-    - branches: String. The name of the branch on which the changeset
-      was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was default.
-    - date: Date information. The date when the changeset was
-      committed.
-    - desc: String. The text of the changeset description.
-    - diffstat: String. Statistics of changes with the following
-      format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
-    - files: List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by
-      this changeset.
-    - file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
-    - file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
-    - file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
-    - node: String. The changeset identification hash, as a
-      40-character hexadecimal string.
-    - parents: List of strings. The parents of the changeset.
-    - rev: Integer. The repository-local changeset revision number.
-    - tags: List of strings. Any tags associated with the changeset.
+    :author:    String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
+    :branches:  String. The name of the branch on which the changeset
+                was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was
+                default.
+    :date:      Date information. The date when the changeset was
+                committed.
+    :desc:      String. The text of the changeset description.
+    :diffstat:  String. Statistics of changes with the following
+                format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
+    :files:     List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed
+                by this changeset.
+    :file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
+    :file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
+    :file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
+    :node:      String. The changeset identification hash, as a
+                40-character hexadecimal string.
+    :parents:   List of strings. The parents of the changeset.
+    :rev:       Integer. The repository-local changeset revision
+                number.
+    :tags:      List of strings. Any tags associated with the
+                changeset.
 
     The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you
     want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process
@@ -405,48 +408,53 @@
 
     List of filters:
 
-    - addbreaks: Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
-      every line except the last.
-    - age: Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference between
-      the given date/time and the current date/time.
-    - basename: Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the
-      last component of the path after splitting by the path separator
-      (ignoring trailing separators). For example, "foo/bar/baz"
-      becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//" becomes "bar".
-    - stripdir: Treat the text as path and strip a directory level, if
-      possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes "foo".
-    - date: Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including the
-      timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
-    - domain: Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an
-      email address, and extracts just the domain component. Example:
-      'User <user@example.com>' becomes 'example.com'.
-    - email: Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like an
-      email address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes
-      'user@example.com'.
-    - escape: Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters "&",
-      "<" and ">" with XML entities.
-    - fill68: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
-    - fill76: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
-    - firstline: Any text. Returns the first line of text.
-    - nonempty: Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
-    - hgdate: Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers: "1157407993
-      25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
-    - isodate: Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format.
-    - localdate: Date. Converts a date to local date.
-    - obfuscate: Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a
-      sequence of XML entities.
-    - person: Any text. Returns the text before an email address.
-    - rfc822date: Date. Returns a date using the same format used in
-      email headers.
-    - short: Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset
-      hash, i.e. a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
-    - shortdate: Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
-    - strip: Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
-    - tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every line except
-      the first starting with a tab character.
-    - urlescape: Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For
-      example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
-    - user: Any text. Returns the user portion of an email address.
+    :addbreaks:  Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
+                 every line except the last.
+    :age:        Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference
+                 between the given date/time and the current
+                 date/time.
+    :basename:   Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the
+                 last component of the path after splitting by the
+                 path separator (ignoring trailing separators). For
+                 example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//"
+                 becomes "bar".
+    :stripdir:   Treat the text as path and strip a directory level,
+                 if possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes
+                 "foo".
+    :date:       Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including
+                 the timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
+    :domain:     Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an
+                 email address, and extracts just the domain
+                 component. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes
+                 'example.com'.
+    :email:      Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like
+                 an email address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>'
+                 becomes 'user@example.com'.
+    :escape:     Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters
+                 "&", "<" and ">" with XML entities.
+    :fill68:     Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
+    :fill76:     Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
+    :firstline:  Any text. Returns the first line of text.
+    :nonempty:   Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
+    :hgdate:     Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers:
+                 "1157407993 25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
+    :isodate:    Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format.
+    :localdate:  Date. Converts a date to local date.
+    :obfuscate:  Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a
+                 sequence of XML entities.
+    :person:     Any text. Returns the text before an email address.
+    :rfc822date: Date. Returns a date using the same format used in
+                 email headers.
+    :short:      Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset
+                 hash, i.e. a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
+    :shortdate:  Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
+    :strip:      Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
+    :tabindent:  Any text. Returns the text, with every line except
+                 the first starting with a tab character.
+    :urlescape:  Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For
+                 example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
+    :user:       Any text. Returns the user portion of an email
+                 address.
     ''')),
 
     (['urls'], _('URL Paths'),