lix/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
Eelco Dolstra c3c858ac6d Make doc() return arbitrary Markdown rather than the contents of the "Description" section
Thus we can return the examples section (and any other sections) from
doc() and don't need examples() anymore.
2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00

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Nix

command:
with builtins;
with import ./utils.nix;
let
showCommand =
{ command, def, filename }:
"# Name\n\n"
+ "`${command}` - ${def.description}\n\n"
+ "# Synopsis\n\n"
+ showSynopsis { inherit command; args = def.args; }
+ (if def.commands or {} != {}
then
"where *subcommand* is one of the following:\n\n"
# FIXME: group by category
+ concatStrings (map (name:
"* [`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md) - ${def.commands.${name}.description}\n")
(attrNames def.commands))
+ "\n"
else "")
+ (if def.examples or [] != []
then
"# Examples\n\n"
+ concatStrings (map ({ description, command }: "${description}\n\n```console\n${command}\n```\n\n") def.examples)
else "")
+ (if def ? doc
then def.doc + "\n\n"
else "")
+ (let s = showFlags def.flags; in
if s != ""
then "# Flags\n\n${s}"
else "")
;
appendName = filename: name: (if filename == "nix" then "nix3" else filename) + "-" + name;
showFlags = flags:
concatStrings
(map (longName:
let flag = flags.${longName}; in
if flag.category or "" != "config"
then
" - `--${longName}`"
+ (if flag ? shortName then " / `${flag.shortName}`" else "")
+ (if flag ? labels then " " + (concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "*${s}*") flag.labels)) else "")
+ " \n"
+ " " + flag.description + "\n\n"
else "")
(attrNames flags));
showSynopsis =
{ command, args }:
"`${command}` [*flags*...] ${concatStringsSep " "
(map (arg: "*${arg.label}*" + (if arg ? arity then "" else "...")) args)}\n\n";
processCommand = { command, def, filename }:
[ { name = filename + ".md"; value = showCommand { inherit command def filename; }; inherit command; } ]
++ concatMap
(name: processCommand {
filename = appendName filename name;
command = command + " " + name;
def = def.commands.${name};
})
(attrNames def.commands or {});
in
let
manpages = processCommand { filename = "nix"; command = "nix"; def = command; };
summary = concatStrings (map (manpage: " - [${manpage.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${manpage.name})\n") manpages);
in
(listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = summary; }