summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/autodocifier.pl
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/autodocifier.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xdocs/autodocifier.pl25
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/autodocifier.pl b/docs/autodocifier.pl
index 2bf7cd8..d753300 100755
--- a/docs/autodocifier.pl
+++ b/docs/autodocifier.pl
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ sub pod_for_usage {
}
my $full = join("\n", @f1);
- # prepare notes if they exists
+ # prepare notes if they exist
my $notes = (defined $usage->{notes})
? "$usage->{notes}\n\n"
: "";
- # prepare example if one exists
+ # prepare examples if they exist
my $example = (defined $usage->{example})
?
"Example:\n\n" .
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ sub sgml_for_usage {
# {
# trivial => "...",
# full => "...",
+# notes => "...",
# example => "...",
# }
my %docs;
@@ -176,7 +177,13 @@ autodocifier.pl - generate docs for busybox based on usage.h
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-autodocifier.pl usage.h > something
+autodocifier.pl [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+
+Example:
+
+ ( cat docs/busybox_header.pod; \
+ docs/autodocifier.pl usage.h; \
+ cat docs/busybox_footer.pod ) > docs/busybox.pod
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -186,7 +193,8 @@ Currently, the same content has to be duplicated in 3 places in
slightly different formats -- F<usage.h>, F<docs/busybox.pod>, and
F<docs/busybox.sgml>. This is tedious, so Perl has come to the rescue.
-This script was based on a script by Erik Andersen (andersen@lineo.com).
+This script was based on a script by Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>
+which was in turn based on a script by Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -219,7 +227,7 @@ The following is an example of some data this script might parse.
#define length_full_usage \
"Prints out the length of the specified STRING."
#define length_example_usage \
- "$ length "Hello"\n" \
+ "$ length Hello\n" \
"5\n"
Each entry is a cpp macro that defines a string. The macros are
@@ -249,13 +257,14 @@ is disabled. I<REQUIRED>
=item B<notes>
This is documentation that is intended to go in the POD or SGML, but
-not be output when a B<-h> is given to a command. To see an example
+not be printed when a B<-h> is given to a command. To see an example
of notes being used, see init_notes_usage. I<OPTIONAL>
=item B<example>
This should be an example of how the command is acutally used.
-I<OPTIONAL>
+This will not be printed when a B<-h> is given to a command -- it
+is inteded only for the POD or SGML documentation. I<OPTIONAL>
=back
@@ -275,4 +284,4 @@ John BEPPU <beppu@lineo.com>
=cut
-# $Id: autodocifier.pl,v 1.20 2001/04/10 00:00:05 kraai Exp $
+# $Id: autodocifier.pl,v 1.21 2001/04/17 17:09:34 beppu Exp $