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+module GF.Command.Help where
+import GF.Command.Messages
+import GF.Command.Abstract(isOpt,getCommandOp,showExpr)
+import GF.Command.CommandInfo
+
+import GF.Data.Operations((++++))
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+
+
+commandHelpAll' allCommands opts = unlines $
+  commandHelp' opts (isOpt "full" opts) `map` Map.toList allCommands
+
+commandHelp' opts = if isOpt "t2t" opts then commandHelpTags else commandHelp
+
+commandHelp :: Bool -> (String,CommandInfo env) -> String
+commandHelp full (co,info) = unlines . compact $ [
+  co ++ optionally (", " ++) (longname info),
+  synopsis info] ++ if full then [
+  "",
+  optionally (("syntax:" ++++).("  "++).(++"\n")) (syntax info),
+  explanation info,
+  section "options:"  [" -" ++ o ++ "\t" ++ e | (o,e) <- options info],
+  section "flags:"    [" -" ++ o ++ "\t" ++ e | (o,e) <- flags info],
+  section "examples:" ["  " ++ o ++ "\t--" ++ e | (o,e) <- examples info]
+  ] else []
+
+-- for printing with txt2tags formatting
+
+commandHelpTags :: Bool -> (String,CommandInfo env) -> String
+commandHelpTags full (co,info) = unlines . compact $ [
+  "#VSPACE","",
+  "===="++hdrname++"====",
+  "#NOINDENT",
+  name ++ ": " ++
+  "//" ++ synopsis info ++ ".//"] ++ if full then [
+  "","#TINY","",
+  explanation info,
+  optionally ("- Syntax: "++) (lit (syntax info)),
+  section "- Options:\n"  [" | ``-" ++ o ++ "`` | " ++ e | (o,e) <- options info],
+  section "- Flags:\n"    [" | ``-" ++ o ++ "`` | " ++ e | (o,e) <- flags info],
+  section "- Examples:\n" [" | ``"  ++ o ++ "`` | " ++ e | (o,e) <- examples info],
+  "", "#NORMAL", ""
+  ] else []
+ where
+   hdrname = co ++ equal (longname info)
+   name = lit co ++ equal (lit (longname info))
+
+   lit = optionally (wrap "``")
+   equal = optionally (" = "++)
+-- verbatim = optionally (wrap ["```"])
+   wrap d s = d++s++d
+
+section hdr = optionally ((hdr++++).unlines)
+
+optionally f [] = []
+optionally f s  = f s
+
+compact [] = []
+compact ([]:xs@([]:_)) = compact xs
+compact (x:xs) = x:compact xs
+
+mkEx s = let (command,expl) = break (=="--") (words s) in (unwords command, unwords (drop 1 expl))
+
+helpCommand allCommands =
+  ("h", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "help",
+     syntax = "h (-full)? COMMAND?",
+     synopsis = "get description of a command, or a the full list of commands",
+     explanation = unlines [
+       "Displays information concerning the COMMAND.",
+       "Without argument, shows the synopsis of all commands."
+       ],
+     options = [
+       ("changes","give a summary of changes from GF 2.9"),
+       ("coding","give advice on character encoding"),
+       ("full","give full information of the commands"),
+       ("license","show copyright and license information"),
+       ("t2t","output help in txt2tags format")
+       ],
+     exec = \_ opts ts ->
+       let
+        msg = case ts of
+          _ | isOpt "changes" opts -> changesMsg
+          _ | isOpt "coding" opts -> codingMsg
+          _ | isOpt "license" opts -> licenseMsg
+          [t] -> let co = getCommandOp (showExpr [] t) in
+                 case Map.lookup co allCommands of
+                   Just info -> commandHelp' opts True (co,info)
+                   _ -> "command not found"
+          _ -> commandHelpAll' allCommands opts
+       in return (fromString msg),
+     needsTypeCheck = False
+     })