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+;;; Click --- Command Line Interface Creation Kit for GNU Guile
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Javier Sancho <jsf@jsancho.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Click.
+;;;
+;;; Click is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+;;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Click is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+;;; General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Click. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+(define-module (click help)
+ #:use-module (ice-9 format)
+ #:use-module (click util)
+ #:export (display-error
+ display-help))
+
+
+(define (get-type-description option)
+ "Return allowed type for the value in the option"
+ (assoc-ref (option-type option) 'description))
+
+
+(define (get-title target)
+ "Return the title for the help message"
+ (cond ((procedure? target)
+ (procedure-documentation target))
+ (else
+ target)))
+
+
+(define* (display-help program-name target option-spec #:optional (commands '()))
+ (format #t "Usage: ~a [OPTIONS]
+
+ ~a
+
+Options:
+" program-name (get-title target))
+
+ (let* ((options (map (lambda (option)
+ (cons (format #f
+ "--~a~a~a"
+ (car option)
+ (let ((single-char
+ (option-property option 'single-char)))
+ (if single-char
+ (format #f ", -~a" single-char)
+ ""))
+ (let ((value
+ (not (option-property option 'flag))))
+ (if value
+ (format #f " ~a" (get-type-description option))
+ "")))
+ (option-property option 'help "")))
+ option-spec))
+ (sep (+ 2 (apply max (map (lambda (option)
+ (string-length (car option)))
+ options)))))
+ (for-each (lambda (option)
+ (format #t
+ " ~a~v_~a~%"
+ (car option)
+ (- sep (string-length (car option)))
+ (cdr option)))
+ options)))
+
+
+(define (display-error wrong-option)
+ (format #t "Usage: ~a [OPTIONS]
+Try '~a --help' for help.
+
+Error: No such option: ~a
+" (program-name) (program-name) wrong-option))