xonsh/docs/cmdhelp.py
2016-02-05 01:25:59 -05:00

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"""This module adds a reST directive to sphinx that generates alias
documentation. For example::
.. command-help:: xonsh.aliases.source_foreign
.. command-help:: xonsh.aliases.source_foreign -h
will create help for aliases.
"""
import io
import textwrap
import importlib
from docutils import nodes, statemachine, utils
try:
from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString # the new way
except ImportError:
from docutils.error_reporting import ErrorString # the old way
from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, convert_directive_function
from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, roles, states
from docutils.parsers.rst.roles import set_classes
from docutils.transforms import misc
from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
from sphinx.util.nodes import nested_parse_with_titles
from xonsh.tools import redirect_stdout, redirect_stderr
class CommandHelp(Directive):
"""The command-help directive, which is based on constructing a list of
of string lines of restructured text and then parsing it into its own node.
Note that this will add the '--help' flag automatically.
"""
required_arguments = 1
optional_arguments = 1
final_argument_whitespace = True
option_spec = {}
has_content = False
def run(self):
arguments = self.arguments
lines = ['.. code-block:: none', '']
m, f = arguments[0].rsplit('.', 1)
mod = importlib.import_module(m)
func = getattr(mod, f)
args = ['--help'] if len(arguments) == 1 else arguments[1:]
stdout = io.StringIO()
stderr = io.StringIO()
with redirect_stdout(stdout), redirect_stderr(stderr):
try:
func(args)
except SystemExit:
pass
stdout.seek(0)
s = stdout.read()
lines += textwrap.indent(s, ' ').splitlines()
# hook to docutils
src, lineno = self.state_machine.get_source_and_line(self.lineno)
vl = ViewList(lines, source=src)
node = nodes.paragraph()
nested_parse_with_titles(self.state, vl, node)
return node.children
def setup(app):
app.add_directive('command-help', CommandHelp)