my %option;
while (<>)
{
- if (/^\s* # Initial spaces.
- (?:(-\w),\s+)? # $1: Possible short option.
- (--[-\w]+) # $2: Long option.
- (\[?) # $3: '[' iff the argument is optional.
- (?:=([-\w]+))? # $4: Possible argument name.
+ if (/^\s* # Initial spaces.
+ (?:(-\w),\s+)? # $1: $short: Possible short option.
+ (--[-\w]+) # $2: $long: Long option.
+ (\[?) # $3: $opt: '[' iff the argument is optional.
+ (?:=(\S+))? # $4: $arg: Possible argument name.
+ \s # Spaces.
/x)
{
my ($short, $long, $opt, $arg) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
$short = defined $short ? '@option{' . $short . '}' : '';
if ($arg)
{
+ # if $opt, $arg contains the closing ].
+ substr ($arg, -1) = ''
+ if $opt eq '[';
$arg =~ s/^=//;
- $arg = '@var{' . lc ($arg) . '}';
+ $arg = lc ($arg);
+ # If the argument is compite (e.g., for --define[=NAME[=VALUE]]),
+ # put each word in @var, to build @var{name}[=@var{value}], not
+ # @var{name[=value]}].
+ $arg =~ s/(\w+)/\@var{$1}/g;
$arg = '[' . $arg . ']'
if $opt eq '[';
$option{"$long=$arg"} = $short ? "$short $arg" : '';
foreach my $long (sort keys %option)
{
- printf "\@item %-40s \@tab %s\n", '@option{' . $long . '}', $option{$long};
+ # Avoid trailing spaces.
+ printf ("\@item %-40s \@tab%s\n",
+ '@option{' . $long . '}',
+ $option{$long} ? " $option{$long}" : "");
}