On Oct 19, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Peñá, Botp wrote:

> From: ara.t.howard [mailto:ara.t.howard / gmail.com]
> #      def run
> #        print usage.to_s
>
> arggh, i did not try the to_s :)
> thanks
>
> #        exit
> #      end
> # the reason that the 'to_s' is required is that the usage returns and
> # object that inherits from array and ruby treats 'puts an_array'
> # specially.  i should changed that in the next version... regardless
> # 'usage.to_s' will continue to work.
>
> no problem, ara. The usage.to_s is good enough.


great.  in 2.1.0 (on rubyforge now) you can just use 'help!' which  
calls 'print usage.to_s; exit' for you.  i'll rework the Usage class  
to be and Array delegate rather than an Array subclass soon.  it  
annoys me that 'puts usage' does not work...

>
>
> # i'd be interested to see what you come up with for an auto usage
> # message - that part was very hard for me and i'm not sure
> # mine is the
> # best.
> #
>
> no, the automessage part is fine.
> my plan really is to add more info on --help and i was  looking  
> where to add more :)
>
> eg, i want to add sections like "other info", "gotchas",  
> "copyright", "reporting bugs", and "see also".
>

oh.  the Usage class is already setup to do that.  simply do

   usage['gotchas'] = huge_block_of_text

and it will automatically be included in a nicely formatted way.

>
>
> # glad you are using it, and the feedback is really welcome - it's
> # surprisingly difficult to get this working smoothly for even
> # a modest
> # sample of command line apps - there are a lot of variables!  ;-)
> #
> # look for main-2.0.1 later today...
>
>
> it's working great. really.  my suggestions were purely cosmetics.  
> and btw, the new mode option is cool.
> many thanks again.
>
> kind regards -botp
>


glad to hear it - 2.1.0 also addresses your error handling issue:


cfp:~/src/ruby/main/main-2.1.0 > cat a.rb
require 'main'

puts Main.version

Main {
   argument 'x' do
     error :before do
       puts 'this fires *before* normal error handling using  
#instance_eval...'
     end

     error do
       puts 'this fires *instead of* normal error handling using  
#instance_eval...'
     end

     error :after do
       puts 'this fires *after* normal error handling using  
#instance_eval...'
     end
   end

   run(){ p param['x'].given? }
}


cfp:~/src/ruby/main/main-2.1.0 > ruby -I lib a.rb
2.1.0
this fires *before* normal error handling using #instance_eval...
this fires *instead of* normal error handling using #instance_eval...
this fires *after* normal error handling using #instance_eval...


in fact, 2.1.0 allows *any* exception to specify it's own error  
handlers - check out lib/main/base.rb and grep for 'handler'.

kind regards.

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