--[[ File l3build-help.lua Copyright (C) 2018-2026 The LaTeX Project It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in the file https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt This file is part of the "l3build bundle" (The Work in LPPL) and all files in that bundle must be distributed together. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The development version of the bundle can be found at https://github.com/latex3/l3build for those people who are interested. --]] local insert = table.insert local match = string.match local rep = string.rep local sort = table.sort local copyright = "Copyright (C) 2014-2026 The LaTeX Project\n" function version() print( "\n" .. "l3build: A testing and building system for LaTeX\n\n" .. "Release " .. release_date .. "\n" .. copyright ) end local function scriptname() local scriptname = "l3build" if not (match(arg[0], "l3build%.lua$") or match(arg[0],"l3build$")) then scriptname = arg[0] end return scriptname end local function help_overview() local function setup_list(list) local longest = 0 for k,_ in pairs(list) do if k:len() > longest then longest = k:len() end end -- Sort the options local t = { } for k,_ in pairs(list) do insert(t, k) end sort(t) return longest,t end print("\nUsage: " .. scriptname() .. " [] []") print("") print("Valid targets are:") local longest,t = setup_list(target_list) local extra_help = false for _,k in ipairs(t) do local target = target_list[k] local filler = rep(" ", longest - k:len() + 1) if target["desc"] then print(" " .. k .. filler .. target["desc"] .. (target["help"] and "*" or "")) end if target["help"] then extra_help = true end end print("") if extra_help then print('* Extra help available via "' .. scriptname() .. ' --help"' ) print("") end print("Valid options are:") longest,t = setup_list(option_list) for _,k in ipairs(t) do local opt = option_list[k] local filler = rep(" ", longest - k:len() + 1) if opt["desc"] then if opt["short"] then print(" --" .. k .. "|-" .. opt["short"] .. filler .. opt["desc"]) else print(" --" .. k .. " " .. filler .. opt["desc"]) end end end print("") print("Full manual available via 'texdoc l3build'.") print("") print("Repository : https://github.com/latex3/l3build") print("Bug tracker : https://github.com/latex3/l3build/issues") print(copyright) end local function help_target(target) if target_list[target] then print("\nUsage: " .. scriptname() .. " " .. target .. " [] []") print("") if target_list[target].help then print(target_list[target].help) else print("See texdoc l3build for more information.") end print() else help_overview() end end function help(target) if target then help_target(target) else help_overview() end end