fish-shell/share/functions/help.fish
2010-09-18 10:18:26 +08:00

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Fish

#
# help should use 'open' to find a suitable browser, but only
# if there is a mime database _and_ DISPLAY is set, since the
# browser will most likely be graphical. Since most systems which
# have a mime databe also have the htmlview program, this is mostly a
# theoretical problem.
#
function help --description "Show help for the fish shell"
# Declare variables to set correct scope
set -l fish_browser
set -l fish_browser_bg
set -l h syntax completion editor job-control todo bugs history killring help
set h $h color prompt title variables builtin-overview changes expand
set h $h expand-variable expand-home expand-brace expand-wildcard
set -l help_topics $h expand-command-substitution expand-process
# 'help -h' should launch 'help help'
if count $argv >/dev/null
switch $argv[1]
case -h --h --he --hel --help
__fish_print_help help
return 0
end
end
#
# Find a suitable browser for viewing the help pages. This is needed
# by the help function defined below.
#
set -l graphical_browsers htmlview x-www-browser firefox galeon mozilla konqueror epiphany opera netscape
set -l text_browsers htmlview www-browser links elinks lynx w3m
if test $BROWSER
# User has manualy set a preferred browser, so we respect that
set fish_browser $BROWSER
# If browser is known to be graphical, put into background
if contains -- $BROWSER $graphical_browsers
set fish_browser_bg 1
end
else
# Check for a text-based browser.
for i in $text_browsers
if type -f $i >/dev/null
set fish_browser $i
break
end
end
# If we are in a graphical environment, check if there is a graphical
# browser to use instead.
if test "$DISPLAY" -a \( "$XAUTHORITY" = "$HOME/.Xauthority" -o "$XAUTHORITY" = "" \)
for i in $graphical_browsers
if type -f $i >/dev/null
set fish_browser $i
set fish_browser_bg 1
break
end
end
end
end
if test -z $fish_browser
printf (_ '%s: Could not find a web browser.\n') help
printf (_ 'Please set the variable $BROWSER to a suitable browser and try again\n\n')
return 1
end
set fish_help_item $argv[1]
switch "$fish_help_item"
case ""
set fish_help_page index.html
case "."
set fish_help_page "commands.html\#source"
case difference
set fish_help_page difference.html
case globbing
set fish_help_page "index.html\#expand"
# This command substitution should locate all commands with
# documentation. It's a bit of a hack, since it relies on the
# Doxygen markup format to never change.
case (sed -n < $__fish_help_dir/commands.html -e "s/.*<h2><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"\([^\"]*\)\">.*/\1/p")
set fish_help_page "commands.html\#$fish_help_item"
case $help_topics
set fish_help_page "index.html\#$fish_help_item"
case "*"
if type -f $fish_help_item >/dev/null
man $fish_help_item
return
end
set fish_help_page "index.html"
end
if test $fish_browser_bg
switch $fish_browser
case 'htmlview' 'x-www-browser'
printf (_ 'help: Help is being displayed in your default browser\n')
case '*'
printf (_ 'help: Help is being displayed in %s\n') $fish_browser
end
eval $fish_browser file://$__fish_help_dir/$fish_help_page \&
else
eval $fish_browser file://$__fish_help_dir/$fish_help_page
end
end