.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.22 (Pod::Simple 3.07) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. .de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R .fi .. .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left .\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. \*(C+ will .\" give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to do unbreakable dashes and .\" therefore won't be available. \*(C` and \*(C' expand to `' in nroff, .\" nothing in troff, for use with C<>. .tr \(*W- .ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p' .ie n \{\ . ds -- \(*W- . ds PI pi . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch . ds L" "" . ds R" "" . ds C` "" . ds C' "" 'br\} .el\{\ . ds -- \|\(em\| . ds PI \(*p . ds L" `` . ds R" '' 'br\} .\" .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" .\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate index entries on stderr for .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. .ie \nF \{\ . de IX . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" .. . nr % 0 . rr F .\} .el \{\ . de IX .. .\} .\" .\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2). .\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts. . \" fudge factors for nroff and troff .if n \{\ . ds #H 0 . ds #V .8m . ds #F .3m . ds #[ \f1 . ds #] \fP .\} .if t \{\ . ds #H ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*.13m) . ds #V .6m . ds #F 0 . ds #[ \& . ds #] \& .\} . \" simple accents for nroff and troff .if n \{\ . ds ' \& . ds ` \& . ds ^ \& . ds , \& . ds ~ ~ . ds / .\} .if t \{\ . ds ' \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\'\h"|\\n:u" . ds ` \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\`\h'|\\n:u' . ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'^\h'|\\n:u' . ds , \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)',\h'|\\n:u' . ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#H-.1m)'~\h'|\\n:u' . ds / \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\z\(sl\h'|\\n:u' .\} . \" troff and (daisy-wheel) nroff accents .ds : \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H+.1m+\*(#F)'\v'-\*(#V'\z.\h'.2m+\*(#F'.\h'|\\n:u'\v'\*(#V' .ds 8 \h'\*(#H'\(*b\h'-\*(#H' .ds o \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu+\w'\(de'u-\*(#H)/2u'\v'-.3n'\*(#[\z\(de\v'.3n'\h'|\\n:u'\*(#] .ds d- \h'\*(#H'\(pd\h'-\w'~'u'\v'-.25m'\f2\(hy\fP\v'.25m'\h'-\*(#H' .ds D- D\\k:\h'-\w'D'u'\v'-.11m'\z\(hy\v'.11m'\h'|\\n:u' .ds th \*(#[\v'.3m'\s+1I\s-1\v'-.3m'\h'-(\w'I'u*2/3)'\s-1o\s+1\*(#] .ds Th \*(#[\s+2I\s-2\h'-\w'I'u*3/5'\v'-.3m'o\v'.3m'\*(#] .ds ae a\h'-(\w'a'u*4/10)'e .ds Ae A\h'-(\w'A'u*4/10)'E . \" corrections for vroff .if v .ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H)'\s-2\u~\d\s+2\h'|\\n:u' .if v .ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'\v'-.4m'^\v'.4m'\h'|\\n:u' . \" for low resolution devices (crt and lpr) .if \n(.H>23 .if \n(.V>19 \ \{\ . ds : e . ds 8 ss . ds o a . ds d- d\h'-1'\(ga . ds D- D\h'-1'\(hy . ds th \o'bp' . ds Th \o'LP' . ds ae ae . ds Ae AE .\} .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "Getopt::Usaginator 3pm" .TH Getopt::Usaginator 3pm "2010-06-05" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Getopt::Usaginator \- Conjure up a usage function for your applications .SH "VERSION" .IX Header "VERSION" version 0.0012 .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& use Getopt::Usaginator <<_END_; \& \& Usage: xyzzy \& \& \-\-derp Derp derp derp \& \-\-durp Durp durp durp \& \-h, \-\-help This usage \& \& _END_ \& \& # The \*(Aqusage\*(Aq subroutine is now installed \& \& ... \& \& $options = parse_options( @ARGV ); # Not supplied by Usaginator \& \& usage if $options{help}; # Print usage and exit with status 0 \& \& if ( ! $options{derp} ) { \& # Print warning and usage and exit with status \-1 \& usage "You should really derp"; \& } \& \& if ( $options{durp} ) { \& # Print warning and usage and exit with status 2 \& usage 2 => "\-\-durp is not ready yet"; \& } \& \& ... \& \& usage 3 # Print usage and exit with status 3 .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" Getopt::Usaginator is a tool for creating a handy usage subroutine for commandline applications .PP It does not do any option parsing, but is best paired with Getopt::Long or any of the other myriad of option parsers .SH "USAGE" .IX Header "USAGE" .SS "use Getopt::Usaginator " .IX Subsection "use Getopt::Usaginator " Install a \f(CW\*(C`usage\*(C'\fR subroutine configured with the text .ie n .SS "$code = Getopt::Usaginator\->usaginator( )" .el .SS "\f(CW$code\fP = Getopt::Usaginator\->usaginator( )" .IX Subsection "$code = Getopt::Usaginator->usaginator( )" Return a subroutine configured with the text .SS "..." .IX Subsection "..." More advanced usage is possible, peek under the hood for more information .PP .Vb 1 \& perldoc \-m Getopt::Usaginator .Ve .PP An example: .PP .Vb 7 \& use Getopt::Usaginator \& # Called with the error \& error => sub { ... }, \& # Called when usage printing is needed \& usage => sub { ... }, \& ... \& ; .Ve .SH "An example with Getopt::Long parsing" .IX Header "An example with Getopt::Long parsing" .Vb 1 \& use Getopt::Usaginator ... \& \& sub run { \& my $self = shift; \& my @arguments = @_; \& \& usage 0 unless @arguments; \& \& my ( $help ); \& { \& local @ARGV = @arguments; \& GetOptions( \& \*(Aqhelp|h|?\*(Aq => \e$help, \& ); \& } \& \& usage 0 if $help; \& \& ... \& } .Ve .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" .Vb 1 \& Robert Krimen .Ve .SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE" .IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE" This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Robert Krimen. .PP This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.