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doc.m: quote info args
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 S�ren Hauberg
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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18
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Command} {} doc @var{function_name}
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21 ## Display documentation for the function @var{function_name}
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22 ## directly from an on-line version of
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23 ## the printed manual, using the GNU Info browser. If invoked without
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24 ## any arguments, the manual is shown from the beginning.
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25 ##
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26 ## For example, the command @kbd{doc rand} starts the GNU Info browser
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27 ## at the @code{rand} node in the on-line version of the manual.
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28 ##
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29 ## Once the GNU Info browser is running, help for using it is available
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30 ## using the command @kbd{C-h}.
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31 ## @seealso{help}
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32 ## @end deftypefn
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34 ## Author: Soren Hauberg <soren@hauberg.org>
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35 ## Adapted-by: jwe
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36
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37 function retval = doc (fname)
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38
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39 if (nargin == 0 || nargin == 1)
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40
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41 ftype = 0;
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42
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43 if (nargin == 1)
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44 ## Get the directory where the function lives.
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45 ## FIXME -- maybe we should have a better way of doing this.
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47 if (ischar (fname))
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48 ftype = exist (fname);
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49 else
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50 error ("doc: expecting argument to be a character string");
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51 endif
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52 else
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53 fname = "";
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54 endif
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56 if (ftype == 2 || ftype == 3)
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57 ffile = which (fname);
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58 else
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59 ffile = "";
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60 endif
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61
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62 if (isempty (ffile))
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63 info_dir = octave_config_info ("infodir");
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64 else
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65 info_dir = fileparts (ffile);
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66 endif
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68 ## Determine if a file called doc.info exist in the same
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69 ## directory as the function.
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70
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71 info_file_name = fullfile (info_dir, "doc.info");
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72
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73 [stat_info, err] = stat (info_file_name);
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74
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75 if (err < 0)
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76 info_file_name = info_file ();
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77 endif
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79 ## FIXME -- don't change the order of the arguments below because
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80 ## the info-emacs-info script currently expects --directory DIR as
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81 ## the third and fourth arguments. Someone should fix that.
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82
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83 cmd = sprintf ("\"%s\" --file \"%s\" --directory \"%s\"",
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84 info_program (), info_file_name, info_dir);
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86 have_fname = ! isempty (fname);
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87
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88 if (have_fname)
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89 status = system (sprintf ("%s --index-search \"%s\"", cmd, fname));
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90 endif
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92 if (! (have_fname && status == 0))
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93 status = system (cmd);
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94 if (status == 127)
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95 warning ("unable to find info program `%s'", info_program ());
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96 endif
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97 endif
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99 if (nargout > 0)
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100 retval = status;
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101 endif
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102
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103 else
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104 print_usage ();
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105 endif
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106
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107 endfunction
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110 %!test
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111 %! ifile = info_file ();
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112 %! if (exist (ifile) != 2 && exist (sprintf ("%s.gz", ifile)) != 2)
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113 %! error ("Info file %s or %s.gz does not exist!", ifile, ifile);
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114 %! endif
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