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+## Copyright (C) 2009-2012 S�ren Hauberg
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} print_usage ()
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} print_usage (@var{name})
+## Print the usage message for a function. When called with no input arguments
+## the @code{print_usage} function displays the usage message of the currently
+## executing function.
+## @seealso{help}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function print_usage (name)
+ x = dbstack ();
+ ## Handle input
+ if (nargin == 0)
+ ## Determine the name of the calling function
+ if (numel (x) > 1)
+ name = x (2).name;
+ else
+ error ("print_usage: invalid function\n");
+ endif
+ fullpath = evalin ("caller", "mfilename (""fullpath"")");
+ if (strcmp (fullpath(end-length(name)+1:end), name))
+ fullname = [fullpath, ".m"];
+ endif
+ elseif (!ischar (name))
+ error ("print_usage: input argument must be a string");
+ else
+ fullname = name;
+ endif
+
+ ## Determine if we're called from top level.
+ at_toplev = length (x) < 2 || (length (x) == 2 && strcmp (x(2).name, name));
+
+ ## Do the actual work
+ [text, format] = get_help_text (fullname);
+ max_len = 80;
+ switch (lower (format))
+ case "plain text"
+ [usage_string, status] = get_usage_plain_text (text, max_len);
+ case "texinfo"
+ [usage_string, status] = get_usage_texinfo (text, max_len);
+ case "html"
+ [usage_string, status] = get_usage_html (text, max_len);
+ case "not documented"
+ error ("print_usage: `%s' is not documented\n", name);
+ case "not found"
+ error ("print_usage: `%s' not found\n", name);
+ otherwise
+ error ("print_usage: internal error: unsupported help text format: '%s'\n", format);
+ endswitch
+
+ ## Raise the final error
+ if (status != 0)
+ warning ("print_usage: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally");
+ warning ("print_usage: raw Texinfo source of help text follows...\n");
+ endif
+
+ if (at_toplev)
+ error ("Invalid call to %s. Correct usage is:\n\n%s\n%s",
+ name, usage_string, __additional_help_message__ ());
+ else
+ msg = sprintf ("Invalid call to %s. Correct usage is:\n\n%s",
+ name, usage_string);
+ ## Ensure that the error doesn't end up with a newline, as that disables
+ ## backtraces.
+ if (msg(end) == "\n")
+ msg(end) = " ";
+ endif
+
+ error (msg);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+function [retval, status] = get_usage_plain_text (help_text, max_len)
+ ## Extract first line by searching for a double line-end.
+ line_end_idx = strfind (help_text, "\n\n");
+ retval = help_text (1:min ([line_end_idx , max_len, length(help_text)]));
+ status = 0;
+endfunction
+
+function [retval, status] = get_usage_texinfo (help_text, max_len)
+ ## Lines ending with "@\n" are continuation lines, so they should be
+ ## concatenated with the following line.
+ help_text = strrep (help_text, "@\n", " ");
+
+ ## Find, and keep, lines that start with @def or @end def. This should include things
+ ## such as @deftypefn, @deftypefnx, @defvar, etc. and their corresponding @end's
+ def_idx = strfind (help_text, "@def");
+ if (!isempty (def_idx))
+ buffer = "";
+ endl_idx = find (help_text == "\n");
+ for k = 1:length (def_idx)
+ endl = endl_idx (find (endl_idx > def_idx (k), 1));
+ if (isempty (endl))
+ buffer = strcat (buffer, help_text (def_idx (k):end), "\n");
+ else
+ buffer = strcat (buffer, help_text (def_idx (k):endl));
+ endif
+ endfor
+
+ end_def_idx = strfind (help_text, "@end def");
+ if (!isempty (end_def_idx))
+ buffer = strcat (buffer, help_text (end_def_idx:end));
+ endif
+ else
+ [retval, status] = get_usage_plain_text (help_text, max_len);
+ endif
+
+ ## Run makeinfo to generate plain text
+ [retval, status] = __makeinfo__ (buffer, "plain text");
+endfunction
+
+function [retval, status] = get_usage_html (help_text, max_len)
+ ## Strip tags
+ [help_text, status] = strip_html_tags (help_text);
+
+ ## Extract first line with plain text method.
+ retval = get_usage_plain_text (help_text, max_len);
+endfunction
+
+
+## Stop reporting function as missing tests. No good tests possible.
+%!assert (1)
+