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// Copyright 2018 Guillaume Pinot (@TeXitoi) <texitoi@texitoi.eu>
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.
#[macro_use]
extern crate structopt;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use structopt::StructOpt;
/// A basic example for the usage of doc comments as replacement
/// of the arguments `help`, `long_help`, `about` and `long_about`.
#[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
#[structopt(name = "basic")]
struct Opt {
/// Just use doc comments to replace `help`, `long_help`,
/// `about` or `long_about` input.
#[structopt(short = "f", long = "first-flag")]
first_flag: bool,
/// Split between `help` and `long_help`.
///
/// In the previous case structopt is going to present
/// the whole comment both as text for the `help` and the
/// `long_help` argument.
///
/// But if the doc comment is formatted like this example
/// -- with an empty second line splitting the heading and
/// the rest of the comment -- only the first line is used
/// as `help` argument. The `long_help` argument will still
/// contain the whole comment.
///
/// ## Attention
///
/// Any formatting next to empty lines that could be used
/// inside a doc comment is currently not preserved. If
/// lists or other well formatted content is required it is
/// necessary to use the related structopt argument with a
/// raw string as shown on the `third_flag` description.
#[structopt(short = "s", long = "second-flag")]
second_flag: bool,
#[structopt(
short = "t",
long = "third-flag",
long_help = r"This is a raw string.
It can be used to pass well formatted content (e.g. lists or source
code) in the description:
- first example list entry
- second example list entry
"
)]
third_flag: bool,
#[structopt(subcommand)]
sub_command: SubCommand,
}
#[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
#[structopt()]
enum SubCommand {
/// The same rules described previously for flags. Are
/// also true for in regards of sub-commands.
#[structopt(name = "first")]
First,
/// Applicable for both `about` an `help`.
///
/// The formatting rules described in the comment of the
/// `second_flag` also apply to the description of
/// sub-commands which is normally given through the `about`
/// and `long_about` arguments.
#[structopt(name = "second")]
Second,
}
fn main() {
let opt = Opt::from_args();
println!("{:?}", opt);
}