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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Generate a short man page from --help and --version output.
+# Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009,
+# 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program 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, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program 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 this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
+# Available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/
+
+use 5.008;
+use strict;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Text::ParseWords qw(shellwords);
+use Text::Tabs qw(expand);
+use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_ALL);
+
+my $this_program = 'help2man';
+my $this_version = '1.47.3';
+
+sub _ { $_[0] }
+sub configure_locale
+{
+ my $locale = shift;
+ die "$this_program: no locale support (Locale::gettext required)\n"
+ unless $locale eq 'C';
+}
+
+sub dec { $_[0] }
+sub enc { $_[0] }
+sub enc_user { $_[0] }
+sub kark { die +(sprintf shift, @_), "\n" }
+sub N_ { $_[0] }
+
+sub program_basename;
+sub get_option_value;
+sub convert_option;
+sub fix_italic_spacing;
+
+my $version_info = enc_user sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_version;
+GNU %s %s
+
+Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010,
+2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
+warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
+EOT
+
+my $help_info = enc_user sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $this_program, $this_program;
+`%s' generates a man page out of `--help' and `--version' output.
+
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
+
+ -n, --name=STRING description for the NAME paragraph
+ -s, --section=SECTION section number for manual page (1, 6, 8)
+ -m, --manual=TEXT name of manual (User Commands, ...)
+ -S, --source=TEXT source of program (FSF, Debian, ...)
+ -L, --locale=STRING select locale (default "C")
+ -i, --include=FILE include material from `FILE'
+ -I, --opt-include=FILE include material from `FILE' if it exists
+ -o, --output=FILE send output to `FILE'
+ -p, --info-page=TEXT name of Texinfo manual
+ -N, --no-info suppress pointer to Texinfo manual
+ -l, --libtool exclude the `lt-' from the program name
+ --help print this help, then exit
+ --version print version number, then exit
+
+EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `--version' options and produce output on
+stdout although alternatives may be specified using:
+
+ -h, --help-option=STRING help option string
+ -v, --version-option=STRING version option string
+ --version-string=STRING version string
+ --no-discard-stderr include stderr when parsing option output
+
+Report bugs to <bug-help2man@gnu.org>.
+EOT
+
+my $section = 1;
+my $manual = '';
+my $source = '';
+my $help_option = '--help';
+my $version_option = '--version';
+my $discard_stderr = 1;
+my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_info, $opt_no_info, $opt_libtool,
+ $version_text);
+
+my %opt_def = (
+ 'n|name=s' => \$opt_name,
+ 's|section=s' => \$section,
+ 'm|manual=s' => \$manual,
+ 'S|source=s' => \$source,
+ 'L|locale=s' => sub { configure_locale pop },
+ 'i|include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 1 ] },
+ 'I|opt-include=s' => sub { push @opt_include, [ pop, 0 ] },
+ 'o|output=s' => \$opt_output,
+ 'p|info-page=s' => \$opt_info,
+ 'N|no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
+ 'l|libtool' => \$opt_libtool,
+ 'help' => sub { print $help_info; exit },
+ 'version' => sub { print $version_info; exit },
+ 'h|help-option=s' => \$help_option,
+ 'v|version-option=s' => \$version_option,
+ 'version-string=s' => \$version_text,
+ 'discard-stderr!' => \$discard_stderr,
+);
+
+# Parse options.
+Getopt::Long::config('bundling');
+die $help_info unless GetOptions %opt_def and @ARGV == 1;
+
+my %include = ();
+my %replace = ();
+my %append = ();
+my %append_match = ();
+my @sections = (); # retain order of include file or in-line *section*s
+
+# Process include file (if given). Format is:
+#
+# Optional initial text, ignored. May include lines starting with `-'
+# which are processed as options.
+#
+# [section]
+# Verbatim text to be included in the named section. By default at
+# the start, but in the case of `name' and `synopsis' the content
+# will replace the autogenerated contents.
+#
+# [<section]
+# Verbatim text to be inserted at the start of the named section.
+#
+# [=section]
+# Verbatim text to replace the named section.
+#
+# [>section]
+# Verbatim text to be appended to the end of the named section.
+#
+# /pattern/
+# Verbatim text for inclusion below a paragraph matching `pattern'.
+#
+
+while (@opt_include)
+{
+ my ($inc, $required) = @{shift @opt_include};
+
+ next unless -f $inc or $required;
+ kark N_("%s: can't open `%s' (%s)"), $this_program, $inc, $!
+ unless open INC, $inc;
+
+ my $key;
+ my $hash;
+
+ while (<INC>)
+ {
+ # Convert input to internal Perl format, so that multibyte
+ # sequences are treated as single characters.
+ $_ = dec $_;
+
+ # [section]
+ if (/^\[([^]]+)\]\s*$/)
+ {
+ $key = uc $1;
+ $key =~ s/^\s+//;
+ $key =~ s/\s+$//;
+ $hash = \%include;
+ # Handle explicit [<section], [=section] and [>section]
+ if ($key =~ s/^([<>=])\s*//)
+ {
+ if ($1 eq '>') { $hash = \%append; }
+ elsif ($1 eq '=') { $hash = \%replace; }
+ }
+ # NAME/SYNOPSIS replace by default
+ elsif ($key eq _('NAME') or $key eq _('SYNOPSIS'))
+ {
+ $hash = \%replace;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $hash = \%include;
+ }
+
+ push @sections, $key;
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # /pattern/
+ if (m!^/(.*)/([ims]*)\s*$!)
+ {
+ my $pat = $2 ? "(?$2)$1" : $1;
+
+ # Check pattern.
+ eval { $key = qr($pat) };
+ if ($@)
+ {
+ $@ =~ s/ at .*? line \d.*//;
+ die "$inc:$.:$@";
+ }
+
+ $hash = \%append_match;
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Check for options before the first section--anything else is
+ # silently ignored, allowing the first for comments and
+ # revision info.
+ unless ($key)
+ {
+ # handle options
+ if (/^-/)
+ {
+ local @ARGV = shellwords $_;
+ GetOptions %opt_def;
+ }
+
+ next;
+ }
+
+ $hash->{$key} .= $_;
+ }
+
+ close INC;
+
+ kark N_("%s: no valid information found in `%s'"), $this_program, $inc
+ unless $key;
+}
+
+# Compress trailing blank lines.
+for my $hash (\(%include, %replace, %append, %append_match))
+{
+ for (keys %$hash) { $hash->{$_} =~ s/\n+$/\n/ }
+}
+
+# Grab help and version info from executable.
+my $help_text = get_option_value $ARGV[0], $help_option;
+$version_text ||= get_option_value $ARGV[0], $version_option;
+
+# By default the generated manual pages will include the current date. This may
+# however be overriden by setting the environment variable $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+# to an integer value of the seconds since the UNIX epoch. This is primarily
+# intended to support reproducible builds (wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds)
+# and will additionally ensure that the output date string is UTC.
+my $epoch_secs = time;
+if (exists $ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} and $ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} =~ /^(\d+)$/)
+{
+ $epoch_secs = $1;
+ $ENV{TZ} = 'UTC0';
+}
+
+# Translators: the following message is a strftime(3) format string, which in
+# the English version expands to the month as a word and the full year. It
+# is used on the footer of the generated manual pages. If in doubt, you may
+# just use %x as the value (which should be the full locale-specific date).
+my $date = enc strftime _("%B %Y"), localtime $epoch_secs;
+my $program = program_basename $ARGV[0];
+my $package = $program;
+my $version;
+
+if ($opt_output)
+{
+ unlink $opt_output or kark N_("%s: can't unlink %s (%s)"),
+ $this_program, $opt_output, $! if -e $opt_output;
+
+ open STDOUT, ">$opt_output"
+ or kark N_("%s: can't create %s (%s)"), $this_program, $opt_output, $!;
+}
+
+# The first line of the --version information is assumed to be in one
+# of the following formats:
+#
+# <version>
+# <program> <version>
+# {GNU,Free} <program> <version>
+# <program> ({GNU,Free} <package>) <version>
+# <program> - {GNU,Free} <package> <version>
+#
+# and separated from any copyright/author details by a blank line.
+
+($_, $version_text) = ((split /\n+/, $version_text, 2), '');
+
+if (/^(\S+) +\(((?:GNU|Free) +[^)]+)\) +(.*)/ or
+ /^(\S+) +- *((?:GNU|Free) +\S+) +(.*)/)
+{
+ $program = program_basename $1;
+ $package = $2;
+ $version = $3;
+}
+elsif (/^((?:GNU|Free) +)?(\S+) +(.*)/)
+{
+ $program = program_basename $2;
+ $package = $1 ? "$1$program" : $program;
+ $version = $3;
+}
+else
+{
+ $version = $_;
+}
+
+# No info for `info' itself.
+$opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
+
+if ($opt_name)
+{
+ # --name overrides --include contents.
+ $replace{_('NAME')} = "$program \\- $opt_name\n";
+}
+
+# Translators: "NAME", "SYNOPSIS" and other one or two word strings in all
+# upper case are manual page section headings. The man(1) manual page in your
+# language, if available should provide the conventional translations.
+for ($replace{_('NAME')} || ($include{_('NAME')} ||= ''))
+{
+ if ($_) # Use first name given as $program
+ {
+ $program = $1 if /^([^\s,]+)(?:,?\s*[^\s,\\-]+)*\s+\\?-/;
+ }
+ else # Set a default (useless) NAME paragraph.
+ {
+ $_ = sprintf _("%s \\- manual page for %s %s") . "\n", $program,
+ $program, $version;
+ }
+}
+
+# Man pages traditionally have the page title in caps.
+my $PROGRAM = uc $program;
+
+# Set default page head/footers
+$source ||= "$program $version";
+unless ($manual)
+{
+ for ($section)
+ {
+ if (/^(1[Mm]|8)/) { $manual = enc _('System Administration Utilities') }
+ elsif (/^6/) { $manual = enc _('Games') }
+ else { $manual = enc _('User Commands') }
+ }
+}
+
+# Extract usage clause(s) [if any] for SYNOPSIS.
+# Translators: "Usage" and "or" here are patterns (regular expressions) which
+# are used to match the usage synopsis in program output. An example from cp
+# (GNU coreutils) which contains both strings:
+# Usage: cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
+# or: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
+# or: cp [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
+my $PAT_USAGE = _('Usage');
+my $PAT_USAGE_CONT = _('or');
+if ($help_text =~ s/^($PAT_USAGE):( +(\S+))(.*)((?:\n(?: {6}\1| *($PAT_USAGE_CONT): +\S).*)*)//om)
+{
+ my @syn = $3 . $4;
+
+ if ($_ = $5)
+ {
+ s/^\n//;
+ for (split /\n/) { s/^ *(($PAT_USAGE_CONT): +)?//o; push @syn, $_ }
+ }
+
+ my $synopsis = '';
+ for (@syn)
+ {
+ $synopsis .= ".br\n" if $synopsis;
+ s!^\S*/!!;
+ s/^lt-// if $opt_libtool;
+ s/^(\S+) *//;
+ $synopsis .= ".B $1\n";
+ s/\s+$//;
+ s/(([][]|\.\.+)+)/\\fR$1\\fI/g;
+ s/^/\\fI/ unless s/^\\fR//;
+ $_ .= '\fR';
+ s/(\\fI)( *)/$2$1/g;
+ s/\\fI\\fR//g;
+ s/^\\fR//;
+ s/\\fI$//;
+ s/^\./\\&./;
+
+ $_ = fix_italic_spacing $_;
+ $synopsis .= "$_\n";
+ }
+
+ $include{_('SYNOPSIS')} .= $synopsis;
+}
+
+# Process text, initial section is DESCRIPTION.
+my $sect = _('DESCRIPTION');
+$_ = "$help_text\n\n$version_text";
+
+# Normalise paragraph breaks.
+s/^\n+//;
+s/\n*$/\n/;
+s/\n\n+/\n\n/g;
+
+# Join hyphenated lines.
+s/([A-Za-z])-\n *([A-Za-z])/$1$2/g;
+
+# Temporarily exchange leading dots, apostrophes and backslashes for
+# tokens.
+s/^\./\x80/mg;
+s/^'/\x81/mg;
+s/\\/\x82/g;
+
+# Translators: patterns are used to match common program output. In the source
+# these strings are all of the form of "my $PAT_something = _('...');" and are
+# regular expressions. If there is more than one commonly used string, you
+# may separate alternatives with "|". Spaces in these expressions are written
+# as " +" to indicate that more than one space may be matched. The string
+# "(?:[\\w-]+ +)?" in the bug reporting pattern is used to indicate an
+# optional word, so that either "Report bugs" or "Report _program_ bugs" will
+# be matched.
+my $PAT_BUGS = _('Report +(?:[\w-]+ +)?bugs|' .
+ 'Email +bug +reports +to|' .
+ '.* +online +help:');
+my $PAT_AUTHOR = _('Written +by');
+my $PAT_OPTIONS = _('Options');
+my $PAT_ENVIRONMENT = _('Environment');
+my $PAT_FILES = _('Files');
+my $PAT_EXAMPLES = _('Examples');
+my $PAT_FREE_SOFTWARE = _('This +is +free +software');
+my $PAT_SEE_ALSO = _('Full +documentation');
+
+# Start a new paragraph (if required) for these.
+s/([^\n])\n($PAT_BUGS|$PAT_AUTHOR|$PAT_SEE_ALSO) /$1\n\n$2 /og;
+
+# Convert iso-8859-1 copyright symbol or (c) to nroff
+# character.
+s/^Copyright +(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/mg;
+
+while (length)
+{
+ # Convert some standard paragraph names.
+ if (s/^($PAT_OPTIONS): *\n+//o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('OPTIONS');
+ next;
+ }
+ if (s/^($PAT_ENVIRONMENT): *\n+//o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('ENVIRONMENT');
+ next;
+ }
+ if (s/^($PAT_FILES): *\n+//o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('FILES');
+ next;
+ }
+ elsif (s/^($PAT_EXAMPLES): *\n+//o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('EXAMPLES');
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Custom section indicated by a line containing "*Section Name*".
+ if (s/^\*(\w(.*\w)?)\* *\n+//)
+ {
+ $sect = uc $1;
+ $sect =~ tr/*/ /; # also accept *Section*Name*
+ push @sections, $sect;
+ next;
+ }
+
+ # Copyright section.
+ if (/^Copyright /)
+ {
+ $sect = _('COPYRIGHT');
+ }
+
+ # Bug reporting section.
+ elsif (/^($PAT_BUGS) /o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('REPORTING BUGS');
+ }
+
+ # Author section.
+ elsif (/^($PAT_AUTHOR)/o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('AUTHOR');
+ }
+
+ elsif (/^($PAT_SEE_ALSO)/o)
+ {
+ $sect = _('SEE ALSO');
+ $opt_no_info = 1;
+ }
+
+ # Examples, indicated by an indented leading $, % or > are
+ # rendered in a constant width font.
+ if (/^( +)([\$\%>] )\S/)
+ {
+ my $indent = $1;
+ my $prefix = $2;
+ my $break = '.IP';
+ while (s/^$indent\Q$prefix\E(\S.*)\n*//)
+ {
+ $include{$sect} .= "$break\n\\f(CW$prefix$1\\fR\n";
+ $break = '.br';
+ }
+
+ next;
+ }
+
+ my $matched = '';
+
+ # Sub-sections have a trailing colon and the second line indented.
+ if (s/^(\S.*:) *\n / /)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $include{$sect} .= qq(.SS "$1"\n);
+ }
+
+ my $indent = 0;
+ my $content = '';
+
+ # Option with description.
+ if (s/^( {1,10}([+-]\S.*?))(?:( +(?!-))|\n( {20,}))(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $indent = length ($4 || "$1$3");
+ $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$5\n";
+ unless ($4)
+ {
+ # Indent may be different on second line.
+ $indent = length $& if /^ {20,}/;
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Option without description.
+ elsif (s/^ {1,10}([+-]\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $content = ".HP\n\x84$1\n";
+ $indent = 80; # not continued
+ }
+
+ # Indented paragraph with tag.
+ elsif (s/^( +(\S.*?) +)(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $indent = length $1;
+ $content = ".TP\n\x84$2\n\x84$3\n";
+ }
+
+ # Indented paragraph.
+ elsif (s/^( +)(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $indent = length $1;
+ $content = ".IP\n\x84$2\n";
+ }
+
+ # Left justified paragraph.
+ else
+ {
+ s/(.*)\n//;
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $content = ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
+ $content .= "$1\n";
+ }
+
+ # Append continuations.
+ while ($indent ? s/^ {$indent}(\S.*)\n// : s/^(\S.*)\n//)
+ {
+ $matched .= $& if %append_match;
+ $content .= "\x84$1\n";
+ }
+
+ # Move to next paragraph.
+ s/^\n+//;
+
+ for ($content)
+ {
+ # Leading dot and apostrophe protection.
+ s/\x84\./\x80/g;
+ s/\x84'/\x81/g;
+ s/\x84//g;
+
+ # Examples should be verbatim.
+ unless ($sect eq _('EXAMPLES'))
+ {
+ # Convert options.
+ s/(^|[ (])(-[][\w=-]+)/$1 . convert_option $2/mge;
+
+ # Italicise filenames: /a/b, $VAR/c/d, ~/e/f
+ s!
+ (^|[ (]) # space/punctuation before
+ (
+ (?:\$\w+|~)? # leading variable, or tilde
+ (?:/\w(?:[\w.-]*\w)?)+ # path components
+ )
+ ($|[ ,;.)]) # space/punctuation after
+ !$1\\fI$2\\fP$3!xmg;
+
+ $_ = fix_italic_spacing $_;
+ }
+
+ # Escape remaining hyphens.
+ s/-/\x83/g;
+
+ if ($sect eq _('COPYRIGHT'))
+ {
+ # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages
+ # and the disclaimer.
+ s/\n(Copyright |$PAT_FREE_SOFTWARE)/\n.br\n$1/og;
+ }
+ elsif ($sect eq _('REPORTING BUGS'))
+ {
+ # Handle multi-line bug reporting sections of the form:
+ #
+ # Report <program> bugs to <addr>
+ # GNU <package> home page: <url>
+ # ...
+ s/\n([[:upper:]])/\n.br\n$1/g;
+ }
+ elsif ($sect eq _('SEE ALSO'))
+ {
+ # Handle external references of the form:
+ #
+ # GNU <package> online resources: <addr>
+ # Full documentation at: <addr>
+ # or available locally via: info ...
+ #
+ s/\'/\\(aq/g; # shell quotes for info command
+ s/\n(.)/\n.br\n$1/g; # separate lines for each item
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Check if matched paragraph contains /pat/.
+ if (%append_match)
+ {
+ for my $pat (keys %append_match)
+ {
+ if ($matched =~ $pat)
+ {
+ $content .= ".PP\n" unless $append_match{$pat} =~ /^\./;
+ $content .= $append_match{$pat};
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ $include{$sect} .= $content;
+}
+
+# Refer to the real documentation.
+unless ($opt_no_info)
+{
+ my $info_page = $opt_info || $program;
+
+ $sect = _('SEE ALSO');
+ $include{$sect} .= ".PP\n" if $include{$sect};
+ $include{$sect} .= sprintf _(<<'EOT'), $program, $program, $info_page;
+The full documentation for
+.B %s
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B %s
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info %s
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.
+EOT
+}
+
+# Append additional text.
+while (my ($sect, $text) = each %append)
+{
+ $include{$sect} .= $append{$sect};
+}
+
+# Replace sections.
+while (my ($sect, $text) = each %replace)
+{
+ $include{$sect} = $replace{$sect};
+}
+
+# Output header.
+print <<EOT;
+.\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by $this_program $this_version.
+.TH $PROGRAM "$section" "$date" "$source" "$manual"
+EOT
+
+# Section ordering.
+my @pre = (_('NAME'), _('SYNOPSIS'), _('DESCRIPTION'), _('OPTIONS'),
+ _('EXAMPLES'));
+my @post = (_('ENVIRONMENT'), _('FILES'), _('AUTHOR'),
+ _('REPORTING BUGS'), _('COPYRIGHT'), _('SEE ALSO'));
+my %filter = map { $_ => 1 } @pre, @post;
+
+# Output content.
+my %done;
+for my $sect (@pre, (grep !$filter{$_}, @sections), @post)
+{
+ next if $done{$sect}++; # ignore duplicates
+ next unless $include{$sect};
+ if ($include{$sect})
+ {
+ my $quote = $sect =~ /\W/ ? '"' : '';
+ print enc ".SH $quote$sect$quote\n";
+
+ for ($include{$sect})
+ {
+ # Replace leading dot, apostrophe, backslash and hyphen
+ # tokens.
+ s/\x80/\\&./g;
+ s/\x81/\\&'/g;
+ s/\x82/\\e/g;
+ s/\x83/\\-/g;
+
+ # Convert some latin1 chars to troff equivalents
+ s/\xa0/\\ /g; # non-breaking space
+
+ print enc $_;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+close STDOUT or kark N_("%s: error writing to %s (%s)"), $this_program,
+ $opt_output || 'stdout', $!;
+
+exit;
+
+# Get program basename, and strip libtool "lt-" prefix if required.
+sub program_basename
+{
+ local $_ = shift;
+ s!.*/!!;
+ s/^lt-// if $opt_libtool;
+ $_;
+}
+
+# Call program with given option and return results.
+sub get_option_value
+{
+ my ($prog, $opt) = @_;
+ my $stderr = $discard_stderr ? '/dev/null' : '&1';
+ my $value = join '',
+ map { s/ +$//; expand $_ }
+ map { dec $_ }
+ `$prog $opt 2>$stderr`;
+
+ unless ($value)
+ {
+ my $err = N_("%s: can't get `%s' info from %s%s");
+ my $extra = $discard_stderr
+ ? "\n" . N_("Try `--no-discard-stderr' if option outputs to stderr")
+ : '';
+
+ kark $err, $this_program, $opt, $prog, $extra;
+ }
+
+ $value;
+}
+
+# Convert option dashes to \- to stop nroff from hyphenating 'em, and
+# embolden. Option arguments get italicised.
+sub convert_option
+{
+ local $_ = '\fB' . shift;
+
+ s/-/\x83/g;
+ unless (s/\[=(.*)\]$/\\fR[=\\fI$1\\fR]/)
+ {
+ s/=(.)/\\fR=\\fI$1/;
+ s/ (.)/ \\fI$1/;
+ $_ .= '\fR';
+ }
+
+ $_;
+}
+
+# Insert spacing escape characters \, and \/ before and after italic text. See
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/Ligatures-and-Kerning.html
+sub fix_italic_spacing
+{
+ local $_ = shift;
+ s!\\fI(.*?)\\f([BRP])!\\fI\\,$1\\/\\f$2!g;
+ return $_;
+}