Remove 'help' command and clean up help output

The redundant "help" command is now hidden from the wayvncctl UI.

This also moves event description help text to:
  wayvncctl event-receive --show=<event-name>

Signed-off-by: Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
pull/218/head
Jim Ramsay 2023-01-06 01:45:36 -05:00
parent d475e0e52f
commit fbd373143c
3 changed files with 64 additions and 150 deletions

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@ -159,47 +159,6 @@ the running wayvnc instance.
Use the `wayvncctl` utility to interact with this control socket from the
command line.
The `help` command can interactively query the available IPC commands:
```
$ wayvncctl help
Commands:
- help
- version
- event-receive
- set-output
- get-clients
- get-outputs
- disconnect-client
- wayvnc-exit
Run 'wayvncctl command-name --help' for command-specific details.
Events:
- client-connected
- client-disconnected
- capture-changed
Run 'wayvncctl help --event=event-name' for event-specific details.
```
And give descriptions and usage for specific commands:
```
$ wayvncctl set-output --help
Usage: wayvncctl [options] set-output [params]
Switch the actively captured output
Parameters:
--switch-to=...
The specific output name to capture
--cycle=...
Either "next" or "prev"
Run 'wayvncctl --help' for allowed options
```
See the `wayvnc(1)` manpage for an in-depth description of the IPC protocol and
the available commands, and `wayvncctl(1)` for more on the command line
interface.

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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2022 Jim Ramsay
* Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Jim Ramsay
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
* purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@ -632,41 +632,14 @@ static int ctl_client_print_single_command(struct ctl_client* self,
void ctl_client_print_command_list(FILE* stream)
{
fprintf(stream, "Commands:\n");
for (size_t i = 0; i < CMD_LIST_LEN; ++i)
fprintf(stream, " - %s\n", ctl_command_list[i].name);
for (size_t i = 0; i < CMD_LIST_LEN; ++i) {
if (i == CMD_HELP) // hidden
continue;
fprintf(stream, " %s\n", ctl_command_list[i].name);
}
fprintf(stream, "\nRun 'wayvncctl command-name --help' for command-specific details.\n");
}
void ctl_client_print_event_list(FILE* stream)
{
printf("Events:\n");
for (size_t i = 0; i < EVT_LIST_LEN; ++i)
printf(" - %s\n", ctl_event_list[i].name);
printf("\nRun 'wayvncctl help --event=event-name' for event-specific details.\n");
}
static int print_command_usage(const char* cmd_name,
struct option_parser* cmd_options,
struct option_parser* parent_options)
{
struct cmd_info* info = ctl_command_by_name(cmd_name);
if (!info) {
WARN("No such command \"%s\"\n", cmd_name);
return 1;
}
printf("Usage: wayvncctl [options] %s [parameters]\n\n%s\n\n", cmd_name,
info->description);
option_parser_print_options(cmd_options, stdout);
printf("\n");
option_parser_print_options(parent_options, stdout);
enum cmd_type cmd = ctl_command_parse_name(cmd_name);
if (cmd == CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE) {
printf("\n");
ctl_client_print_event_list(stdout);
}
return 0;
}
static int print_event_details(const char* evt_name)
{
struct cmd_info* info = ctl_event_by_name(evt_name);
@ -685,8 +658,15 @@ static int print_event_details(const char* evt_name)
return 0;
}
static int ctl_client_print_help(struct ctl_client* self,
struct jsonipc_request* request,
void ctl_client_print_event_list(FILE* stream)
{
printf("Events:\n");
for (size_t i = 0; i < EVT_LIST_LEN; ++i)
printf(" %s\n", ctl_event_list[i].name);
}
static int print_command_usage(struct ctl_client* self,
enum cmd_type cmd,
struct option_parser* cmd_options,
struct option_parser* parent_options)
{
@ -694,24 +674,20 @@ static int ctl_client_print_help(struct ctl_client* self,
WARN("JSON output is not supported for the \"help\" command");
return 1;
}
json_t* params = request->params;
const char* cmd_name = NULL;
const char* evt_name = NULL;
if (params)
json_unpack(params, "{s?s, s?s}", "command", &cmd_name,
"event", &evt_name);
if (cmd_name)
return print_command_usage(cmd_name, cmd_options,
parent_options);
if (evt_name)
return print_event_details(evt_name);
ctl_client_print_command_list(stdout);
struct cmd_info* info = ctl_command_by_type(cmd);
if (!info) {
WARN("No such command");
return 1;
}
printf("Usage: wayvncctl [options] %s [parameters]\n\n%s\n\n", info->name,
info->description);
option_parser_print_options(cmd_options, stdout);
printf("\n");
option_parser_print_options(parent_options, stdout);
if (cmd == CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE) {
printf("\n");
ctl_client_print_event_list(stdout);
}
return 0;
}
@ -728,7 +704,10 @@ int ctl_client_init_cmd_parser(struct option_parser* parser, enum cmd_type cmd)
param_count++;
// Add 2: one for --help and one to null-terminate the list
struct wv_option* options = calloc(param_count + 2,
size_t alloc_count = param_count + 2;
if (cmd == CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE)
alloc_count++;
struct wv_option* options = calloc(alloc_count,
sizeof(struct wv_option));
size_t i;
for (i = 0; i < param_count; ++i) {
@ -737,6 +716,12 @@ int ctl_client_init_cmd_parser(struct option_parser* parser, enum cmd_type cmd)
option->help = info->params[i].description;
option->schema = "<value>";
}
if (cmd == CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE) {
options[i].long_opt = "show";
options[i].schema = "<event-name>";
options[i].help = "Display details about the given event";
i++;
}
options[i].long_opt = "help";
options[i].short_opt = 'h';
options[i].help = "Display this help text";
@ -759,7 +744,7 @@ int ctl_client_run_command(struct ctl_client* self,
const char* method = option_parser_get_value(parent_options, "command");
enum cmd_type cmd = ctl_command_parse_name(method);
if (cmd == CMD_UNKNOWN) {
if (cmd == CMD_UNKNOWN || cmd == CMD_HELP) {
WARN("No such command \"%s\"\n", method);
return 1;
}
@ -772,23 +757,27 @@ int ctl_client_run_command(struct ctl_client* self,
parent_options->remaining_argv) != 0)
goto parse_failure;
if (option_parser_get_value(&cmd_options, "help")) {
result = print_command_usage(self, cmd,
&cmd_options, parent_options);
goto help_printed;
}
if (cmd == CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE && option_parser_get_value(&cmd_options, "show")) {
result = print_event_details(option_parser_get_value(&cmd_options, "show"));
goto help_printed;
}
struct jsonipc_request* request = ctl_client_parse_args(self, &cmd,
&cmd_options);
if (!request)
goto parse_failure;
if (cmd != CMD_HELP) {
int timeout = (flags & CTL_CLIENT_SOCKET_WAIT) ? -1 : 0;
result = ctl_client_connect(self, timeout);
if (result != 0)
return result;
}
goto connect_failure;
switch (cmd) {
case CMD_HELP:
result = ctl_client_print_help(self, request, &cmd_options,
parent_options);
break;
case CMD_EVENT_RECEIVE:
result = ctl_client_event_loop(self, request);
break;
@ -797,7 +786,9 @@ int ctl_client_run_command(struct ctl_client* self,
break;
}
connect_failure:
jsonipc_request_destroy(request);
help_printed:
parse_failure:
ctl_client_destroy_cmd_parser(&cmd_options);
return result;

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@ -40,17 +40,15 @@ wayvncctl - A command line control client for wayvnc(1)
*wayvnc(1)* allows runtime interaction via a unix socket json-ipc mechanism.
This command line utility provides easy interaction with those commands.
For a full list of currently supported commands, see
*wayvnc(1)* section _IPC COMMANDS_, or run the
*wayvncctl help* command.
This command is largely self-documenting:
Running *wayvncctl help* returns a list of the available commands and events.
Running *wayvncctl command-name --help* returns a description of the server-side
command and its available parameters.
Running *wayvncctl help --event=event-name* returns a description of the
server-side event and expected parameters.
- Running *wayvncctl --help* lists all supported IPC commands.
- Running *wayvncctl command-name --help* returns a description of the given
command and its available parameters.
- Running *wayvncctl event-receive --help* includes a list of all supported event
names.
- Running *wayvncctl event-receive --show=event-name* returns a
description of the given event and expected data fields.
# ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
@ -107,46 +105,12 @@ generate 2 additional events not documented in *wayvnc(1)*:
# EXAMPLES
Query the server for all available IPC command names:
```
$ wayvncctl help
Commands:
- help
- version
- event-receive
- set-output
- get-clients
- get-outputs
- disconnect-client
- wayvnc-exit
Run 'wayvncctl command-name --help' for command-specific details.
Events:
- client-connected
- client-disconnected
- capture-changed
Run 'wayvncctl help --event=event-name' for event-specific details.
```
Get help on the "set-output" IPC command:
```
$ wayvncctl set-output --help
Usage: wayvncctl [options] set-output [params]
Switch the actively captured output
Parameters:
--switch-to=...
The specific output name to capture
--cycle=...
Either "next" or "prev"
Run 'wayvncctl --help' for allowed options
...
```
Cycle to the next active output: