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#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'ruby-debug'
if $0 =~ /superman\z/
init_filter = ARGV[0]
if init_filter
ARGV.replace(["--init-filter=#{init_filter}",
File.expand_path("~/.supermegadoc/man.cdb")])
else
ARGV.replace([File.expand_path("~/.supermegadoc/man.cdb")])
end
end
$for_emacs = false
$no_devhelp = false
mega_extra = ''
loop do
if ARGV[0] == '--for-emacs'
$for_emacs = true
ARGV.shift
redo
end
if ARGV[0] && ARGV[0][0,14] == '--init-filter='
mega_extra = "'#{ARGV[0]}'"
ARGV.shift
redo
end
if ARGV[0] == '--no-devhelp'
$no_devhelp = true
ARGV.shift
redo
end
break
end
ARGV[0] or raise("Need path to .cdb")
cdb_path = ARGV[0]
unless File.readable?(cdb_path)
candidate = File.expand_path("~/.supermegadoc/#{cdb_path}")
if File.readable?(candidate)
cdb_path = candidate
else
candidate = candidate + ".cdb"
if File.readable?(candidate)
cdb_path = candidate
else
raise "given .cdb file not found: #{cdb_path}"
end
end
end
extra_args = `cdb -q -- '#{cdb_path}' --extra-args`
output = `cdb -l -m '#{cdb_path}' | grep -v -- --extra-args | gpicker #{extra_args} #{mega_extra} --name-separator='\\n' -`.chomp
exit if output.empty?
alternatives = `cdb -q -- '#{cdb_path}' '#{output}'`.split("\0k")
alternatives = [output]
alternatives.first.insert(0,"ri:")
if $for_emacs
print alternatives[0]
exit
end
def silent_exec(*args)
exec(*args)
rescue Exception
end
#alternatives = alternatives.reverse
alternatives.each do |u|
if u[0,8] == 'devhelp:'
next if $no_devhelp
silent_exec "devhelp", "-s" , u[8..-1]
elsif u[0,4] == 'man:'
sec, name = u[4..-1].split('/',2)
unless STDOUT.isatty && STDIN.isatty
ENV['MANOPT'] = '-Hx-www-browser'
end
silent_exec "man", sec, name
elsif u[0,3] == 'ri:'
exec 'ri', '-T', u[3..-1]
elsif (prefix = u[0,5]) == 'http:' || prefix == 'file:'
exec "gnome-www-browser", u
# exec "x-www-browser", u
end
end
# if unknown URL scheme
print alternatives[0]
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