From 238d56a8dc7614813af3ed36bc6e5c51a6290c15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:52:46 -0600
Subject: libremessages:flag: support sub-headings in the list of flags.

This changes libremessages:flag to treat would-be flagnames ending with ':'
specially--as a sub-heading in the list of flags.  The next argument is
taken to be the next flag, not a description.
---
 src/lib/libremessages | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/lib')

diff --git a/src/lib/libremessages b/src/lib/libremessages
index 151674b..528d9b6 100755
--- a/src/lib/libremessages
+++ b/src/lib/libremessages
@@ -110,16 +110,20 @@ bullet() {
 # the descriptions are all alligned together.
 flag() {
 	[[ $# == $(($#/2*2)) ]] || panic
-
 	local args=("$@")
+
 	declare -i flaglen=0
-	declare -i i=0
-	while [[ $i -lt $# ]]; do
-		if [[ ${#args[i]} -gt $flaglen ]]; then
-			flaglen=${#args[$i]}
+	while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+		if [[ $1 == *: ]]; then
+			shift 1
+		else
+			if [[ ${#1} -gt $flaglen ]]; then
+				flaglen=${#1}
+			fi
+			shift 2
 		fi
-		i+=2
 	done
+	set -- "${args[@]}"
 
 	# Unless the $flaglen is extra-wide, the $desc should start at
 	# column 16 (that is two literal-tabs).  If $flaglen is wide,
@@ -140,14 +144,19 @@ flag() {
 	printf -v fmt1 "  %-${indent}s  %%s\n" ''
 
 	while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-		local flag=$1
-		local desc="$(_ "$(whitespace_collapse <<<"$2")")"
-		shift 2
-
-		local lines
-		IFS=$'\n' lines=($(fmt -u -w $((71-indent)) <<<"$desc"))
-		printf -- "$fmt2" "$flag" "${lines[0]}"
-		[[ ${#lines[@]} -lt 2 ]] || printf -- "$fmt1" "${lines[@]:1}"
+		if [[ $1 == *: ]]; then
+			printf -- ' %s\n' "$(_ "$1")"
+			shift
+		else
+			local flag=$1
+			local desc="$(_ "$(whitespace_collapse <<<"$2")")"
+			shift 2
+
+			local lines
+			IFS=$'\n' lines=($(fmt -u -w $((71-indent)) <<<"$desc"))
+			printf -- "$fmt2" "$flag" "${lines[0]}"
+			[[ ${#lines[@]} -lt 2 ]] || printf -- "$fmt1" "${lines[@]:1}"
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
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