RDoc::usage() is great for printing out Ruby program usage text because the text is automatically extacted from the comments (similar to JavaDoc, but parsing is done at run-time and the text available while the program runs). Another great Ruby utility is RubyScript2Exe, which packs up ruby application into a Windows EXE executable.
The problem is that usage() generates an error when running from the executable. Here is the fix for $libdir/rdoc/usage.rb:
def RDoc.usage_no_exit(*args) # # Rubyscript2exe has to run bootstrap code before main program file. # This gives to usage() the wrong file name extracted from # the bottom of the caller stack. # Rubyscript2exe writes main program file into $0 # so we should get the main program file from $0. # # main_program_file, = caller[-1].split(/:\d/, 2) main_program_file = $0 comment = File.open(main_program_file) do |file| find_comment(file) end ... end
This also circumvents another usage() bug: usage_no_exit() extacts the top-most caller from the stack, then splits the username from the line number at colon symbol (:). Except when the filename contains a colon, as on C: drive on Window machines.
# this chokes on "C:\dir\file.rb:25" # because the filename contains a colon main_program_file, = caller[-1].split(/:/, 2) # should be main_program_file, = caller[-1].split(/:\d/, 2)Posted by laza at May 6, 2005 07:50 PM | TrackBack