racket/collects/scribblings/raco/command.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual
"common.ss"
(for-label racket/base
raco/command-name
racket/cmdline))
@title[#:tag "command"]{Adding a @exec{raco} Command}
The set of commands supported by @exec{raco} can be extended by
installed collections and @|PLaneT| packages. A command is added by
defining @indexed-racket[raco-commands] in the @filepath{info.rkt}
library of a collection or package (see @secref["info.rkt"]).
The value bound to @racket[raco-commands] must be a list of command
specifications, where each specification is a list of four values:
@schemeblock[
(list _command-string
_implementationmodule-path
_description-string
_prominence)
]
The @racket[_command-string] is the command name. Any unambiguous
prefix of a command name can be supplied to @exec{raco} to invoke the
command.
The @racket[_module-path] names the implementation though a module
path (in the sense of @scheme[module-path?]). The module is loaded and
invoked through @racket[dynamic-require] to run the command. The
module can access command-line arguments through the
@racket[current-command-line-arguments] parameter, which is adjusted
before loading the command module to include only the arguments to the
command. The @racket[current-command-name] parameter is also set to
the command name used to load the command. When @exec{raco help} is
used on a command, the command is launched with an initial
@DFlag{help} argument in @racket[current-command-line-arguments].
The @racket[description] string is a short string used to describe the
command in response to @exec{raco help}. The description should not be
capitalized or end with a period.
The @racket[_prominence] value should be a read number or
@scheme[#f]. A @racket[#f] value means that the command should not be
included in the short list of ``frequently used commands.'' A number
indicates the relative prominence of the command; the @exec{help}
command has a value of @racket[110], and probably no command should be
more prominent. The @exec{pack} tool, which is currently ranked as the
least-prominent of the frequently used commands, has a value of
@racket[10].
As an example, the @filepath{info.rkt} of the "compiler" collection
might contain the
@schemeblock[
(define raco-commands
'(("make" compiler/commands/make "compile source to bytecode" 100)
("decompile" compiler/commands/decompile "decompile bytecode" #f)))
]
so that @exec{make} is treated as a frequently used command, while
@exec{decompile} is available as an infrequently used command.
@section{Command Argument Parsing}
@defmodule[raco/command-name]{The @racketmodname[raco/command-name]
library provides functions to help a @exec{raco} command identify
itself to users.}
@defparam[current-command-name name (or/c string? #f)]{
The name of the command currently being loaded via
@racket[dynamic-require], or @racket[#f] if @exec{raco} is not loading
any command.
A command implementation can use this parameter to determine whether
it was invoked via @exec{raco} or through some other means.}
@defproc[(short-program+command-name) string?]{
Returns a string that identifies the current command. When
@racket[current-command-name] is a string, then the result is the
short name of the @exec{raco} executable followed by a space and the
command name. Otherwise, it is the short name of the current
executable, as determined by stripping the path from the result of
@racket[(find-system-path 'run-file)].
The result of this function is suitable for use with
@racket[command-line]. For example, the @exec{decompile} tool parses
command-line arguments with
@schemeblock[
(define source-files
(command-line
#:program (short-program+command-name)
#:args source-or-bytecode-file
source-or-bytecode-file))
]
so that @exec{raco decompile --help} prints
@verbatim[#:indent 2]{
raco decompile [ <option> ... ] [<source-or-bytecode-file>] ...
where <option> is one of
--help, -h : Show this help
-- : Do not treat any remaining argument as a switch (at this level)
Multiple single-letter switches can be combined after one `-'; for
example: `-h-' is the same as `-h --'
}}
@defproc[(program+command-name) string?]{
Like @racket[short-program+command-name], but the path (if any) is not
stripped from the current executable's name.}