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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Cargo.toml
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authors = ["Jonathan 'theJPster' Pallant <[email protected]>"]
description = "A simple #[no_std] command line interface."
license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
edition = "2018"

[dependencies]


[dev-dependencies]
pancurses = "0.16"
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# Menu

## Introduction

A simple command-line menu system in Rust. Works on embedded systems, but also
on your command-line.

```
$ cargo run --example simple
Compiling menu v0.1.0 (file:///home/jonathan/Documents/programming/menu)
**NOTE:** This crates works only in `&str` - there's no heap allocation, but
there's also no automatic conversion to integers, boolean, etc.

```console
user@host: ~/menu $ cargo run --example simple
Compiling menu v0.2.0 (file:///home/user/menu)
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.84 secs
Running `target/debug/examples/simple`
In enter_root()
> help
foo - makes a foo appear
bar - fandoggles a bar
sub - enter sub-menu
help - print this help text.
AVAILABLE ITEMS:
foo <a> [ <b> ] [ --verbose ] [ --level=INT ] - Makes a foo appear.
bar - fandoggles a bar
sub - enter sub-menu
help [ <command> ] - Show this help, or get help on a specific command.


> help foo
SUMMARY:
foo <a> [ <b> ] [ --verbose ] [ --level=INT ]

PARAMETERS:
<a>
- This is the help text for 'a'
<b>
- No help text found
--verbose
- No help text found
--level=INT
- Set the level of the dangle


DESCRIPTION:
Makes a foo appear.

This is some extensive help text.

It contains multiple paragraphs and should be preceeded by the parameter list.

> foo --level=3 --verbose 1 2
In select_foo. Args = ["--level=3", "--verbose", "1", "2"]
a = Ok(Some("1"))
b = Ok(Some("2"))
verbose = Ok(Some(""))
level = Ok(Some("3"))
no_such_arg = Err(())


> foo
In select_foo(): foo
Error: Insufficient arguments given!

> foo 1 2 3 3
Error: Too many arguments given

> sub

sub> help
baz - thingamobob a baz
quux - maximum quux
exit - leave this menu.
help - print this help text.
/sub> help
AVAILABLE ITEMS:
baz - thingamobob a baz
quux - maximum quux
exit - Leave this menu.
help [ <command> ] - Show this help, or get help on a specific command.


> exit

> help
foo - makes a foo appear
bar - fandoggles a bar
sub - enter sub-menu
help - print this help text.
AVAILABLE ITEMS:
foo <a> [ <b> ] [ --verbose ] [ --level=INT ] - Makes a foo appear.
bar - fandoggles a bar
sub - enter sub-menu
help [ <command> ] - Show this help, or get help on a specific command.


> ^C
$
user@host: ~/menu $
```

## Using

See `examples/simple.rs` for a working example that runs on Linux or Windows. Here's the menu definition from that example:

```rust
const ROOT_MENU: Menu<Output> = Menu {
label: "root",
items: &[
&Item {
item_type: ItemType::Callback {
function: select_foo,
parameters: &[
Parameter::Mandatory {
parameter_name: "a",
help: Some("This is the help text for 'a'"),
},
Parameter::Optional {
parameter_name: "b",
help: None,
},
Parameter::Named {
parameter_name: "verbose",
help: None,
},
Parameter::NamedValue {
parameter_name: "level",
argument_name: "INT",
help: Some("Set the level of the dangle"),
},
],
},
command: "foo",
help: Some(
"Makes a foo appear.

This is some extensive help text.

It contains multiple paragraphs and should be preceeded by the parameter list.
",
),
},
&Item {
item_type: ItemType::Callback {
function: select_bar,
parameters: &[],
},
command: "bar",
help: Some("fandoggles a bar"),
},
&Item {
item_type: ItemType::Menu(&Menu {
label: "sub",
items: &[
&Item {
item_type: ItemType::Callback {
function: select_baz,
parameters: &[],
},
command: "baz",
help: Some("thingamobob a baz"),
},
&Item {
item_type: ItemType::Callback {
function: select_quux,
parameters: &[],
},
command: "quux",
help: Some("maximum quux"),
},
],
entry: Some(enter_sub),
exit: Some(exit_sub),
}),
command: "sub",
help: Some("enter sub-menu"),
},
],
entry: Some(enter_root),
exit: Some(exit_root),
};

```

## Changelog

### Unreleased changes

* Parameter / Argument support
* Re-worked help text system
* Example uses `pancurses`

### v0.1.0

* First release
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