#953: module help information in machine-readable format
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Reporter: cmbarton | Owner: [email protected]
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.5.0
Component: default | Version: unspecified
Keywords: help, metadata | Platform: All
Cpu: All |
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The information returned from running "<module> help" would be useful for
a variety of interface=related tasks like auto-completion and automatic
menu building. Unfortunately, it is completely localized, making it
impossible to parse in a reliable fashion within scripts and computer
code.
I'm requesting the addition of a parameter to G_usage() which would
replace the human-readable section descriptions with markers which can be
relied upon to never occur in normal help text, e.g. "{{{KEYWORDS}}}\n",
then add a (e.g.) --help-data option. It would be helpful to also include
an unlocalized version of the keys for each of the description sections
(e.g., Description, Flags, Usage in an English localization).
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