from __future__ import unicode_literals import io import os.path import sys import re ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) README_FILE = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'README.md') def filter_options(readme): ret = '' in_options = False for line in readme.split('\n'): if line.startswith('# '): if line[2:].startswith('OPTIONS'): in_options = True else: in_options = False if in_options: if line.lstrip().startswith('-'): option, description = re.split(r'\s{2,}', line.lstrip()) split_option = option.split(' ') if not split_option[-1].startswith('-'): # metavar option = ' '.join(split_option[:-1] + ['*%s*' % split_option[-1]]) # Pandoc's definition_lists. See http://pandoc.org/README.html # for more information. ret += '\n%s\n: %s\n' % (option, description) else: ret += line.lstrip() + '\n' else: ret += line + '\n' return ret with io.open(README_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as f: readme = f.read() PREFIX = '''%YOUTUBE-DL(1) # NAME youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms # SYNOPSIS **youtube-dl** \[OPTIONS\] URL [URL...] ''' readme = re.sub(r'(?s)^.*?(?=# DESCRIPTION)', '', readme) readme = re.sub(r'\s+youtube-dl \[OPTIONS\] URL \[URL\.\.\.\]', '', readme) readme = PREFIX + readme readme = filter_options(readme) if sys.version_info < (3, 0): print(readme.encode('utf-8')) else: print(readme)