Allow access to gzipped man files

[xboard.git] / dialogs.c

diff --git a/dialogs.c b/dialogs.c
index f391997..4dce7f4 100644 (file)
--- a/dialogs.c
+++ b/dialogs.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ extern char *getenv();
 
 int values[MAX_OPTIONS];
 ChessProgramState *currentCps;
+char dataDir[MSG_SIZ] = DATADIR, manDir[MSG_SIZ] = MANDIR;
 
 //----------------------------Generic dialog --------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2296,7 +2297,7 @@ ErrorPopDown ()
     if (errorExitStatus != -1) ExitEvent(errorExitStatus);
 }
 
-static int
+int
 ErrorOK (int n)
 {
     dialogError = errorUp = False;
@@ -2445,12 +2446,21 @@ DisplayTitle (char *text)
     SetWindowTitle(text, title, icon);
 }
 
+char *textPtr;
+
+int
+GetNext(FILE *f)
+{
+    if(textPtr) return *textPtr ? *textPtr++ : EOF;
+    return fgetc(f);
+}
+
 static char *
 ReadLine (FILE *f)
 {
     static char buf[MSG_SIZ];
     int i = 0, c;
-    while((c = fgetc(f)) != '\n') { if(c == EOF) return NULL; buf[i++] = c; }
+    while((c = GetNext(f)) != '\n') { if(c == EOF) return NULL; buf[i++] = c; }
     buf[i] = NULLCHAR;
     return buf;
 }
@@ -2491,20 +2501,34 @@ GetHelpText (FILE *f, char *name)
 void
 DisplayHelp (char *name)
 {
-    char buf[MSG_SIZ], tidy[MSG_SIZ];
+    static char *xboardMan, *manText[2];
+    char buf[MSG_SIZ], tidy[MSG_SIZ], *eng;
+    int n = 0;
     FILE *f;
-    if(currentCps) {
-       TidyProgramName(currentCps == &first ? appData.firstChessProgram : appData.secondChessProgram, "localhost", tidy);
-       snprintf(buf, MSG_SIZ, "/usr/local/share/man/man6/%s.6", tidy);
-    } else snprintf(buf, MSG_SIZ, "%s/man6/xboard.6", MANDIR);
-    f = fopen(buf, "r");
-    if(!f && currentCps) { // engine manual could be in two places
-       snprintf(buf, MSG_SIZ, "/usr/share/man/man6/%s.6", tidy);
-       f = fopen(buf, "r");
+    if(!xboardMan) {
+       xboardMan = BufferCommandOutput("man -w xboard", MSG_SIZ); // obtain path to XBoard's man file
+       if(xboardMan) xboardMan[strlen(xboardMan)-1] = NULLCHAR;   // strip off traling linefeed
     }
+    if(currentCps) { // for engine options we have to look in engine manual
+       snprintf(tidy, MSG_SIZ, "man -w ");
+       TidyProgramName(currentCps == &first ? appData.firstChessProgram : appData.secondChessProgram, "localhost", tidy+7);
+       eng = BufferCommandOutput(tidy, MSG_SIZ);
+       safeStrCpy(buf, eng, strlen(eng));
+       FREE(eng);
+       n = 1;
+    } else snprintf(buf, MSG_SIZ, "%s", xboardMan);
+    f = fopen(buf, "r");
     if(f) {
+       if(strstr(buf, ".gz")) { // man file is gzipped
+           if(!manText[n]) {    // unzipped text not buffered yet
+               snprintf(tidy, MSG_SIZ, "gunzip -c %s", buf);
+               manText[n] = BufferCommandOutput(tidy, 250000); // store unzipped in buffer
+           }
+           textPtr = manText[n];
+       } else textPtr = NULL;
        GetHelpText(f, name);
        fclose(f);
+       if(currentCps) free(manText[1]), manText[1] = NULL; // never reuse engine text 
     }
 }