From 51b788bb5069f07d0dc163dbdf0f56f302b7018d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hazel Noack <hazel@webcontact.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:45:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] finished general help

---
 go.mod               |  1 +
 go.sum               |  2 ++
 internal/cli/cli.go  |  4 +++-
 internal/cli/help.go | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4b7cafc..fc0c587 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.2
 require github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.4
 
 require (
+	github.com/TwiN/go-color v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ada8512..4748c27 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
+github.com/TwiN/go-color v1.4.1 h1:mqG0P/KBgHKVqmtL5ye7K0/Gr4l6hTksPgTgMk3mUzc=
+github.com/TwiN/go-color v1.4.1/go.mod h1:WcPf/jtiW95WBIsEeY1Lc/b8aaWoiqQpu5cf8WFxu+s=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/kirsle/configdir v0.0.0-20170128060238-e45d2f54772f h1:dKccXx7xA56UNqOcFIbuqFjAWPVtP688j5QMgmo6OHU=
diff --git a/internal/cli/cli.go b/internal/cli/cli.go
index ceea8b2..cebec4e 100644
--- a/internal/cli/cli.go
+++ b/internal/cli/cli.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/TwiN/go-color"
 )
 
 type ProgramFunction func() error
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ type Argument struct {
 }
 
 var HelpHeader = `This is the help page of transfem-startpage.
-transfem-startpage {program} {...args}
+` + color.Bold + `transfem-startpage {program} {...args}` + color.Reset + `
 The following Programs are available:`
 var Programs = []Program{
 	{
diff --git a/internal/cli/help.go b/internal/cli/help.go
index 546c42d..39980a3 100644
--- a/internal/cli/help.go
+++ b/internal/cli/help.go
@@ -3,13 +3,42 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+
+	"github.com/TwiN/go-color"
 )
 
+func padString(s string, n int) string {
+	missing := n - len(s)
+	if missing <= 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	for _ = range missing {
+		s = s + " "
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
 func generalHelp() error {
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println(HelpHeader)
+	fmt.Println()
+
 	for _, p := range Programs {
-		fmt.Println(" - " + p.Name + ":\t" + p.ShortDescription)
+		fmt.Print(color.Bold + padString(p.Name, 7) + color.Reset)
+
+		argumentString := color.Purple
+		for _, a := range p.Arguments {
+			requiredString := ""
+			if a.Required {
+				requiredString = "*"
+			}
+			argumentString = argumentString + " [" + requiredString + a.Name + ":" + a.Type + "]"
+		}
+		argumentString = argumentString + color.Reset
+
+		fmt.Print(padString(argumentString, 40) + p.ShortDescription + "\n")
 	}
 	return nil
 }