implemented specific help

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

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=

internal/cli/cli.go

@@ -1,59 +1,101 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/TwiN/go-color"
 )
 
 type ProgramFunction func() error
 type Program struct {
 	Name             string
 	Function         ProgramFunction
+	ShortDescription string
+	LongDescription  string
+	Arguments        []Argument
+}
+type Argument struct {
+	Name        string
+	Type        string
+	Required    bool
 	Description string
 }
 
-var HelpHeader = `Meow
+var HelpHeader = `This is the help page of transfem-startpage.
-Ze
+` + color.Purple + `transfem-startpage {program} {...args}` + color.Reset + `
-Dong`
+The following Programs are available:`
 var Programs = []Program{
 	{
 		Name:             "help",
-		Function:    Help,
+		ShortDescription: "get more information on how the cli in general or a specific program works",
-		Description: "get more information on how the cli or a program works",
+		LongDescription:  "What did you expect to find here?",
+		Arguments: []Argument{
+			{
+				Name:        "program",
+				Type:        "string",
+				Required:    false,
+				Description: "defines the program you want to know more about",
+			},
+		},
 	},
 	{
 		Name:             "start",
 		Function:         Start,
-		Description: "start the webserver",
+		ShortDescription: "start the webserver",
+		LongDescription: `The start program starts the webserver.
+It loads the config file of the according profile.
+It uses the default values if no config file was found.`,
+		Arguments: []Argument{
+			{
+				Name:        "profile",
+				Type:        "string",
+				Required:    false,
+				Description: "tells the program which config to load, default is 'default'",
+			},
+		},
 	},
 	{
 		Name:             "cache",
 		Function:         Cache,
-		Description: "do something with the cache",
+		ShortDescription: "do something with the cache",
+		LongDescription: `Does something with the cache.
+- clear: delete the whole cache
+- clean: delete all files that aren't used by any program.`,
+		Arguments: []Argument{
+			{
+				Name:        "action",
+				Type:        "enum(clear;clean)",
+				Required:    true,
+				Description: "defines what to do with the cache",
+			},
+		},
 	},
 }
 
+func GetProgram(programName string) Program {
+	for i, p := range Programs {
+		if p.Name == programName {
+			return Programs[i]
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Panicln("couldn't find program", programName, ". EXITING")
+	return Program{}
+}
+
 func Cli() {
-	fmt.Println("running transfem startpage")
+	// getting around initialization cycle
+	Programs[0].Function = Help
 
 	programName := "help"
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
 		programName = os.Args[1]
 	}
 
-	log.Println("running program", programName)
+	var selectedProgram Program = GetProgram(programName)
-
+	err := selectedProgram.Function()
-	var selectedProgram *Program = nil
+	if err != nil {
-	for i, p := range Programs {
+		log.Panicln(err)
-		if p.Name == programName {
-			selectedProgram = &Programs[i]
-			break
 	}
 }
-	if selectedProgram == nil {
-		log.Panicln("couldn't find program", programName, ". EXITING")
-	}
-
-	selectedProgram.Function()
-}

internal/cli/help.go

@@ -1,8 +1,89 @@
 package cli
 
-import "log"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 
-func Help() error {
+	"github.com/TwiN/go-color"
-	log.Println("running help")
+)
+
+func padString(s string, n int) string {
+	missing := n - len(s)
+	if missing <= 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	for _ = range missing {
+		s = s + " "
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
+func getSingleArgumentString(a Argument) string {
+	requiredString := ""
+	if a.Required {
+		requiredString = "*"
+	}
+	return requiredString + a.Name + ":" + a.Type
+}
+
+func getArgumentString(arguments []Argument) string {
+	argumentString := color.Blue
+	for _, a := range arguments {
+		argumentString = argumentString + " [" + getSingleArgumentString(a) + "]"
+	}
+	return argumentString + color.Reset
+}
+
+func generalHelp() error {
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println(HelpHeader)
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	for _, p := range Programs {
+		fmt.Print(color.Bold + padString(p.Name, 7) + color.Reset)
+		fmt.Print(padString(getArgumentString(p.Arguments), 40) + p.ShortDescription + "\n")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func specificHelp(programName string) error {
+	program := GetProgram(programName)
+
+	fmt.Println(color.Bold + "MAN PAGE FOR " + strings.ToUpper(programName) + color.Reset)
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	fmt.Println(color.Purple + "transfem-startpage " + programName + color.Reset + getArgumentString(program.Arguments))
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	fmt.Println(color.Bold + "arguments" + color.Reset)
+
+	argumentStrings := make([]string, len(program.Arguments))
+	maxArgumentString := 0
+	for i, a := range program.Arguments {
+		s := getSingleArgumentString(a)
+		argumentStrings[i] = s
+		if len(s) > maxArgumentString {
+			maxArgumentString = len(s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i, a := range program.Arguments {
+		fmt.Println(padString(argumentStrings[i], maxArgumentString+4) + a.Description)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println(program.LongDescription)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Help() error {
+	if len(os.Args) > 2 {
+		return specificHelp(os.Args[2])
+	}
+
+	return generalHelp()
+}