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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
== Tutorial
-=== Why \OptionParser?
+=== Why +OptionParser+?
When a Ruby program executes, it captures its command-line arguments
and options into variable ARGV.
-This simple program just prints its \ARGV:
+This simple program just prints its +ARGV+:
:include: ruby/argv.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ the command-line options.
OptionParser offers methods for parsing and handling those options.
-With \OptionParser, you can define options so that for each option:
+With +OptionParser+, you can define options so that for each option:
- The code that defines the option and code that handles that option
are in the same place.
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ The class also has method #help, which displays automatically-generated help tex
=== To Begin With
-To use \OptionParser:
+To use +OptionParser+:
-1. Require the \OptionParser code.
-2. Create an \OptionParser object.
+1. Require the +OptionParser+ code.
+2. Create an +OptionParser+ object.
3. Define one or more options.
4. Parse the command line.
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ the block defined for the option is called with the argument value.
An invalid option raises an exception.
Method #parse!, which is used most often in this tutorial,
-removes from \ARGV the options and arguments it finds,
+removes from +ARGV+ the options and arguments it finds,
leaving other non-option arguments for the program to handle on its own.
-The method returns the possibly-reduced \ARGV array.
+The method returns the possibly-reduced +ARGV+ array.
Executions:
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Executions:
=== Defining Options
-A common way to define an option in \OptionParser
+A common way to define an option in +OptionParser+
is with instance method OptionParser#on.
The method may be called with any number of arguments
@@ -522,11 +522,11 @@ Executions:
=== Argument Converters
An option can specify that its argument is to be converted
-from the default \String to an instance of another class.
+from the default +String+ to an instance of another class.
There are a number of built-in converters.
Example: File +date.rb+
-defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Date object.
+defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +Date+ object.
The argument is converted by method Date#parse.
:include: ruby/date.rb
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ for both built-in and custom converters.
=== Help
-\OptionParser makes automatically generated help text available.
++OptionParser+ makes automatically generated help text available.
The help text consists of:
@@ -614,16 +614,16 @@ Execution:
=== Top List and Base List
-An \OptionParser object maintains a stack of \OptionParser::List objects,
+An +OptionParser+ object maintains a stack of +OptionParser::List+ objects,
each of which has a collection of zero or more options.
It is unlikely that you'll need to add or take away from that stack.
The stack includes:
-- The <em>top list</em>, given by \OptionParser#top.
-- The <em>base list</em>, given by \OptionParser#base.
+- The <em>top list</em>, given by +OptionParser#top+.
+- The <em>base list</em>, given by +OptionParser#base+.
-When \OptionParser builds its help text, the options in the top list
+When +OptionParser+ builds its help text, the options in the top list
precede those in the base list.
=== Defining Options
@@ -632,31 +632,31 @@ Option-defining methods allow you to create an option, and also append/prepend i
to the top list or append it to the base list.
Each of these next three methods accepts a sequence of parameter arguments and a block,
-creates an option object using method \Option#make_switch (see below),
+creates an option object using method +Option#make_switch+ (see below),
and returns the created option:
-- \Method \OptionParser#define appends the created option to the top list.
+- \Method +OptionParser#define+ appends the created option to the top list.
-- \Method \OptionParser#define_head prepends the created option to the top list.
+- \Method +OptionParser#define_head+ prepends the created option to the top list.
-- \Method \OptionParser#define_tail appends the created option to the base list.
+- \Method +OptionParser#define_tail+ appends the created option to the base list.
These next three methods are identical to the three above,
except for their return values:
-- \Method \OptionParser#on is identical to method \OptionParser#define,
+- \Method +OptionParser#on+ is identical to method +OptionParser#define+,
except that it returns the parser object +self+.
-- \Method \OptionParser#on_head is identical to method \OptionParser#define_head,
+- \Method +OptionParser#on_head+ is identical to method +OptionParser#define_head+,
except that it returns the parser object +self+.
-- \Method \OptionParser#on_tail is identical to method \OptionParser#define_tail,
+- \Method +OptionParser#on_tail+ is identical to method +OptionParser#define_tail+,
except that it returns the parser object +self+.
Though you may never need to call it directly,
here's the core method for defining an option:
-- \Method \OptionParser#make_switch accepts an array of parameters and a block.
+- \Method +OptionParser#make_switch+ accepts an array of parameters and a block.
See {Parameters for New Options}[optparse/option_params.rdoc].
This method is unlike others here in that it:
- Accepts an <em>array of parameters</em>;
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ here's the core method for defining an option:
=== Parsing
-\OptionParser has six instance methods for parsing.
++OptionParser+ has six instance methods for parsing.
Three have names ending with a "bang" (<tt>!</tt>):
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ Each of these methods:
(see {Keyword Argument into}[#label-Keyword+Argument+into]).
- Returns +argv+, possibly with some elements removed.
-==== \Method parse!
+==== \Method +parse!+
-\Method parse!:
+\Method +parse!+:
- Accepts an optional array of string arguments +argv+;
if not given, +argv+ defaults to the value of OptionParser#default_argv,
@@ -756,9 +756,9 @@ Processing ended by non-option found when +POSIXLY_CORRECT+ is defined:
["--xxx", true]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "-yyy", "FOO"] (Array)
-==== \Method parse
+==== \Method +parse+
-\Method parse:
+\Method +parse+:
- Accepts an array of string arguments
_or_ zero or more string arguments.
@@ -810,25 +810,25 @@ Processing ended by non-option found when +POSIXLY_CORRECT+ is defined:
["--xxx", true]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "-yyy", "FOO"] (Array)
-==== \Method order!
+==== \Method +order!+
Calling method OptionParser#order! gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse! with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ defined.
-==== \Method order
+==== \Method +order+
Calling method OptionParser#order gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ defined.
-==== \Method permute!
+==== \Method +permute!+
Calling method OptionParser#permute! gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse! with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ _not_ defined.
-==== \Method permute
+==== \Method +permute+
Calling method OptionParser#permute gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse with environment variable