Move the replay debugging script iup from the C sources directory.

[super-star-trek.git] / doc / makehelp.py

diff --git a/doc/makehelp.py b/doc/makehelp.py
index 0a171f2cd5c1a032c31c9f48172cc8a91982d84d..835b8731394524155444e446ef5229ce5b45106c 100755 (executable)
--- a/doc/makehelp.py
+++ b/doc/makehelp.py
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ beginmarker2 = " ABBREV"
 endmarker2 = "Game History and Modifications"
 
 fp = open("sst-doc.txt", "r")
-savetext = ""
+savetext = []
 state = 0
 while True:
     line = fp.readline()
     if not line:
         break
     if state == 0 and line.startswith(beginmarker1):
-        line = "%% " + line[12:].lstrip()
+        line = "% " + line[12:].lstrip()
         state = 1
     if state == 0 and line.startswith(beginmarker2):
-        savetext += enddelim + "%% ABBREV\n"
+        savetext.append(enddelim + "%% ABBREV\n")
         state = 2
     if state == 1:
         if line.find(endmarker1) > -1:
@@ -34,12 +34,20 @@ while True:
         if line.find(endmarker2) > -1:
             state = 0
     if state:
-        savetext += line
+        line = line.replace("%", "%%")
+        # Hack Unicode non-breaking spaces into ordinary spaces
+        line = line.replace("\xc2\xa0", " ").replace("\240", "")
+        # Hack right and left quotes into regular ASCII quotes
+        line = line.replace("\xe2\x80\x9c", '"').replace("\xe2\x80\x9d", '"')
+        # Hack dashes and bullets (Hmmm...might want to handle this in curses)
+        line = line.replace("\xe2\x80\x94", "-").replace("\xe2\x97\x8f", "*");
+        if line.startswith("Mnemonic:"):
+            while not savetext[-1].strip():
+                savetext.pop()
+        savetext.append(line)
+savetext = "".join(savetext)
 
 # Remove the section titles
 savetext = re.sub("\n+.*\n*Mnemonic:\\s*", "\n********\n%% ", savetext)
 
-# Hack Unicode non-breaking spaces into ordinary spaces
-savetext = savetext.replace("\xc2\xa0", " ").replace("\240", "")
-
 sys.stdout.write(savetext + enddelim)