feat: add in shell documentation for module properties

hilbish.go

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ func HilbishLoader(L *lua.LState) int {
 		username = strings.Split(username, "\\")[1] // for some reason Username includes the hostname on windows
 	}
 
-	L.SetField(mod, "ver", lua.LString(version))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "ver", lua.LString(version), "Hilbish version")
-	L.SetField(mod, "user", lua.LString(username))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "user", lua.LString(username), "Username of user")
-	L.SetField(mod, "host", lua.LString(host))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "host", lua.LString(host), "Host name of the machine")
-	L.SetField(mod, "home", lua.LString(homedir))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "home", lua.LString(homedir), "Home directory of the user")
-	L.SetField(mod, "dataDir", lua.LString(dataDir))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "dataDir", lua.LString(dataDir), "Directory for Hilbish's data files")
-	L.SetField(mod, "interactive", lua.LBool(interactive))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "interactive", lua.LBool(interactive), "If this is an interactive shell")
-	L.SetField(mod, "login", lua.LBool(interactive))
+	util.SetField(L, mod, "login", lua.LBool(interactive), "Whether this is a login shell")
 
 	xdg := L.NewTable()
 	L.SetField(xdg, "config", lua.LString(confDir))

preload.lua

@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ commander.register('doc', function(args)
 	local moddocPath = hilbish.dataDir .. '/docs/'
 	local globalDesc = [[
 These are the global Hilbish functions that are always available and not part of a module.]]
+	local modDocFormat = [[
+%s
+
+# Variables
+%s
+
+# Functions
+]]
+
 	if #args > 0 then
 		local mod = args[1]
 
@@ -82,18 +91,24 @@ These are the global Hilbish functions that are always available and not part of
 		end
 		local desc = ''
 		local ok = pcall(require, mod)
-		if ok then
-			desc = (mod == 'global' and globalDesc or getmetatable(require(mod)).__doc) .. '\n\n'
-		end
 		local backtickOccurence = 0
-		print(desc .. lunacolors.format(funcdocs:sub(1, #funcdocs - 1):gsub('`', function()
+		local formattedFuncs = lunacolors.format(funcdocs:sub(1, #funcdocs - 1):gsub('`', function()
 			backtickOccurence = backtickOccurence + 1
 			if backtickOccurence % 2 == 0 then
 				return '{reset}'
 			else
 				return '{underline}{green}'
 			end
-		end)))
+		end))
+
+		if ok then
+			local modmt = getmetatable(require(mod))
+			local props = table.map(modmt.__docProp, function(v, k)
+				return lunacolors.underline(lunacolors.blue(k)) .. ' > ' .. v
+			end)
+			desc = string.format(modDocFormat, (mod == 'global' and globalDesc or modmt.__doc), table.concat(props, "\n"))
+		end
+		print(desc .. formattedFuncs)
 		f:close()
 
 		return

rl.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package main
 // this is normal readline
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"

util/util.go

@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 package util
 
 import "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
+import "fmt"
 
+// Document adds a documentation string to a module.
+// It is accessible via the __doc metatable.
 func Document(L *lua.LState, module lua.LValue, doc string) {
-	mt := L.NewTable()
+	mt := L.GetMetatable(module)
-	L.SetField(mt, "__doc", lua.LString(doc))
+	if mt == lua.LNil {
+		mt = L.NewTable()
+		docProp := L.NewTable()
+		L.SetField(mt, "__docProp", docProp)
 
 		L.SetMetatable(module, mt)
 	}
+	L.SetField(mt, "__doc", lua.LString(doc))
+}
+
+// SetField sets a field in a table, adding docs for it.
+// It is accessible via the __docProp metatable. It is a table of the names of the fields.
+func SetField(L *lua.LState, module lua.LValue, field string, value lua.LValue, doc string) {
+	mt := L.GetMetatable(module)
+	docProp := L.GetTable(mt, lua.LString("__docProp"))
+	fmt.Println("docProp", docProp)
+
+	L.SetField(docProp, field, lua.LString(doc))
+	L.SetField(module, field, value)
+}