members/libpt-cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true
 
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+cargo-args = ["-Zunstable-options", "-Zrustdoc-scrape-examples"]
+
 [features]
 default = ["log"]
 log = ["dep:libpt-log", "dep:log"]
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive"] }
 comfy-table = "7.1.1"
 console = "0.15.8"
 dialoguer = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["completion", "history"] }
+embed-doc-image = "0.1.4"
 exitcode = "1.1.2"
 human-panic = "2.0.0"
 indicatif = "0.17.8"

members/libpt-cli/src/repl/default.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,61 @@
+//! This module implements a default repl that fullfills the [Repl] trait
+//!
+//! You can implement your own [Repl] if you want.
+
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use super::Repl;
 
+use embed_doc_image::embed_doc_image;
+
+/// [clap] help template with only usage and commands/options
+pub const REPL_HELP_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"{usage-heading} {usage}
+
+{all-args}{tab}
+"#;
+
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use dialoguer::{BasicHistory, Completion};
 use libpt_log::trace;
 
+#[allow(clippy::needless_doctest_main)] // It makes the example look better
+/// Default implementation for a REPL
+///
+/// Note that you need to define the commands by yourself with a Subcommands enum.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// use libpt_cli::repl::{DefaultRepl, Repl};
+/// use libpt_cli::clap::Subcommand;
+/// use libpt_cli::strum::EnumIter;
+///
+/// #[derive(Subcommand, Debug, EnumIter, Clone)]
+/// enum ReplCommand {
+///     /// hello world
+///     Hello,
+///     /// leave the repl
+///     Exit,
+/// }
+///
+/// fn main() {
+///     let mut repl = DefaultRepl::<ReplCommand>::default();
+///     loop {
+///         repl.step().unwrap();
+///         match repl.command().to_owned().unwrap() {
+///             ReplCommand::Hello => println!("Hello"),
+///             ReplCommand::Exit => break,
+///             _ => (),
+///         }
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+/// **Screenshot**
+///
+/// ![Screenshot of an example program with a REPL][repl_screenshot]
+#[embed_doc_image("repl_screenshot", "data/media/repl.png")]
 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[command(multicall = true)]
+#[command(multicall = true, help_template = REPL_HELP_TEMPLATE)]
 pub struct DefaultRepl<C>
 where
     C: Debug,
@@ -31,7 +79,7 @@ where
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
-pub struct DefaultReplCompletion<C>
+struct DefaultReplCompletion<C>
 where
     C: Debug,
     C: Subcommand,
@@ -58,12 +106,6 @@ where
     fn command(&self) -> &Option<C> {
         &self.command
     }
-    #[allow(refining_impl_trait)]
-    fn completion() -> DefaultReplCompletion<C> {
-        DefaultReplCompletion {
-            commands: std::marker::PhantomData::<C>,
-        }
-    }
     fn step(&mut self) -> Result<(), super::error::ReplError> {
         self.buf.clear();
 

members/libpt-cli/src/repl/error.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//! Errors for the Repl module
+
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]

members/libpt-cli/src/repl/mod.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+//! Create easy and well defined REPLs
+//!
+//! A REPL is a [Read-Eval-Print-Loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%E2%80%93eval%E2%80%93print_loop).
+//! Well known examples for REPLs are shells (like bash).
+//!
+//! This module offers a convenient way to create a well-defined REPL without a lot of complicated
+//! code and with a visually pleasing aesthetic. An example REPL implementation can be found in the
+//! examples.
+//!
+//! The basic idea is that the user defines the commands with an enum and uses [claps](clap)
+//! `#[derive(Subcommand)]`. A loop is then used to read from the stdin into a buffer, that buffer
+//! is put to [clap] for parsing, similar to how [clap] would parse commandline arguments.
+
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 pub mod error;
@@ -6,8 +19,10 @@ mod default;
 pub use default::*;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
-use dialoguer::Completion;
 
+/// Common Trait for repl objects
+///
+/// Unless you want to implement custom features (not just commands), just use [DefaultRepl].
 pub trait Repl<C>: Parser + Debug
 where
     C: Debug,
@@ -18,12 +33,12 @@ where
     fn new() -> Self;
     /// get the command that was parsed from user input
     ///
-    /// Will only be [None] if the repl has not had [step] executed yet.
+    /// Will only be [None] if the repl has not had [step](Repl::step) executed yet.
     fn command(&self) -> &Option<C>;
-    /// return all possible commands in this repl
-    fn completion() -> impl Completion;
     /// advance the repl to the next iteration of the main loop
     ///
-    /// This should be used at the start of your loop
+    /// This should be used at the start of your loop.
+    ///
+    /// Note that the help menu is an Error: [clap::error::ErrorKind::DisplayHelp]
     fn step(&mut self) -> Result<(), ReplError>;
 }