protogram-help

A simple to use, help module to auto generate usage info when using the protogram module for node.js.

Installation

npm install --save protogram-help

Basic Usage

Include with Protogram

var program = require('protogram').create();
var help = require('protogram-help');

Configure Your Help (if you want)

help.set({
    version: '0.0.3',
    name: 'Protogram Help Example',
    handleError: true
});

Add as an Option Flag

program
    .command('*', { includeRoot: true })
    .option('--help', help);

Done.

API

help.set(options)

Sets certain options that will be used to handle the display of usage information.

• options Object:
  • version String: Your program's version number.
  • name String: The name of your program.
  • handleError Boolean: Output usage information for your program if there is an argument error.

help.set({
    version: '0.0.3',
    name: 'Protogram Help Example',
    handleError: true
});

Or use it directly when setting your --help option:

program
    .command('*', { includeRoot: true })
    .option('--help', help.set({
        version: '0.0.3',
        name: 'Protogram Help Example',
        handleError: true
    }));

help.version

Alternative to help.set({version: xxx })

help.version = '0.0.3';

help.name

Alternative to help.set({name: xxx })

help.name = 'Protogram Help Example';

help.handleError

Alternative to help.set({handleError: xxx })

help.handleError = true;

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Arjun Mehta