[PATCH 4/5] Documentation: gen_commands.py: use literal block for help text

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Fri Oct 24 02:07:05 PDT 2025


The help text can have lists, like in the boot command[1] and printing
this as normal text messes up the formatting.
Therefore, let's just print it as a code block.

This doesn't solve interleaved output like fiptool's, but it makes e.g.
the boot help text or menu actually readable.

[1]: https://www.barebox.org/doc/latest/commands/boot/boot.html

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 Documentation/gen_commands.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gen_commands.py b/Documentation/gen_commands.py
index 2f15c8b40540..f8a7ed7b879f 100755
--- a/Documentation/gen_commands.py
+++ b/Documentation/gen_commands.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def parse_c(name):
 
         elif x := HELP_TEXT.match(line):
             last = cmd['h_post' if 'h_opts' in cmd else 'h_pre']
-            last.append(string_escape(x.group(1)).strip())
+            last.append(string_escape_literal(x.group(1)).strip())
 
         elif x := HELP_OPT.match(line):
             last = cmd['h_opts']
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def gen_rst(name, cmd):
         if pre:
             out.append('Synopsis')
             out.append('^' * len(out[-1]))
-            out.append('\n'.join(cmd['h_pre']).strip())
+            out.append('\n::\n')
+            out.append('\n'.join([f'  {s}' for s in cmd['h_pre']]))
             out.append('')
     if 'h_opts' in cmd:
         out.append('Options')
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ def gen_rst(name, cmd):
         if post:
             out.append('Description')
             out.append('^' * len(out[-1]))
-            out.append('\n'.join(cmd['h_post']).strip())
+            out.append('\n::\n')
+            out.append('\n'.join([f'  {s}' for s in cmd['h_post']]))
             out.append('')
     out.append('.. generated from: %s' % ', '.join(cmd['files']))
     if 'c_func' in cmd:
-- 
2.47.3




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