2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/compile/cli.c b/src/compile/cli.c
index 820f0e2e..3337e250 100644
--- a/src/compile/cli.c
+++ b/src/compile/cli.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // This file defines how to compile CLI argument parsing
 
+#include "../stdlib/cli.h"
 #include "../environment.h"
 #include "../stdlib/datatypes.h"
 #include "../stdlib/optionals.h"
@@ -131,3 +132,37 @@ Text_t compile_cli_arg_call(env_t *env, Text_t fn_name, type_t *fn_type, const c
     code = Texts(code, ");\n");
     return code;
 }
+
+public
+Text_t compile_manpage(Text_t program, OptionalText_t synopsis, OptionalText_t description, arg_t *args) {
+    Text_t date = Text(""); // TODO: use date
+    Text_t man = Texts(".\\\" Automatically generated by Tomo\n"
+                       ".TH \"",
+                       Text$upper(program, Text("C")), "\" \"1\" \"", date,
+                       "\" \"\" \"\"\n"
+                       ".SH NAME\n",
+                       program, " \\- ", synopsis.tag == TEXT_NONE ? Text("a Tomo program") : synopsis, "\n");
+
+    if (description.tag != TEXT_NONE) {
+        man = Texts(man, ".SH DESCRIPTION\n", description, "\n");
+    }
+
+    man = Texts(man, ".SH OPTIONS\n");
+    for (arg_t *arg = args; arg; arg = arg->next) {
+        man = Texts(man, "\n.TP\n\\f[B]\\-\\-", Text$from_str(arg->name), "\\f[R]");
+        if (arg->alias) man = Texts(man, ", \\f[B]\\-", Text$from_str(arg->alias), "\\f[R]");
+        if (arg->type->tag == BoolType) {
+            man = Texts(man, "\n.TP\n\\f[B]\\-\\-no\\-", Text$from_str(arg->name));
+        } else if (is_numeric_type(arg->type)) {
+            man = Texts(man, " \\f[I]N\\f[R]");
+        } else if (arg->type->tag == ListType) {
+            man = Texts(man, " \\f[I]value1\\f[R] \\f[I]value2...\\f[R]");
+        } else if (arg->type->tag == TableType) {
+            man = Texts(man, " \\f[I]key1:value1\\f[R] \\f[I]key2:value2...\\f[R]");
+        } else {
+            man = Texts(man, " \\f[I]value\\f[R]");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return man;
+}
diff --git a/src/compile/cli.h b/src/compile/cli.h
index 13c3dee5..fa60eccf 100644
--- a/src/compile/cli.h
+++ b/src/compile/cli.h
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 #include "../types.h"
 
 Text_t compile_cli_arg_call(env_t *env, Text_t fn_name, type_t *fn_type, const char *version);
+Text_t compile_manpage(Text_t program, OptionalText_t synopsis, OptionalText_t description, arg_t *args);