add `--help-all` flag, and don't print all configurables by default

IPython/config/application.py

@@ -1,286 +1,293 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 A base class for a configurable application.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 import logging
 import sys
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
 from IPython.config.loader import (
     KeyValueConfigLoader, PyFileConfigLoader, Config
 )
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Unicode, List, Int, Enum, Dict
 )
 from IPython.utils.text import indent
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Descriptions for the various sections
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flag_description = """
 Flags are command-line arguments passed as '--<flag>'.
 These take no parameters, unlike regular key-value arguments.
 They are typically used for setting boolean flags, or enabling
 modes that involve setting multiple options together.
 """.strip() # trim newlines of front and back
 
 alias_description = """
 These are commonly set parameters, given abbreviated aliases for convenience.
 They are set in the same `name=value` way as class parameters, where
 <name> is replaced by the real parameter for which it is an alias.
 """.strip() # trim newlines of front and back
 
 keyvalue_description = """
 Parameters are set from command-line arguments of the form:
 `Class.trait=value`.  Parameters will *never* be prefixed with '-'.
 This line is evaluated in Python, so simple expressions are allowed, e.g.
     `C.a='range(3)'`   For setting C.a=[0,1,2]
 """.strip() # trim newlines of front and back
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Application class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class ApplicationError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 class Application(SingletonConfigurable):
     """A singleton application with full configuration support."""
 
     # The name of the application, will usually match the name of the command
     # line application
     name = Unicode(u'application')
 
     # The description of the application that is printed at the beginning
     # of the help.
     description = Unicode(u'This is an application.')
     # default section descriptions
     flag_description = Unicode(flag_description)
     alias_description = Unicode(alias_description)
     keyvalue_description = Unicode(keyvalue_description)
     
 
     # A sequence of Configurable subclasses whose config=True attributes will
     # be exposed at the command line.
     classes = List([])
 
     # The version string of this application.
     version = Unicode(u'0.0')
 
     # The log level for the application
     log_level = Enum((0,10,20,30,40,50), default_value=logging.WARN,
                      config=True,
                      help="Set the log level.")
     
     # the alias map for configurables
     aliases = Dict(dict(log_level='Application.log_level'))
     
     # flags for loading Configurables or store_const style flags
     # flags are loaded from this dict by '--key' flags
     # this must be a dict of two-tuples, the first element being the Config/dict
     # and the second being the help string for the flag
     flags = Dict()
     
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         SingletonConfigurable.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         # Add my class to self.classes so my attributes appear in command line
         # options.
         self.classes.insert(0, self.__class__)
         
         # ensure self.flags dict is valid
         for key,value in self.flags.iteritems():
             assert len(value) == 2, "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
             assert isinstance(value[0], (dict, Config)), "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
             assert isinstance(value[1], basestring), "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
         self.init_logging()
 
     def _config_changed(self, name, old, new):
         SingletonConfigurable._config_changed(self, name, old, new)
         self.log.debug('Config changed:')
         self.log.debug(repr(new))
 
     def init_logging(self):
         """Start logging for this application.
 
         The default is to log to stdout using a StreaHandler. The log level
         starts at loggin.WARN, but this can be adjusted by setting the 
         ``log_level`` attribute.
         """
         self.log = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.log.setLevel(self.log_level)
         self._log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
         self._log_formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(name)s] %(message)s")
         self._log_handler.setFormatter(self._log_formatter)
         self.log.addHandler(self._log_handler)
 
     def _log_level_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """Adjust the log level when log_level is set."""
         self.log.setLevel(new)
     
     def print_alias_help(self):
         """print the alias part of the help"""
         if not self.aliases:
             return
         
         lines = ['Aliases']
         lines.append('_'*len(lines[0]))
         lines.append(self.alias_description)
         lines.append('')
         
         classdict = {}
         for c in self.classes:
             classdict[c.__name__] = c
         
         for alias, longname in self.aliases.iteritems():
             classname, traitname = longname.split('.',1)
             cls = classdict[classname]
             
             trait = cls.class_traits(config=True)[traitname]
             help = cls.class_get_trait_help(trait)
             help = help.replace(longname, "%s (%s)"%(alias, longname), 1)
             lines.append(help)
             # header = "%s (%s) : %s"%(alias, longname, trait.__class__.__name__)
             # lines.append(header)
             # help = cls.class_get_trait_help(trait)
             # if help:
             #     lines.append(indent(help, flatten=True))
         lines.append('')
         print '\n'.join(lines)
     
     def print_flag_help(self):
         """print the flag part of the help"""
         if not self.flags:
             return
         
         lines = ['Flags']
         lines.append('_'*len(lines[0]))
         lines.append(self.flag_description)
         lines.append('')
         
         for m, (cfg,help) in self.flags.iteritems():
             lines.append('--'+m)
             lines.append(indent(help, flatten=True))
         lines.append('')
         print '\n'.join(lines)
     
-    def print_help(self):
-        """Print the help for each Configurable class in self.classes."""
+    def print_help(self, classes=False):
+        """Print the help for each Configurable class in self.classes.
+        
+        If classes=False (the default), only flags and aliases are printed
+        """
         self.print_flag_help()
         self.print_alias_help()
         
-        if self.classes:
-            print "Class parameters"
-            print "----------------"
-            print self.keyvalue_description
-            print
+        if classes:
+            if self.classes:
+                print "Class parameters"
+                print "----------------"
+                print self.keyvalue_description
+                print
         
-        for cls in self.classes:
-            cls.class_print_help()
+            for cls in self.classes:
+                cls.class_print_help()
+                print
+        else:
+            print "To see all available configurables, use `--help-all`"
             print
 
     def print_description(self):
         """Print the application description."""
         print self.description
         print
 
     def print_version(self):
         """Print the version string."""
         print self.version
 
     def update_config(self, config):
         """Fire the traits events when the config is updated."""
         # Save a copy of the current config.
         newconfig = deepcopy(self.config)
         # Merge the new config into the current one.
         newconfig._merge(config)
         # Save the combined config as self.config, which triggers the traits
         # events.
         self.config = newconfig
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         """Parse the command line arguments."""
         argv = sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv
 
-        if '-h' in argv or '--help' in argv:
+        if '-h' in argv or '--help' in argv or '--help-all' in argv:
             self.print_description()
-            self.print_help()
+            self.print_help('--help-all' in argv)
             self.exit(0)
 
         if '--version' in argv:
             self.print_version()
             self.exit(0)
         
         loader = KeyValueConfigLoader(argv=argv, aliases=self.aliases,
                                         flags=self.flags)
         config = loader.load_config()
         self.update_config(config)
 
     def load_config_file(self, filename, path=None):
         """Load a .py based config file by filename and path."""
         loader = PyFileConfigLoader(filename, path=path)
         config = loader.load_config()
         self.update_config(config)
 
     def exit(self, exit_status=0):
         self.log.debug("Exiting application: %s" % self.name)
         sys.exit(exit_status)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # utility functions, for convenience
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def boolean_flag(name, configurable, set_help='', unset_help=''):
     """helper for building basic --trait, --no-trait flags
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     
     name : str
         The name of the flag.
     configurable : str
         The 'Class.trait' string of the trait to be set/unset with the flag
     set_help : unicode
         help string for --name flag
     unset_help : unicode
         help string for --no-name flag
     
     Returns
     -------
     
     cfg : dict
         A dict with two keys: 'name', and 'no-name', for setting and unsetting
         the trait, respectively.
     """
     # default helpstrings
     set_help = set_help or "set %s=True"%configurable
     unset_help = unset_help or "set %s=False"%configurable
     
     cls,trait = configurable.split('.')
     
     setter = Config()
     setter[cls][trait] = True
     unsetter = Config()
     unsetter[cls][trait] = False
     return {name : (setter, set_help), 'no-'+name : (unsetter, unset_help)}