Add help target and toxic.conf manpage

README.md

@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ sudo ldconfig
 
 ## Settings
 Running Toxic for the first time creates an empty file called toxic.conf in your home configuration directory ("~/.config/tox" for Linux users). Adding options to this file allows you to enable auto-logging, change the time format (12/24 hour), and much more.
-You can view our example config file [here](misc/toxic.conf).
+You can view our example config file [here](misc/toxic.conf.example).
 

build/Makefile

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ DOC_DIR = ../doc
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 BINDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin
 DATADIR = $(PREFIX)/share/toxic
-MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/man/man1
+MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/man
-DATAFILES = DHTnodes
+DATAFILES = DHTnodes toxic.conf.example
-MANFILES = toxic.1
+MANFILES = toxic.1 toxic.conf.5
 
 LIBS = libtoxcore ncursesw
 
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ install: toxic
 	done
 	@echo "Installing man pages"
 	@for f in $(MANFILES) ; do \
-		file=$(abspath $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR))/$$f ;\
+		section=$(abspath $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR))/man`echo $$f | rev | cut -d "." -f 1` ;\
-		install -m 0644 $(DOC_DIR)/$$f $(abspath $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)) ;\
+		file=$$section/$$f ;\
-		sed -i'' -e 's:__VERSION__:'$(VERSION)':' $$file ;\
+		mkdir -p $$section ;\
+		install -m 0644 $(DOC_DIR)/$$f $$file ;\
+		sed -i'' -e 's:__VERSION__:'$(VERSION)':g' $$file ;\
 		sed -i'' -e 's:__DATADIR__:'$(abspath $(DATADIR))':g' $$file ;\
 		gzip -f -9 $$file ;\
 	done
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ install: toxic
 clean:
 	rm -rf *.d *.o toxic
 
+-include $(CFG_DIR)/help.mk
+
 -include $(OBJ:.o=.d)
 
 .PHONY: clean all install

cfg/help.mk

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Help target
+help:
+	@echo "-- Targets --"
+	@echo "  all:     Build toxic [DEFAULT]"
+	@echo "  toxic:   Build toxic"
+	@echo "  install: Build toxic and install it in PREFIX (default PREFIX is \"$(abspath $(PREFIX))\")"
+	@echo "  clean:   Remove built files"
+	@echo "  help:    This help"
+	@echo
+	@echo "-- Variables --"
+	@echo "  USER_CFLAGS:  Add custom flags to default CFLAGS"
+	@echo "  USER_LDFLAGS: Add custom flags to default LDFLAGS"
+	@echo "  PREFIX:       Specify a prefix directory for binaries, data files,... (default is \"$(abspath $(PREFIX))\")"
+	@echo "  DESTDIR:      Specify a directory where to store installed files (mainly for packaging purpose)"
+
+.PHONY: help

doc/toxic.1

@@ -35,11 +35,28 @@ for DHT bootstrap nodes, instead of
 .IR __DATADIR__/DHTnodes
 .IP "\-h, \-\-help"
 Show help message
+.SH FILES
+.IP __DATADIR__/DHTnodes
+Default list of DHT bootstrap nodes.
+.IP ~/.config/tox/data
+Savestate which contains your personal info (nickname, Tox ID,...) and
+your contacts list.
+.IP ~/.config/tox/toxic.conf
+Configuration file. See
+.BR toxic.conf (5)
+for more details.
+.IP __DATADIR__/toxic.conf.example
+Configuration example.
 .SH BUGS
-Resizing the terminal breaks the layout. We suggest you size your terminal as desired prior to starting the client. Unicode characters with a width larger than 1 column may cause strange behaviour. Expect more bugs and bad behaviour: this software is in a pre\-alpha stage.
+Resizing the terminal breaks the layout. We suggest you size your terminal as
+desired prior to starting the client. Unicode characters with a width larger
+than 1 column may cause strange behaviour. Expect more bugs and bad
+behaviour: this software is in a pre\-alpha stage.
 .SH AUTHORS
 JFreegman <JFreegman@gmail.com>
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR toxic.conf (5)
+.SH LINKS
 Project page on github: https://github.com/Tox/toxic
 .br
 IRC channel on Freenode: chat.freenode.net#tox

doc/toxic.conf.5

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+.TH TOXIC.CONF 5 "June 2014" "Toxic v__VERSION__" "User Manual"
+.SH NAME
+toxic.conf \- Configuration file for toxic(1)
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.I toxic.conf
+file is the main configuration file for
+.BR toxic (1)
+client.
+.SH SYNTAX
+.IB <KEY> : <VALUE> ;
+.PP
+Lines starting with "#" are comments and will be ignored.
+.PP
+Keys:
+.RS
+.B time
+.RS
+Select between 24 and 12 hour time.
+.br
+Values: 24, 12
+.RE
+.PP
+.B autolog
+.RS
+Enable or disable autologging.
+.br
+Values: 1 to enable, 0 to disable
+.RE
+.PP
+.B disable_alerts
+.RS
+Enable or disable terminal alerts on messages.
+.br
+Values: 0 to enable, 1 to disable
+.RE
+.PP
+.B history_size
+.RS
+Maximum lines for chat window history.
+.br
+Values: <INTEGER> (for example: 700)
+.RE
+.PP
+.B colour_theme
+.RS
+Select between toxic colour theme and notive terminal colours.
+.br
+Values: 0 for toxic colours, 1 for terminal colours
+.RE
+.PP
+.B audio_in_dev
+.RS
+Audio input device.
+.br
+Values: <INTEGER> (number correspond to "/lsdev in")
+.RE
+.PP
+.B audio_out_dev
+.RS
+Audio output device.
+.br
+Values: <INTEGER> (number correspond to "/lsdev out")
+.RE
+.PP
+.B download_path
+.RS
+Default path for downloads.
+.br
+Values: <STRING> (absolute path where to store downloaded files)
+.RE
+.RE
+.SH EXAMPLES
+This is from __DATADIR__/toxic.conf.exmaple:
+.PP
+# 24 or 12 hour time
+.br
+time:24;
+.br
+# 1 to enable autologging, 0 to disable
+.br
+autolog:0;
+.br
+# 1 to disbale terminal alerts on messages, 0 to enable
+.br
+disable_alerts:0;
+.br
+# maximum lines for chat window history
+.br
+history_size:700;
+.br
+# 1 to use native terminal colours, 0 to use toxic default colour theme
+.br
+colour_theme:0;
+.br
+# preferred audio input device; numbers correspond to /lsdev in
+.br
+audio_in_dev:0;
+.br
+# preferred audio output device; numbers correspond to /lsdev out
+.br
+audio_out_dev:0;
+.br
+# preferred path for downloads
+.br
+download_path:/home/USERNAME/Downloads/;
+.SH FILES
+.IP ~/.config/tox/toxic.conf
+Main configuration file.
+.IP __DATADIR__/toxic.conf.example
+Configuration example.
+.SH AUTHORS
+JFreegman <JFreegman@gmail.com>
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR toxic (1)
+.SH LINKS
+Project page on github: https://github.com/Tox/toxic
+.br
+IRC channel on Freenode: chat.freenode.net#tox