Add show_help() function to tuiclient

4 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/request/utils.cpp b/request/utils.cpp
index f60c6d2..ea7aaf8 100644
--- a/request/utils.cpp
+++ b/request/utils.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <iostream>
 
-void printout(string error_msg){
-	cout<<error_msg<< endl;
+void printout(string msg){
+	cout<<msg<< endl;
 }
 
 ulong time_left_from(timeval from_time){
diff --git a/tuiclient/str.cpp b/tuiclient/str.cpp
index 351b2e5..ffa8890 100644
--- a/tuiclient/str.cpp
+++ b/tuiclient/str.cpp
@@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ vector <string> split_to_vector(string splitter, string str){
 	}
 	return parts;
 }
-/*
-template<typename T> string toString(T t){
-	stringstream s;
-	s << t;
-	return s.str();
+
+void printout(string msg){
+	cout<<msg<< endl;
 }
-*/
 
 string colorToString(uint a_color){
 	switch (a_color){
diff --git a/tuiclient/str.h b/tuiclient/str.h
index cb539ce..2076ec8 100644
--- a/tuiclient/str.h
+++ b/tuiclient/str.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define __STR_H__
 #include <string>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include "log.h"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class Tparts{
 int atoi(string num_str);
 long atol(string num_str);
 
-//template<typename T> string toString(T t);
+void printout(string msg);
 string colorToString(uint a_color);
 
 string toString(uint t);
diff --git a/tuiclient/tuiclient.cpp b/tuiclient/tuiclient.cpp
index db99e73..0cac49d 100644
--- a/tuiclient/tuiclient.cpp
+++ b/tuiclient/tuiclient.cpp
@@ -275,6 +275,20 @@ void decode_log_msg(string msg_body){
 void decode_error_log_msg(string msg_body){
 	mainwindow.error_log_win.add_line(msg_body);
 }
+
+void show_help(){
+	try{
+		printout("Usage: tuiclient [OPTIONS]");
+		printout("Options:");
+		printout("--help                                               Show this help.");
+		printout("--wait-distfiles=df_name1,df_name2,...,df_nameN      Wait for specified distfiles to download and quit.");
+		printout("");
+		exit(0);
+	}catch(...){
+		printout("Error in request.cpp: show_help()");
+	}
+}
+
 int parse_cli_arguments(int argc, char* argv[]){
 	try{
 		string option,name,value;
@@ -286,6 +300,10 @@ int parse_cli_arguments(int argc, char* argv[]){
 			posEqual=option.find('=');
 			name  = trim(option.substr(0,posEqual));
 			value = trim(option.substr(posEqual+1));
+			if (name=="--help"){
+				show_help();
+				continue;
+			};
 			if (name=="--wait-distfiles"){
 				settings.arg_wait_distfiles=value;
 				settings.wait_distfiles_vector=split_to_vector(",", value);