Better sphinx manpage ext. Add custom dotman Makefile target for custom .cdist directory.

cdist/sphinxext/manpage.py

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+import sphinx.builders.manpage
+import sphinx.writers.manpage
+from docutils.frontend import OptionParser
+from sphinx.util.console import bold, darkgreen
+from six import string_types
+from docutils.io import FileOutput
+from os import path
+from sphinx.util.nodes import inline_all_toctrees
+from sphinx import addnodes
+
+"""
+    Extension based on sphinx builtin manpage.
+    It does not write its own .SH NAME based on config,
+    but leaves everything to actual reStructuredText file content.
+"""
+
+class ManualPageTranslator(sphinx.writers.manpage.ManualPageTranslator):
+
+   def header(self):
+       tmpl = (".TH \"%(title_upper)s\" \"%(manual_section)s\""
+               " \"%(date)s\" \"%(version)s\" \"%(manual_group)s\"\n")
+       return tmpl % self._docinfo
+
+
+class ManualPageWriter(sphinx.writers.manpage.ManualPageWriter):
+
+    def __init__(self, builder):
+        super().__init__(builder)
+        self.translator_class = (
+                self.builder.translator_class or ManualPageTranslator)
+
+
+class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
+
+    name = 'cman'
+
+    def write(self, *ignored):
+        docwriter = ManualPageWriter(self)
+        docsettings = OptionParser(
+            defaults=self.env.settings,
+            components=(docwriter,),
+            read_config_files=True).get_default_values()
+
+        self.info(bold('writing... '), nonl=True)
+
+        for info in self.config.man_pages:
+            docname, name, description, authors, section = info
+            if isinstance(authors, string_types):
+                if authors:
+                    authors = [authors]
+                else:
+                    authors = []
+
+            targetname = '%s.%s' % (name, section)
+            self.info(darkgreen(targetname) + ' { ', nonl=True)
+            destination = FileOutput(
+                destination_path=path.join(self.outdir, targetname),
+                encoding='utf-8')
+
+            tree = self.env.get_doctree(docname)
+            docnames = set()
+            largetree = inline_all_toctrees(self, docnames, docname, tree,
+                                            darkgreen, [docname])
+            self.info('} ', nonl=True)
+            self.env.resolve_references(largetree, docname, self)
+            # remove pending_xref nodes
+            for pendingnode in largetree.traverse(addnodes.pending_xref):
+                pendingnode.replace_self(pendingnode.children)
+
+            largetree.settings = docsettings
+            largetree.settings.title = name
+            largetree.settings.subtitle = description
+            largetree.settings.authors = authors
+            largetree.settings.section = section
+
+            docwriter.write(largetree, destination)
+        self.info()
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_builder(ManualPageBuilder)