Refactor cli command loading

amanuensis/__main__.py

@@ -46,14 +46,9 @@ def repl(args):
 				traceback.print_exc()
 
 def get_parser(valid_commands):
-	# Pull out the command functions' docstrings to describe them.
-	command_descs = "\n".join([
-		"- {0}: {1}".format(name, func.__doc__)
-		for name, func in valid_commands.items()])
-
 	# Set up the top-level parser.
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-		description="Available commands:\n{}\n".format(command_descs),
+		description=cli.describe_commands(),
 		formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
 	# The config directory.
 	parser.add_argument("--config-dir",
@@ -105,10 +100,7 @@ def get_parser(valid_commands):
 
 def main(argv):
 	# Enumerate valid commands from the CLI module.
-	commands = {
-		name[8:].replace("_", "-") : func
-		for name, func in vars(cli).items()
-		if name.startswith("command_")}
+	commands = cli.get_commands()
 
 	args = get_parser(commands).parse_args(argv)
 

amanuensis/cli/__init__.py

@@ -8,5 +8,53 @@
 # run after commandline parsing has already occurred.
 #
 
-from cli.server import *
-from cli.user import *
+def server_commands(commands={}):
+	if commands: return commands
+	import cli.server
+	for name, func in vars(cli.server).items():
+		if name.startswith("command_"):
+			name = name[8:].replace("_", "-")
+			commands[name] = func
+	return commands
+
+def lexicon_commands(commands={}):
+	if commands: return commands
+	import cli.lexicon
+	for name, func in vars(cli.lexicon).items():
+		if name.startswith("command_"):
+			name = name[8:].replace("_", "-")
+			commands["lexicon-" + name] = func
+	return commands
+
+def user_commands(commands={}):
+	if commands: return commands
+	import cli.user
+	for name, func in vars(cli.user).items():
+		if name.startswith("command_"):
+			name = name[8:].replace("_", "-")
+			commands["user-" + name] = func
+	return commands
+
+def get_commands():
+	return {**server_commands(), **lexicon_commands(), **user_commands()}
+
+def describe_commands():
+	longest = max(map(len, server_commands().keys()))
+	server_desc = "General commands:\n{}\n".format("\n".join([
+		" {1:<{0}} : {2}".format(longest, name, func.__doc__ or "")
+		for name, func in server_commands().items()
+	]))
+
+	longest = max(map(len, lexicon_commands().keys()))
+	lexicon_desc = "Lexicon commands:\n{}\n".format("\n".join([
+		" {1:<{0}} : {2}".format(longest, name, func.__doc__ or "")
+		for name, func in lexicon_commands().items()
+	]))
+
+	longest = max(map(len, user_commands().keys()))
+	user_desc = "User commands:\n{}\n".format("\n".join([
+		" {1:<{0}} : {2}".format(longest, name, func.__doc__ or "")
+		for name, func in user_commands().items()
+	]))
+
+	return "\n".join([server_desc, lexicon_desc, user_desc])

amanuensis/cli/lexicon.py

@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 from cli.helpers import add_argument, no_argument
+
+@no_argument
+def command_noop(args):
+	"""noop"""
+	pass

amanuensis/cli/user.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from cli.helpers import add_argument, no_argument
 @add_argument("--username", help="User's login handle")
 @add_argument("--displayname", help="User's publicly displayed name")
 @add_argument("--email", help="User's email")
-def command_user_add(args):
+def command_add(args):
 	"""Creates a user"""
 	import json
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def command_user_add(args):
 	print("Username: {}\nUser ID:  {}\nPassword: {}".format(args.username, new_user.uid, tmp_pw))
 
 @add_argument("--id", help="id of user to delete")
-def command_user_delete(args):
+def command_delete(args):
 	import os
 
 	import config
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def command_user_delete(args):
 			del j[uid]
 
 @no_argument
-def command_user_list(args):
+def command_list(args):
 	"""Lists users"""
 	import os
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def command_user_list(args):
 		print("{0}  {1} ({2})".format(user['uid'], user['displayname'], user['username']))
 
 @add_argument("--username", help="The user to change password for")
-def command_user_passwd(args):
+def command_passwd(args):
 	"""Set a user's password"""
 	import getpass
 	import os