Slackdesc: A slack-desc generator.

Summary

Slackdesc is a simple tool that generates the slack-desc files for Slackware linux packages.
It supports two modes of operation:

Basic mode, using command-line arguments. (Recommended)
Interactive mode (wizard dialog).

It is basically a bash script with very few dependencies: wc, printf, echo.
Compared to other existing tools, it is more easy to use. You can simply copy-paste parts of the description of the package from the website it is being hosted without having to worry about the template restrictions; slackdesc will take care of that for you. This way you can generate the slack-desc files in seconds!

Download

http://slack-desc.sourceforge.net/projects/slack-desc/files

Examples

Basic Mode (command line arguments)

slackdesc "< package name >" "< Short description >" "< Long description >" "< http://homepage >" [ -r ] [ -n ]

Interactive Mode (wizard)

slackdesc -i [ -r ] [ -n ]

Example:

slackdesc "slackdesc" "0.01" "Slackware slack-desc generator tool" "slackdesc 
is a tool that generates the slack-desc files for Slackware linux packages. It
 supports two modes of operation: the argument-based one and the interactive 
one." "http://slack-desc.sourceforge.net" 

slackdesc: slackdesc 0.01 slackware slack-desc generator tool  
slackdesc:  
slackdesc: slackdesc is a tool that generates the slack-desc files for 
slackdesc: Slackware linux packages. It supports two modes of operation: the 
slackdesc: argument-based one and the interactive one.  
slackdesc: 
slackdesc: 
slackdesc: 
slackdesc: 
slackdesc: 
slackdesc: http://slack-desc.sourceforge.net

Arguments description

-i                     Launch interactive wizard
< package name >       Single word; The name of the package (application name).
< version >            The application version.
< short description >  A short description that fits one line.
< long description >   A description up to 7 lines long.
< http://homepage >    The project homepage. Should fit in 1 line.
-r                     Show handy ruler on top.
-n                     Disable sanity checks.
--help                 Display this help message.

Contact
You can contact me for any bug reports or comments at: (merge the two lines and replace "," with ".").

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http://slack-desc.sourceforge.net/projects/slack-desc