Added Markdown mode to puppetdoc to output Markdown.

Requires the pandoc binary to function (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/).

bin/puppetdoc

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 # = Usage
 #
-#   puppetdoc [-a|--all] [-h|--help] [-o|--outputdir <rdoc outputdir>] [-m|--mode <text|pdf|trac|rdoc>]
+#   puppetdoc [-a|--all] [-h|--help] [-o|--outputdir <rdoc outputdir>] [-m|--mode <text|pdf|markdown|trac|rdoc>]
 #             [-r|--reference <[type]|configuration|..>] [manifest-file]
 #
 # = Description
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #   Specifies the directory where to output the rdoc documentation in 'rdoc' mode.
 #
 # mode::
-#   Determine the output mode.  Valid modes are 'text', 'trac', 'pdf' and 'rdoc'.  Note that 'trac' mode only works on Reductive Labs servers.  The default mode is 'text'.  In 'rdoc' mode you must provide 'manifests-path'
+#   Determine the output mode.  Valid modes are 'text', 'trac', 'pdf', 'markdown' and 'rdoc'. The 'pdf' and 'markdown' modes create PDF or Markdown formatted files in the /tmp directory. Note that 'trac' mode only works on Reductive Labs servers.  The default mode is 'text'.  In 'rdoc' mode you must provide 'manifests-path'
 #
 # reference::
 #   Build a particular reference.  Get a list of references by running +puppetdoc --list+.
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #   $ puppetdoc --outputdir /tmp/rdoc --mode rdoc /path/to/manifests
 # or
 #   $ puppetdoc /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
+# or
+#   $ puppetdoc -m markdown -r configuration
 #
 # = Author
 #

lib/puppet/application/puppetdoc.rb

@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ Puppet::Application.new(:puppetdoc) do
     end
 
     dispatch do
-        return :rdoc if options[:mode] == :rdoc
+        return options[:mode] if [:rdoc, :trac, :markdown].include?(options[:mode])
-        return :trac if options[:mode] == :trac
         return :other
     end
 
@@ -101,6 +100,31 @@ Puppet::Application.new(:puppetdoc) do
         end
     end
 
+    command(:markdown) do
+        text = ""
+        with_contents = false
+        exit_code = 0
+        options[:references].sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }.each do |name|
+            raise "Could not find reference %s" % name unless section = Puppet::Util::Reference.reference(name)
+
+            begin
+                # Add the per-section text, but with no ToC
+                text += section.send(options[:format], with_contents)
+                text += Puppet::Util::Reference.footer
+                text.gsub!(/`\w+\s+([^`]+)`:trac:/) { |m| $1 }
+                Puppet::Util::Reference.markdown(name, text)
+                text = ""
+            rescue => detail
+                puts detail.backtrace
+                $stderr.puts "Could not generate reference %s: %s" % [name, detail]
+                exit_code = 1
+                next
+            end
+        end
+
+        exit exit_code
+    end
+
     command(:other) do
         text = ""
         if options[:references].length > 1
@@ -132,7 +156,7 @@ Puppet::Application.new(:puppetdoc) do
 
         if options[:mode] == :pdf
             Puppet::Util::Reference.pdf(text)
-        else
+        else 
             puts text
         end
 

lib/puppet/util/reference.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Puppet::Util::Reference
     end
 
     def self.modes
-        %w{pdf trac text}
+        %w{pdf trac text markdown}
     end
 
     def self.newreference(name, options = {}, &block)
@@ -57,14 +57,36 @@ class Puppet::Util::Reference
         $stderr.puts output
 
         # Now convert to pdf
-        puts "handling pdf"
         Dir.chdir("/tmp") do
             %x{texi2pdf puppetdoc.tex >/dev/null 2>/dev/null}
         end
 
-        #if FileTest.exists?("/tmp/puppetdoc.pdf")
+    end
-        #    FileUtils.mv("/tmp/puppetdoc.pdf", "/export/apache/docroots/reductivelabs.com/htdocs/downloads/puppet/reference.pdf")
+
-        #end
+    def self.markdown(name, text)
+        puts "Creating markdown for #{name} reference."
+        dir = "/tmp/" + Puppet::PUPPETVERSION
+        FileUtils.mkdir(dir) unless File.directory?(dir) 
+        File.open(dir + "/" + "#{name}.rst", "w") do |f|
+            f.puts text
+        end
+        pandoc = %x{which pandoc}
+        if $? != 0 or pandoc =~ /no /
+            pandoc = %x{which pandoc}
+        end
+        if $? != 0 or pandoc =~ /no /
+            raise "Could not find pandoc"
+        end
+        pandoc.chomp!
+        cmd = %{#{pandoc} -s -r rst -w markdown #{dir}/#{name}.rst -o #{dir}/#{name}.mdwn}
+        output = %x{#{cmd}}
+        unless $? == 0
+            $stderr.puts "Pandoc failed to create #{name} reference."
+            $stderr.puts output
+            exit(1)
+        end
+ 
+        File.unlink(dir + "/" + "#{name}.rst")
     end
 
     def self.references