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+= mediawiki - Accessing MediaWiki from Haskell =
+
+'mediawiki' is a Haskell package providing a comprehensive binding to
+the programmatic interface to MediaWiki (aka, 'the MediaWiki API') -
+
+  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
+
+The binding is allegedly complete (2008-11-17), letting you write
+applications in Haskell that accesses and (if enabled by target Wiki)
+manipulate content on MediaWiki pages.
+
+= Getting started =
+
+For some code samples showing you how to get started using this
+API binding, have a look in the examples/ directory. 
+
+= Building and installing =
+
+This package is provided in Cabal form, so only thing you need to
+do to get going is:
+
+  foo% runghc Setup configure
+  foo% runghc Setup build 
+  foo% runghc Setup install
+
+The package depends on a bunch of other packages though, so you
+need to have them built&installed, as well. They are:
+
+  * HTTP: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/HTTP
+  * xml: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/xml
+  * mime: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/mime
+  * utf8-string: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string
+
+= Feedback / question =
+
+Please send them to sof@forkIO.com , and I'll try to respond to them
+as best/quickly as possible.
diff --git a/examples/Util/GetOpts.hs b/examples/Util/GetOpts.hs
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+-- |
+--
+-- Module      : Util.GetOpts
+-- Copyright   : (c) 2004-2008, Sigbjorn Finne.
+--
+-- Maintainer  : sof@forkIO.com
+-- Stability   : provisional
+-- Portability : portable
+--
+-- Accumulator-style command-line option parsing; minor extension
+-- of @System.Console.GetOpt@ (whose interface this module re-exports).
+--
+-- So, to correctly attribute the source of the bulk of the functionality
+-- provided, here's its module header:
+-- 
+-- Module      :  System.Console.GetOpt
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Sven Panne Oct. 1996 (small changes Dec. 1997)
+-- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries\/core\/LICENSE)
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-- A Haskell port of GNU's getopt library 
+--
+
+module Util.GetOpts
+    ( module System.Console.GetOpt
+    , getOpt2           -- :: ArgOrder (a->a) 
+                        -- -> [OptDescr (a->a)]
+                        -- -> [String]
+                        -- -> a
+                        -- -> (a,[String],[String])
+    , usageInfo2        -- :: String -> [OptDescr a] -> String
+    ) where
+
+import Prelude
+import Data.List        ( isPrefixOf )
+import Text.PrettyPrint
+--import Util.Pretty
+import System.Console.GetOpt
+
+{- |
+ The @getOpt@ provided @System.Console.GetOpt@ returns a list of
+ values representing the options found present in an @argv@-vector.
+
+ @getOpt2@ offers a different view -- the options are represented
+ by a single value instead, i.e., you define a labelled field record
+ type representing the options supported, and have the OptDescr
+ elements just update the contents of that record. This has proven
+ to be quite a bit less cumbersome to work with, leaving you at
+ the end with a single value (the record) packaging up all the
+ options setting.
+ 
+ With @getOpt@, you normally end up (essentially) having to
+ write a sub parser of the list of values returned, which just
+ adds even more bulk to your code, for very little benefit.
+-}
+getOpt2 :: ArgOrder (a -> a)          -- non-option handling
+        -> [OptDescr (a -> a)]        -- option descriptors
+        -> [String]                   -- the commandline arguments
+        -> a                          -- initial state
+        -> (a,[String],[String])      -- (options,non-options,error messages)
+getOpt2 _        _        []         st = (st,[],[])
+getOpt2 ordering optDescr (arg:args) st = procNextOpt opt ordering
+   where procNextOpt (Opt f)    _                 = (f st',xs,es)
+         procNextOpt (NonOpt x) RequireOrder      = (st,x:rest,[])
+         procNextOpt (NonOpt x) Permute           = (st',x:xs,es)
+         procNextOpt (NonOpt x) (ReturnInOrder f) = (f x st', xs,es)
+         procNextOpt EndOfOpts  RequireOrder      = (st',rest,[])
+         procNextOpt EndOfOpts  Permute           = (st',rest,[])
+         procNextOpt EndOfOpts  (ReturnInOrder f) = (foldr f st' rest,[],[])
+         procNextOpt (OptErr e) _                 = (st',xs,e:es)
+
+         (opt,rest)  = getNext arg args optDescr
+         (st',xs,es) = getOpt2 ordering optDescr rest st
+
+-- getOpt2 supporting code - copied verbatim from System.Console.GetOpt 
+-- as it isn't exported.
+
+data OptKind a                -- kind of cmd line arg (internal use only):
+   = Opt       a                --    an option
+   | NonOpt    String           --    a non-option
+   | EndOfOpts                  --    end-of-options marker (i.e. "--")
+   | OptErr    String           --    something went wrong...
+
+-- take a look at the next cmd line arg and decide what to do with it
+getNext :: String -> [String] -> [OptDescr a] -> (OptKind a,[String])
+getNext ('-':'-':[]) rest _        = (EndOfOpts,rest)
+getNext ('-':'-':xs) rest optDescr = longOpt xs rest optDescr
+getNext ('-': x :xs) rest optDescr = shortOpt x xs rest optDescr
+getNext a            rest _        = (NonOpt a,rest)
+
+-- handle long option
+longOpt :: String -> [String] -> [OptDescr a] -> (OptKind a,[String])
+longOpt ls rs optDescr = long ads arg rs
+   where (opt,arg) = break (=='=') ls
+         options   = [ o  | o@(Option _ xs _ _) <- optDescr,
+                            l <- xs,
+                            opt `isPrefixOf` l
+                     ]
+         ads       = [ ad | Option _ _ ad _ <- options ]
+         optStr    = ("--"++opt)
+
+         long (_:_:_)      _        rest     = (errAmbig options optStr,rest)
+         long [NoArg  a  ] []       rest     = (Opt a,rest)
+         long [NoArg  _  ] ('=':_)  rest     = (errNoArg optStr,rest)
+         long [ReqArg _ d] []       []       = (errReq d optStr,[])
+         long [ReqArg f _] []       (r:rest) = (Opt (f r),rest)
+         long [ReqArg f _] ('=':xs) rest     = (Opt (f xs),rest)
+         long [OptArg f _] []       rest     = (Opt (f Nothing),rest)
+         long [OptArg f _] ('=':xs) rest     = (Opt (f (Just xs)),rest)
+         long _            _        rest     = (errUnrec optStr,rest)
+
+-- handle short option
+shortOpt :: Char -> String -> [String] -> [OptDescr a] -> (OptKind a,[String])
+shortOpt x ys rest1 optDescr = short ads ys rest1
+  where options = [ o  | o@(Option ss _ _ _) <- optDescr, s <- ss, x == s ]
+        ads     = [ ad | Option _ _ ad _ <- options ]
+        optStr  = '-':[x]
+
+        short (_:_:_)        _  rest     = (errAmbig options optStr,rest)
+        short (NoArg  a  :_) [] rest     = (Opt a,rest)
+        short (NoArg  a  :_) xs rest     = (Opt a,('-':xs):rest)
+        short (ReqArg _ d:_) [] []       = (errReq d optStr,[])
+        short (ReqArg f _:_) [] (r:rest) = (Opt (f r),rest)
+        short (ReqArg f _:_) xs rest     = (Opt (f xs),rest)
+        short (OptArg f _:_) [] rest     = (Opt (f Nothing),rest)
+        short (OptArg f _:_) xs rest     = (Opt (f (Just xs)),rest)
+        short []             [] rest     = (errUnrec optStr,rest)
+        short []             xs rest     = (errUnrec optStr,('-':xs):rest)
+
+-- miscellaneous error formatting
+
+errAmbig :: [OptDescr a] -> String -> OptKind a
+errAmbig ods optStr =
+  OptErr $ usageInfo header ods
+  where header = "option '" ++ optStr ++ "' is ambiguous; could be one of:"
+
+errReq :: String -> String -> OptKind a
+errReq d optStr =
+  OptErr $ "option '" ++ optStr ++ "' requires an argument " ++ d
+
+errUnrec :: String -> OptKind a
+errUnrec optStr =
+  OptErr $ "unrecognized option '" ++ optStr ++ "'"
+
+errNoArg :: String -> OptKind a
+errNoArg optStr =
+  OptErr $ "option '" ++ optStr ++ "' doesn't allow an argument"
+
+usageInfo2 :: String               -- header
+           -> [OptDescr a]         -- option descriptors
+           -> String               -- nicely formatted decription of options
+usageInfo2 header optDescr = render $ vcat $ text header : table
+  where
+    (ss, ls, descs) = unzip3 $ map fmtOpt optDescr
+    table           = 
+        let (c1, ssd) = sameLen ss
+            (c2, lsd) = sameLen ls
+        in
+            zipWith3 (paste (74 - c1 - c2)) ssd lsd descs
+    paste c3 x y z = nest 2 $ x <+> space <> y <> space <+> fitText c3 z
+    sameLen xs     =
+        let width = maximum $ map length xs
+        in
+            (width, flushLeft width xs)
+    flushLeft n xs = [ text $ take n (x ++ repeat ' ') | x <- xs ]
+
+    fmtOpt :: OptDescr a -> (String, String, String)
+    fmtOpt (Option sos los argdesc descr) =
+      ( render $ hcat $ punctuate comma $ map (fmtShort argdesc) sos
+      , render $ hcat $ punctuate comma $ map (fmtLong  argdesc) los
+      , descr
+      )
+      where
+        fmtShort :: ArgDescr a -> Char -> Doc
+        fmtShort (NoArg  _   ) so = char '-' <> char so
+        fmtShort (ReqArg _ ad) so = char '-' <> char so <+> text ad
+        fmtShort (OptArg _ ad) so = char '-' <> char so <+> brackets (text ad)
+
+        fmtLong :: ArgDescr a -> String -> Doc
+        fmtLong (NoArg  _   ) lo = text "--" <> text lo
+        fmtLong (ReqArg _ ad) lo = text "--" <> text lo <> equals <> text ad
+        fmtLong (OptArg _ ad) lo = text "--" <> text lo <> equals <>
+                                   brackets (text ad)
+
+-- | Simple line formatting of a paragraph, introducing line breaks
+-- whenever length exceeds that of the first argument.
+fitText :: Int -> String -> Doc
+fitText width s = 
+   vcat $ map (hsep . (map text))
+              (fit 0 [] (words s))
+  where
+     -- fill up lines left-to-right, introducing line breaks 
+     -- whenever line length exceeds 'width'.
+    fit :: Int -> [String] -> [String] -> [[String]]
+    fit _ acc [] = [reverse acc]
+    fit n acc (w:ws)
+     | (n + l) >= width = (reverse (w:acc)) : fit 0 [] ws
+     | otherwise        = fit (n+l+1{-word space-}) (w:acc) ws
+     where
+      l = length w
diff --git a/mediawiki.cabal b/mediawiki.cabal
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               mediawiki
-Version:            0.2
+Version:            0.2.1
 License:            BSD3
 License-file:       LICENSE
 Category:           Web
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Maintainer:         Sigbjorn Finne <sof@forkIO.com>
 Cabal-version:   >= 1.2
 build-type: Simple
+extra-source-files: README
+                    examples/ListCat.hs
+                    examples/Util/GetOpts.hs
 
 flag new-base
   description: Build with new smaller base library
