From: Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:02:07 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added the --help-formats option.
X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c49a92058415f38909bf323a82313bba7b17cd63;p=mtp.git

Added the --help-formats option.
---

diff --git a/mtp.cc b/mtp.cc
index 5feb2be..300e4a6 100644
--- a/mtp.cc
+++ b/mtp.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -39,17 +40,51 @@ char graph_filename[FILENAME_SIZE];
 int verbose;
 
 void usage(ostream *os) {
-  (*os) << "mtp [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trajectory-filename <trajectory filename>] [-g|--graph-filename <graph filename>] [<tracking parameter file>]" << endl;
+  (*os) << "mtp [-h|--help] [--help-formats] [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trajectory-filename <trajectory filename>] [-g|--graph-filename <graph filename>] [<tracking parameter file>]" << endl;
   (*os) << endl;
   (*os) << "The mtp command processes a file containing the description of a topology" << endl;
   (*os) << "and detection scores, and prints the optimal set of trajectories." << endl;
-  (*os) << "If no filename is provided, it will read the parameters from the stdin." << endl;
-  (*os) << "If no trajectory filename is provided, it will write the result to" << endl;
-  (*os) << "stdout." << endl;
+  (*os) << endl;
+  (*os) << "If no filename is provided, it reads the parameters from the standard" << endl;
+  (*os) << "input. If no trajectory filename is provided, it writes the result to" << endl;
+  (*os) << "the standard output." << endl;
   (*os) << endl;
   (*os) << "Written by Francois Fleuret. (C) Idiap Research Institute, 2012." << endl;
 }
 
+void print_help_formats() {
+  cout << "The tracking parameters the command takes as input have the following" << endl;
+  cout << "format, where L is the number of locations and T is the number of time" << endl;
+  cout << "steps:" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------" << endl;
+  cout << "  int:L int:T" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:allowed_motion_from_1_to_1 ... bool:allowed_motion_from_1_to_L" << endl;
+  cout << "  ..." << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:allowed_motion_from_L_to_1 ... bool:allowed_motion_from_L_to_L" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:entrance_1_1 ... bool:entrance_1_L" << endl;
+  cout << "  ..." << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:entrance_T_1 ... bool:entrance_T_L" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:exit_1_1 ... bool:exit_1_L" << endl;
+  cout << "  ..." << endl;
+  cout << "  bool:exit_T_1 ... bool:exit_T_L" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "  float:detection_score_1_1 ... float:detection_score_1_L" << endl;
+  cout << "  ..." << endl;
+  cout << "  float:detection_score_T_1 ... float:detection_score_T_L" << endl;
+  cout << "---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "As results, the command writes first the number of trajectories," << endl;
+  cout << "followed by one line per trajectory with the following structure:" << endl;
+  cout << endl;
+  cout << "---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------" << endl;
+  cout << "  int:traj_number int:entrance_time int:duration float:score int:location_1 ... int:location_duration" << endl;
+  cout << "---------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------" << endl;
+}
+
 scalar_t diff_in_second(struct timeval *start, struct timeval *end) {
   return
     scalar_t(end->tv_sec - start->tv_sec) +
@@ -100,11 +135,17 @@ void do_tracking(istream *in_tracker) {
   delete tracker;
 }
 
+enum
+{
+  OPT_HELP_FORMATS = CHAR_MAX + 1
+};
+
 static struct option long_options[] = {
   { "trajectory-file", 1, 0, 't' },
   { "graph-file", 1, 0, 'g' },
   { "help", no_argument, 0, 'h' },
   { "verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v' },
+  { "help-formats", no_argument, 0, OPT_HELP_FORMATS },
   { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -133,6 +174,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       show_help = 1;
       break;
 
+    case OPT_HELP_FORMATS:
+      print_help_formats();
+      exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+      break;
+
     case 'v':
       verbose = 1;
       break;