class for hint message printing

src/help_printer.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Pawel Szostek (pawel.szostek@cern.ch)
+#
+#    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
+#    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
+#    General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+#    any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+#
+
+import msg as p
+
+class HelpPrinter():
+    @staticmethod
+    def print_action_help():
+        p.rawprint("`Action' variable was not specified")
+        p.rawprint("Allowed values are: \"simulation\" or \"synthesis\"")
+        p.rawprint()
+        p.rawprint("This variable in a manifest file is necessary for Hdlmake " \
+        "to be able to know what to do with the given modules' structure.")
+        HelpPrinter.__more()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __more():
+        p.rawprint("For more help type `hdlmake --help' " \
+        "or visit http://www.ohwr.org/projects/hdl-make")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    hp = HelpPrinter
+    hp.print_action_help()
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