Add man page output for the frontends

CHANGELIST.md

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 - Fix two recent media information window render issues
 - Modify link to new dreamdump release 0.4.0 (MoriGM)
 - Slight wording tweaks for commandline interactive modes
+- Add man page output to the command-line programs (gmipf)
+- Add a man page for the graphical frontend (gmipf)
 
 ### 3.8.3 (2026-07-06)
 

MPF.Avalonia/MPF.1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.\" Manual page for the MPF graphical frontend.
+.\" This page is maintained by hand. The command-line frontends generate
+.\" their own pages with "MPF.CLI man" and "MPF.Check man".
+.TH "MPF" "1" "" "" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+MPF \- graphical frontend for various dumping programs
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B MPF
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+MPF is the graphical component of the Media Preservation Frontend. It
+provides a cross-platform interface for dumping optical media with programs
+such as Redumper, Aaru, and DiscImageCreator, and for preparing the
+resulting submission information.
+.PP
+The program is operated through its graphical interface. For scripted or
+headless use, the command-line frontends provide the same dumping and
+validation workflows.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR MPF.CLI (1),
+.BR MPF.Check (1)
+.PP
+Full documentation and source are available at
+https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF

MPF.CLI/Program.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ public class Program
     {
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            // Create the command set
+            var mainFeature = new MainFeature();
+            var commandSet = CreateCommands(mainFeature);
+
+            // The man page is rendered purely from the command model, so emit it
+            // before the configuration path and other startup output to keep the roff clean
+            if (args is not null && args.Length > 0 && commandSet.GetTopLevel(args[0]) is Manpage manpage)
+            {
+                manpage.ProcessArgs(args, 0, commandSet);
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Load options from the config file
             var options = OptionsLoader.LoadFromConfig(out string? configPath);
 
@@ -34,10 +46,6 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Create the command set
-            var mainFeature = new MainFeature();
-            var commandSet = CreateCommands(mainFeature);
-
             // If we have no args, show the help and quit
             if (args is null || args.Length == 0)
             {
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ private static CommandSet CreateCommands(MainFeature mainFeature)
 
             // Standalone Options
             commandSet.Add(new Help());
+            commandSet.Add(new Manpage(CreateManpageInfo()));
             commandSet.Add(new VersionFeature());
             commandSet.Add(new ListCodesFeature());
             commandSet.Add(new ListConfigFeature());
@@ -171,5 +180,18 @@ private static CommandSet CreateCommands(MainFeature mainFeature)
 
             return commandSet;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create the man page metadata for the program
+        /// </summary>
+        private static ManpageInfo CreateManpageInfo()
+        {
+            return new ManpageInfo("MPF.CLI")
+            {
+                Version = FrontendTool.GetCurrentVersion(),
+                Title = "User Commands",
+                Description = "CLI frontend for various dumping programs",
+            };
+        }
     }
 }

MPF.Check/Program.cs

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
             {
                 // Standalone Options
                 case Help: BaseFeature.DisplayHelp(); return;
+                case Manpage manpage: manpage.ProcessArgs(args, 0, commandSet); return;
                 case VersionFeature version: version.Execute(); return;
                 case ListCodesFeature lc: lc.Execute(); return;
                 case ListConfigFeature lc: lc.Execute(); return;
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ private static CommandSet CreateCommands(MainFeature mainFeature)
 
             // Standalone Options
             commandSet.Add(new Help());
+            commandSet.Add(new Manpage(CreateManpageInfo()));
             commandSet.Add(new VersionFeature());
             commandSet.Add(new ListCodesFeature());
             commandSet.Add(new ListConfigFeature());
@@ -178,5 +180,18 @@ private static CommandSet CreateCommands(MainFeature mainFeature)
 
             return commandSet;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create the man page metadata for the program
+        /// </summary>
+        private static ManpageInfo CreateManpageInfo()
+        {
+            return new ManpageInfo("MPF.Check")
+            {
+                Version = FrontendTool.GetCurrentVersion(),
+                Title = "User Commands",
+                Description = "Validator for various dumping programs",
+            };
+        }
     }
 }