meson build manpages

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 494f2866..34122acc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,39 @@ pixman         = dependency('pixman-1')
 libcap         = dependency('libcap')
 math           = cc.find_library('m')
 git = find_program('git', required: false)
+a2x = find_program('a2x', required: false)
+
+if a2x.found()
+        mandir = get_option('mandir')
+        man_files = [
+                'sway/sway.1.txt',
+                'sway/sway.5.txt',
+                'sway/sway-bar.5.txt',
+                'sway/sway-input.5.txt',
+                'sway/sway-security.7.txt',
+                'swaymsg/swaymsg.1.txt',
+        ]
+        foreach filename : man_files
+                topic = filename.split('.')[-3].split('/')[-1]
+                section = filename.split('.')[-2]
+
+                custom_target(
+                        'man-@0@-@1@'.format(topic, section),
+                        input: filename,
+                        output: '@BASENAME@',
+                        command: [
+                                a2x,
+                                '--no-xmllint',
+                                '--doctype', 'manpage',
+                                '--format', 'manpage',
+                                '--destination-dir', meson.current_build_dir(),
+                                '@INPUT@'
+                        ],
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: '@0@/man@1@'.format(mandir, section)
+                )
+        endforeach
+endif
 
 version = get_option('sway_version')
 if version != ''