From: Lee Jarvis <lee@...>
Date: 2011-04-17T03:52:32+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Slop 1.5.0

Slop
====

Slop is a simple option parser with an easy to remember syntax and
friendly API.

Github: http://github.com/injekt/slop
Documentation: http://rubydoc.info/github/injekt/slop/master

Slop 1.5 introduces commands. Commands allow you to create nested Slop
objects. See an example here: https://gist.github.com/923386

Installation
------------

### Rubygems

    gem install slop

### GitHub

    git clone git://github.com/injekt/slop.git
    gem build slop.gemspec
    gem install slop-<version>.gem

Usage
-----
    # parse assumes ARGV, otherwise you can pass it your own Array
    opts = Slop.parse do
      on :v, :verbose, 'Enable verbose mode'      # boolean value
      on :n, :name, 'Your name', true              # compulsory argument
      on :s, :sex, 'Your sex', :optional => false  # the same thing
      on :a, :age, 'Your age', :optional => true   # optional argument
    end

    # if ARGV is `-v --name 'lee jarvis' -s male`
    opts.verbose? #=> true
    opts.name?    #=> true
    opts[:name]   #=> 'lee jarvis'
    opts.age?     #=> false
    opts[:age]    #=> nil

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