ltlcheck: Add a man page.

* src/bin/man/ltlcheck.x: New file.
* src/bin/man/Makefile.am: Add it.
* src/bin/ltlcheck.cc: Arrange help text.

src/bin/ltlcheck.cc

@@ -64,17 +64,12 @@ const char argp_program_doc[] ="\
 Call several LTL/PSL translators and cross-compare their output to detect \
 bugs, or to gather statistics.  The list of formulas to use should be \
 supplied on standard input, or using the -f or -F options.\v\
-Examples:\n\
-  Compare neverclaims produced by ltl2tgba and spin for 100 random formulas,\n\
-  limiting runtime to 2 minutes:\n\
-  % randltl -n100 --tree-size=20..30 a b c | \\\n\
-    ltlcheck -T120 'ltl2tgba -s %f > %N' 'spin -f %s > %N' > results.json \n\
-\n\
 Exit status:\n\
   0  everything went fine (timeouts are OK too)\n\
   1  some translator failed to output something we understand, or failed\n\
      sanity checks (statistics were output nonetheless)\n\
-  2  ltlcheck aborted on error\n";
+  2  ltlcheck aborted on error\n\
+";
 
 
 #define OPT_STATES 1
@@ -97,6 +92,10 @@ static const argp_option options[] =
       "the formula as a file in Spot, Spin, or LBT's syntax", 0 },
     { "%N,%T", 0, 0, OPTION_DOC | OPTION_NO_USAGE,
       "the output automaton as a Never claim, or in LBTT's format", 0 },
+    { 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      "If either %l, %L, or %T are used, any input formula that does "
+      "not use LBT-style atomic propositions (i.e. p0, p1, ...) will be "
+      "relabeled automatically.", 0 },
     /**************************************************/
     { 0, 0, 0, 0, "State-space generation:", 4 },
     { "states", OPT_STATES, "INT", 0,

src/bin/man/Makefile.am

@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ x_to_1 = $(top_builddir)/tools/x-to-1
 convman = ARGP_HELP_FMT=header-col=0 $(SHELL) "$(x_to_1)" \
           "$(PERL)" "$(top_srcdir)/tools/help2man -N -L 'en_US.UTF-8'"
 
-dist_man1_MANS = ltlfilt.1 genltl.1 randltl.1 ltl2tgba.1 ltl2tgta.1
+dist_man1_MANS = \
+  genltl.1 \
+  ltl2tgba.1 \
+  ltl2tgta.1 \
+  ltlcheck.1 \
+  ltlfilt.1 \
+  randltl.1
+
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(dist_man1_MANS)
 EXTRA_DIST = $(dist_man1_MANS:.1=.x)
 
@@ -32,6 +39,9 @@ ltl2tgba.1: $(common_dep) $(srcdir)/ltl2tgba.x $(srcdir)/../ltl2tgba.cc
 ltl2tgta.1: $(common_dep) $(srcdir)/ltl2tgta.x $(srcdir)/../ltl2tgta.cc
 	$(convman) ../ltl2tgta$(EXEEXT) $(srcdir)/ltl2tgta.x $@
 
+ltlcheck.1: $(common_dep) $(srcdir)/ltlcheck.x $(srcdir)/../ltlcheck.cc
+	$(convman) ../ltlcheck$(EXEEXT) $(srcdir)/ltlcheck.x $@
+
 ltlfilt.1: $(common_dep) $(srcdir)/ltlfilt.x $(srcdir)/../ltlfilt.cc
 	$(convman) ../ltlfilt$(EXEEXT) $(srcdir)/ltlfilt.x $@
 

src/bin/man/ltlcheck.x

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[NAME] ltlcheck \- translate LTL/PSL formulas into Büchi automata
+[DESCRIPTION]
+.\" Add any additional description here
+[EXAMPLES]
+The following commands compare never claims produced by ltl2tgba(1)
+and spin(1) and 100 random formulas, using a timeout of 2 minutes.  A
+trace of the execution of the two tools, including any potential issue
+detected, is reported on standard error, while statistics gathered
+(normally sent to standard output) are redicted to \f(CWresults.json\fR.
+
+\f(CW% randltl -n100 --tree-size=20..30 a b c | \e
+.br
+ltlcheck -T120 'ltl2tgba -s %f > %N' 'spin -f %s > %N' > results.json\fR
+
+The next command compare lbt, ltl3ba, and ltl2tgba(1) on a set of
+formulas saved in file \f(CWinput.ltl\fR.  Statistis are again
+redirected to \f(CWresults.json\fR.  Note the use of \f(CW%L\fR to
+indicate that the LBT formula should be written into a file, and
+\f(CW%T\fR to read the output in LBTT's format (which is a superset of
+the format output by LBT).
+
+\f(CW% ltlcheck -F input.ltl 'lbt < %L > %T' 'ltl2tgba --lbtt %f > %T'\fR
+
+[SEE ALSO]
+randltl(1), genltl(1), ltlfilt(1), ltl2tgba(1)
+
+[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
+ltlcheck is a Spot-based reimplementation of a tool called LBTT.  LBTT
+was developped by Heikki Tauriainen at the Helsinki University of
+Technology.  The main motivation for the reimplementation was to
+support PSL, and output more statistics about the translation.
+
+The sanity checks performed on the result of each translator (by
+either LBTT or ltlcheck) are described in the following paper.  Our
+implementation will detect and reports problems (like inconsistencies
+between two translations) but unlike LBTT it does not offer an
+interactive mode to investigate such problems.
+
+.TP
+th02
+H. Tauriainen and K. Heljanko: Testing LTL formula translation into
+Büchi automata.  Int. J. on Software Tools for Technology Transfer.
+Volume 4, number 1, October 2002.