switch to table style syntax for subcommands

src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim

@@ -305,18 +305,21 @@ func parseIdentLikeList(node: NimNode): seq[string] =
 func parseCliBody(body: NimNode, name: string = "", root: bool= false): CliCfg
 
 func isSubMarker(node: NimNode): bool =
-  if node.kind == nnkPrefix:
+  if node.kind != nnkBracket: return false
-    if eqIdent(node[0], "---"):
+  if node.len != 1: return false
-      result = true
+  if node[0].kind notin [nnkIdent, nnkStrLit]:
+    return false
+  result = true
 
 func sliceStmts(node: NimNode): seq[
   tuple[name: string, slice: Slice[int]]
 ] =
+
   if not isSubMarker(node[0]):
     error "expected a subcommand delimiting line"
 
   var
-    name: string = node[0][1].strVal
+    name: string = node[0][0].strVal
     start = 1
   let nodeLen = node.len()
 
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ func sliceStmts(node: NimNode): seq[
       result.add (name, start..i)
     elif isSubMarker(node[i]):
       result.add (name, start..(i - 1))
-      name = node[i][1].strVal
+      name = node[i][0].strVal
       start = i + 1
 
 

tests/example.nim

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hwylCli:
   run:
     echo "this is always run prior to subcommand parsing"
   subcommands:
-    --- "onelonger"
+    [onelonger]
     ... """
     the first subcommand
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ hwylCli:
       echo fmt"{verbose=}"
       echo fmt"{config=}"
 
-    --- "two-longer"
+    ["two-longer"]
     ... """
     some second subcommand
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ hwylCli:
     and it will automatically be "bb"'ed [bold]this is bold text[/]
     """
     flags:
-      a:
+      auto:
-        T bool
+        - a
         ? "some help"
       b:
         T seq[float]
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ hwylCli:
       h "this will override the builtin 'h' for help"
     run:
       echo "hello from `example b` command"
-      echo fmt"{a=}, {b=}"
+      echo fmt"{auto=}, {b=}"