From 0da36439a68e7f7716f7967c9437c595fe8b810b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois=20Dausseur?= <francois.dausseur@ch.mrcy.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:37:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] management of help functions improved.

---
 src/appengine/__init__.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/appengine/__init__.py b/src/appengine/__init__.py
index 81259d8..f4e2bd7 100644
--- a/src/appengine/__init__.py
+++ b/src/appengine/__init__.py
@@ -175,7 +175,28 @@ class Commands(Thread):
 
         if module == "":
             if method == 'help':
-                return self.list_modules()
+                # No argument was given to the help function
+                if len(args) == 0 and len(kwargs) == 0:
+                    msg  = "Type 'help <module>' to have the list of module's functions.\n"
+                    msg += "Type 'help <module>.<function>' to documentation of a specific function.\n"
+                    success, ret = self.list_modules()
+                    return success, msg + ret
+                else:
+                    # 1 argument has been provided
+                    if len(args) > 0:
+                        arg = args[0]
+                    else:
+                        arg = list(kwargs.keys())[0]
+                    spl = arg.split(".", 1)
+
+                    # help <module>
+                    if len(spl) == 1:
+                        module = arg
+                    # help <module>.<method>
+                    else:
+                        module = spl[0]
+                        args = [spl[1]]
+                        kwargs = {}
             else:
                 module = self.defmod