+++ rdoc.rb     2006-09-19 21:52:20.078125000 -0500
@@ -221,6 +221,48 @@

         content = File.open(fn, "r") {|f| f.read}

+# BEGIN PATCH
+# command line option simulation
+optparse_help = 'start'#'finish' # 'start' 'override'
+
+if optparse_help
+  # most of this code just determines the start and finish of the very top of rdoc documentation
+  # then we can place the help_doc before, after, or overriding the top rdoc documentation
+  rdoc_start, rdoc_finish = nil, nil
+  content.each_with_index do |line, index|
+    next if index == 0 and line =~ /^#\!/
+    if rdoc_start.nil?
+      case line
+        when /^\s$/ then next
+        when /^#/   then rdoc_start = index
+        else break
+      end
+    elsif rdoc_finish.nil?
+      rdoc_finish = index if line =~ /^[^#]/
+    elsif line =~ /\s*require|load\s+(['"])[\\\/\w]*optparse(\.rb)*\1/
+      content = content.to_a
+
+      # this one line give us our documentation
+      # do not chomp
+      help_doc = %x{ruby #{fn} --help}.map{ |line| '#' << line }
+
+      case optparse_help
+        when 'start'
+          content = content[0...rdoc_start] + help_doc + content[rdoc_start..-1]
+        when 'finish'
+          content = content[0...rdoc_finish] + help_doc + content[rdoc_finish..-1]
+        when 'override'
+          content = help_doc + content[rdoc_finish..-1]
+      end
+
+      content = content.to_s
+      break
+    end
+  end
+end
+puts content
+# END PATCH
+
         top_level = TopLevel.new(fn)
         parser = ParserFactory.parser_for(top_level, fn, content, options, @stats)
         file_info << parser.scan