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Title: optparse help text is not easily extensible
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: None Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: ianbicking, nnorwitz
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2004-01-16 18:59 by ianbicking, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg54084 - (view) Author: Ian Bicking (ianbicking) * Date: 2004-01-16 18:59 
optparse doesn't allow for paragraph/narrative help
text.  This text would typically go below the option
listing.

There is currently no place to describe positional
arguments, and this would be a simple way to allow for
that.  This could be provided as an extra keyword
argument to OptionParser.__init__, included in the help
in the function OptionParser.format_help.
msg54085 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-03-16 05:58 
Since optik is maintained separately from the core, this request should go there.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/optik
History
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2022-04-11 14:56:02adminsetgithub: 39830
2004-01-16 18:59:28ianbickingcreate