Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <rafadurancastaneda@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'example:': 0.03; 'args': 0.05; 'parser': 0.05; '"""': 0.07; 'suggestions.': 0.07; 'optparse': 0.09; 'width.': 0.09; 'stripped': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'advance': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'insert': 0.19; 'received:74.125.82.174': 0.19; 'received:mail- wy0-f174.google.com': 0.19; 'subject:help': 0.22; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'structure': 0.23; 'thus': 0.23; 'breaks': 0.23; 'received:192.168.1.100': 0.23; 'wondered': 0.23; "i'm": 0.27; 'import': 0.28; 'thanks': 0.30; "skip:' 10": 0.30; 'break': 0.32; 'there': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.34; 'force': 0.34; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.34; 'from:charset:iso-8859-1': 0.35; 'subject:text': 0.35; 'explain': 0.36; 'question': 0.36; 'skip:" 10': 0.36; 'options': 0.37; 'received:74.125.82': 0.38; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'difficult': 0.39; 'option': 0.39; 'help': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:74.125': 0.39; "i'd": 0.40; "it's": 0.40; 'according': 0.62; 'subject:line': 0.73; 'off"': 0.84
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FWQni3cBhXcfaqxCk9oxH1aCRTdyUF734lGXUt1fr0Q=; b=puKCQl4w052fnJRcwd2dCe1KesLNN1BtYa0C3jH8ERFalwyLrQ2UqauFuqKAKvjFfq nf/oY64j2rilFx9/430m7XHt9Qb9zddgqQsv/MBROPhv9AoUxAOVoPmu9iJ9CLB/iVsn LjMy05B7sRD0bEs/GKYXppO6y+LuLmT0E6Yb0=
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:16:42 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rafael_Dur=E1n_Casta=F1eda?= <rafadurancastaneda@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110831 Thunderbird/3.1.13
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text
References: <j4gi5r$gjc$1@dough.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <j4gi5r$gjc$1@dough.gmane.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.952.1315693006.27778.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 42
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1315693006 news.xs4all.nl 2511 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35758
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:13086

On 10/09/11 22:43, Gelonida N wrote:
> I'm having a small question about optionparse.
>
> Normaly optionparser will format the help text according to the
> console's width.
>
> I just wondered if there is any way to insert a line breakk into an
> options help text.
>
> Example:
>
> from optparse import OptionParser
>
> parser = OptionParser()
> parser.add_option("-f", action="store",
>      help="This option is really really complicated"
>           " and I'd like to write"
>           " a few paragrpahs to explain how it works."
>           "\nHowever the line breaks are stripped off"
>           " and it's thus difficult to structure the help text")
>
> args = ['-h']
> parser.parse_args(args)
>
> Is there any trick to force a new paragraph/ line break before the word
> 'However'?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions.
>
>
You can use """ for multiple line texts:
 >>> text = \
... """fsdfsfsdfsdf
...     sfsdfsfsdf
... sdfsdf  s
...
... """
 >>> text
'fsdfsfsdfsdf\n    sfsdfsfsdf\nsdfsdf  s\n\n'