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| Date | 2011-09-10 21:08 -0500 |
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| From | Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> |
| Subject | Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 09/10/11 20:54, Gelonida N wrote: >> Unfortunately the help text is formatted using textwrap, which presumes >> that the entire text is a single paragraph. To get paragraphs in the >> help text, you'll need to write an IndentedHelpFormatter subclass that >> splits the text on "\n\n", textwraps the split string individually, then >> re-joins them. _format_text() and format_option() look like the methods >> that would need replacing. > > Thanks a lot. Good to know, that there are options, though a little more > complicated than expected. Just in case you want it: http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/734066-how-output-newline-carriage-return-optparse it's come up several times and several years ago I hacked together exactly the solution Rhodri mentions. -tkc
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Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Rafael Durán Castañeda <rafadurancastaneda@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 00:16 +0200
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-11 02:12 +0100
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 03:54 +0200
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-09-10 21:08 -0500
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 05:07 +0200
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-09-11 15:20 +1000
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 16:30 +0200
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-09-11 06:05 -0500
Re: optionparse: how to add a line break to the help text Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 15:22 -0500
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