Re: gengetopt --show-help and application --help display description differently

Hi

thanks for the report I'll work on this

cheers
	Lorenzo

J. David Bryan wrote:
> There is a small formatting bug in version 2.22.  I am using the gengetopt 
> option "--show-help" to develop an application's help screen before 
> compiling it.  However, after compiling, I find that the formatting when 
> using --help is not quite the same as it was with --show-help.
> 
> Example:
> 
>   # app.ggo
>   package "app"
>   version "1.00"
>   description "Description of app."
>   option "test" t "A simple option for app" optional
> 
>   /* app.c */
>   #include "cmdline.h"
> 
>   int main (int    argc,
>             char **argv)
>   {
>       struct gengetopt_args_info args_info;
> 
>       cmdline_parser (argc, argv, &args_info);
>       return 0;
>   }
> 
> Invocation of gengetopt:
> 
>   $ gengetopt --show-help -i app.ggo
>   app 1.00
> 
>   Usage: app [OPTIONS]...
> 
>   Description of app.
> 
>     -h, --help     Print help and exit
>     -V, --version  Print version and exit
>     -t, --test     A simple option for app
> 
> Invocation of app:
> 
>   $ app --help
>   app 1.00
> 
>   Usage: app [OPTIONS]...
> 
>   Description of app.
>     -h, --help     Print help and exit
>     -V, --version  Print version and exit
>     -t, --test     A simple option for app
> 
> Note the blank line after the description in the --show-help case but not 
> in the --help case.
> 
>                                       -- Dave
> 
> 
> 
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