Re: feature request #1055954: respect newlines in description

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:49:39 -0500, Greg Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> A compelling argument would be if someone wanted multiple paragraphs in
> the description.  My proposed interface for that would be
<snip>
> So: does anyone want this feature?  If so, I'll hijack Tomi's SF item
> and implement it.  If not -- never mind.

Hmm... it looks like I've been unknowingly mis-using the OptionParser
init keywords in such a way that I didn't run into this problem even
though I'm using some specific formatting. I've been using 'usage'
rather than 'description'.

Example output: 
C:\aveng\Projects\Database\DBReplicationMonitor>BulkBitsAdmin.py
usage:
  This program will change the state of all BITS jobs on this computer.

Basic Usage:
  BulkBitsAdmin ACTION [options]

  ACTION    The action to apply to each job. (RESUME, SUSPEND, CANCEL,
            COMPLETE)

options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
<snip>


and in BulkBitsAdmin.py:
def main(action, options):
    """
  This program will change the state of all BITS jobs on this computer.

Basic Usage:
  BulkBitsAdmin ACTION [options] 

  ACTION    The action to apply to each job. (RESUME, SUSPEND, CANCEL, 
            COMPLETE) """ 

<snip>
if __name__ == '__main__':
    versiontext = '%prog ' + config.version
    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=main.__doc__, version=versiontext)


So... for me at least, please don't pass 'usage' through textwrap and
I'll be happy.

Take care,
-Brian


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