Issue 1222235: Bad optparse help wrapping with multiple paragraphs (original) (raw)

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Title: Bad optparse help wrapping with multiple paragraphs
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions:

process

Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: gward Nosy List: barry, gward, nnorwitz
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2005-06-16 22:18 by barry, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg54573 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-06-16 22:18
If the help text for an option consists of multiple paragraphs, optparse wraps all the paragraphs into one big mess when --help is used. optparse should really split the text by paragraphs and fill each individual paragraph.
msg54574 - (view) Author: Greg Ward (gward) (Python committer) Date: 2005-07-22 02:08
Logged In: YES user_id=14422 This sounds an awful lot like Optik RFE #1055954 -- see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=421100&aid=1055954&group_id=38019 .
msg54575 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-03-16 06:27
Closing, assuming this is tracked in http://sourceforge.net/projects/optik
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:11 admin set github: 42091
2005-06-16 22🔞10 barry create

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