Re: [help-gengetopt] Wish: An option to show more descriptions

[Lorenzo Bettini]

T wrote:
> Hi
>
> Allow me to elaborate my wish a bit before coming to the real request.
>
> When programming in Perl, I use the Pod::Usage package to show the online
> help. What's interesting in the Pod::Usage package is that it gives me
> three level of details. One of them is to show the help for parameters
> in details. 
>
> In gengetopt, we've already have two level of details:
>
> 1. with the option --long-help
> 2. with the option --help/--show-full-help
>
> But sometimes the one-line explanation from --help might not be enough 
> to explain things in details. However, if we put too much info in it, 
> the total --help would be too long, thus we'll loose our audience.
>
> So I wish that gengetopt can have another option to show help for parameters
> in details (say, --usage).

that would be great!
probably --usage wouldn't be the best name?
how does Pod::Usage call such an option?
This would require to add also another field in the option in the .ggo 
file (for instance details="<very long help description>")

> What the format would be? I think Pod::Usage's format for parameter details
> in the standard format. It's ok if you don't have Pod::Usage or know how to
> use it. "keychain -h" produces the same format as well. Don't have keychain?
> I really recommend installing it if you need to ssh to somewhere else.
>
> BTW, "keychain -h"'s color output is so cool. I wish we could have that
> too. :-)

COOOOOL!!! :-)
I'm used to this format since I use Gentoo as well, and I love this output!
Is it standard somehow?
Because I'd really love to add it!

hope to hear from you soon
cheers
        Lorenzo

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