[ python-Feature Requests-878458 ] optparse help text is not easily extensible

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Feature Requests item #878458, was opened at 2004-01-16 10:59
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>Resolution: Invalid
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Submitted By: Ian Bicking (ianbicking)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: optparse help text is not easily extensible

Initial Comment:
optparse doesn't allow for paragraph/narrative help
text.  This text would typically go below the option
listing.

There is currently no place to describe positional
arguments, and this would be a simple way to allow for
that.  This could be provided as an extra keyword
argument to OptionParser.__init__, included in the help
in the function OptionParser.format_help.

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2007-03-15 22:58

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Since optik is maintained separately from the core, this request should go
there.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/optik

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