Re: [Genparse-users] Descriptive name for long options

[Mike B. <mi...@bo...>]

Very cool.  Looks good to me.

Mike

Michael Geng wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> the ls command has a parameter --block-size. If you invoke 
> ls --help you see the following description:
> 
> ...
>       --block-size=SIZE      use SIZE-byte blocks
> ...
> 
> I want to make it possible to add such an optional designation 
> like "=SIZE" in the ls example above after a long option in the 
> Genparse file which can then be referred to in the following 
> descriptive text on the help screen.
> 
> In the genparse file the following would be allowed:
> 
> NONE / block-size=SIZE		int	"use SIZE-byte blocks"
> 
> The corresponding line in the genparse style help screen would 
> look like this
> 
>    [ --block-size=SIZE ] (type=INTEGER)
>           use SIZE-byte blocks
> 
> This optional descriptive name could be stored in a new string 
> _opt_name to the Clparam struct. It would only be used in the
> usage() function, nowhere else. And everything stays compatible
> because giving an opt_name string in the Genparse file is of 
> course optional.
> 
> Michael
> 


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