Changeset 454

Timestamp:

01-11-09 17:05:09 (4 years ago)

Author:

thomas

Message:

• command.py: Allow natural formatting of a list, identified by a line that starts with a space then a dash.

Location:

trunk/moap/extern/command

Files:

• ChangeLog (modified) (1 diff)
• command.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/moap/extern/command/ChangeLog

@@ +1 @@
+2009-11-01  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+        * command.py:
+          Allow natural formatting of a list, identified by a line that
+          starts with a space then a dash.
+
 2009-11-01  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 

trunk/moap/extern/command/command.py

@@ -33 +33 @@
 
     def format_description(self, description, width=None):
-
         # textwrap doesn't allow for a way to preserve double newlines
         # to separate paragraphs, so we do it here.
-        blocks = description.split('\n\n')
+        paragraphs = description.split('\n\n')
+        print paragraphs
         rets = []
 
-        for block in blocks:
-            rets.append(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter.format_description(self,
-                block))
+        for paragraph in paragraphs:
+            # newlines starting with a space/dash are treated as a table, ie as
+            # is
+            lines = paragraph.split('\n -')
+            formatted = []
+            for line in lines:
+                formatted.append(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter.format_description(self,
+                line))
+            rets.append(" -".join(formatted))
+
         ret = "\n".join(rets)