Louie Lu added the comment: > How to use this feature? > argparse is executed every time when the end user runs the program. > But generating a man page is the action that should be executed at > develop or build stage. > ... > How generating a man page should be invoked?
For now, man page will only be generated by using `print_manpage` function, and argparse won't add a shortcut like help page (-h). Developer can use `parser.add_manpage_section` to add custom manpage section, e.g. copyright, report bugs. The only thing that will affect it that `add_manpage_section` will be adding at runtime, but user won't used it. > The end user gets a generated man page, he doesn't need the option to > generate a man page on a fly. The developer needs the ability to generate a > man page rather than running the program for its main purpose. Yes, this patch will only offer the ability to generate man page, but if developer want to build with `setup.py`, it still need to combine them. > What should be the structure of the program that uses argparse for parsing > arguments and for generating a man page? It won't need additional change, just used current method and it will work. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14102> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
