from optparse import IndentedHelpFormatter
import textwrap


# Taken from http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/6df6e6b541a15bc2
# This code makes optparse keep line-breaks in help strings.
class IndentedHelpFormatterWithNL(IndentedHelpFormatter): 
  def format_description(self, description): 
    if not description: return "" 
    desc_width = self.width - self.current_indent 
    indent = " "*self.current_indent 
    
    # the above is still the same 
    bits = description.split('\n') 
    formatted_bits = [ 
      textwrap.fill(bit, 
        desc_width, 
        initial_indent=indent, 
        subsequent_indent=indent) 
      for bit in bits] 
    result = "\n".join(formatted_bits) + "\n" 
    return result 
  def format_option(self, option): 
    # The help for each option consists of two parts: 
    #   * the opt strings and metavars 
    #   eg. ("-x", or "-fFILENAME, --file=FILENAME") 
    #   * the user-supplied help string 
    #   eg. ("turn on expert mode", "read data from FILENAME") 
    # 
    # If possible, we write both of these on the same line: 
    #   -x    turn on expert mode 
    # 
    # But if the opt string list is too long, we put the help 
    # string on a second line, indented to the same column it would 
    # start in if it fit on the first line. 
    #   -fFILENAME, --file=FILENAME 
    #       read data from FILENAME 
    result = [] 
    opts = self.option_strings[option] 
    opt_width = self.help_position - self.current_indent - 2 
    if len(opts) > opt_width: 
      opts = "%*s%s\n" % (self.current_indent, "", opts) 
      indent_first = self.help_position 
    else: # start help on same line as opts 
      opts = "%*s%-*s  " % (self.current_indent, "", opt_width, opts) 
      indent_first = 0 
    result.append(opts) 
    if option.help: 
      help_text = self.expand_default(option) 
# Everything is the same up through here 
      help_lines = [] 
      for para in help_text.split("\n"): 
        help_lines.extend(textwrap.wrap(para, self.help_width)) 
# Everything is the same after here 
      result.append("%*s%s\n" % ( 
        indent_first, "", help_lines[0])) 
      result.extend(["%*s%s\n" % (self.help_position, "", line) 
        for line in help_lines[1:]]) 
    elif opts[-1] != "\n": 
      result.append("\n") 
    return "".join(result)