[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Steven Bethard added the comment: I'm moving this over to Issue 11695, which proposes support for a usage/help message template. -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> Improve argparse usage/help customization

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Tom Browder added the comment: ... > I see. When there are no arguments you basically want to replace the standard > argparse help entirely with your own > message, with your own capitalization, > etc. > What you're doing now looks like a pretty good approach for this, so > I guess I'm still no

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Steven Bethard added the comment: I see. When there are no arguments you basically want to replace the standard argparse help entirely with your own message, with your own capitalization, etc. What you're doing now looks like a pretty good approach for this, so I guess I'm still not clear wha

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Tom Browder added the comment: On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 17:06, Steven Bethard wrote: ... > import argparse > import sys > > parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() > parser.add_argument('--foo') > > if len(sys.argv) == 1: >    parser.print_help() > else: >    print(parser.parse_args()) Of course tha

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Steven Bethard added the comment: Sorry, typo. Should have been len(sys.argv) == 1. Full script: import argparse import sys parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--foo') if len(sys.argv) == 1: parser.print_help() else: print(parser.parse_args()) With that script,

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Steven Bethard added the comment: A simpler approach might be to do this before your call to parse_args: if len(sys.argv[0]) == 1: parser.print_help() Does that solve your problem? -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

Tom Browder added the comment: On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 16:01, Steven Bethard wrote: > > Steven Bethard added the comment: > > A simpler approach might be to do this before your call to parse_args: > > if len(sys.argv[0]) == 1: >    parser.print_help() > > Does that solve your problem? No, Ste

[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

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[issue9653] New default argparse output to be added

New submission from Tom Browder : When I use the argparse module, and I enter my program name with NO arguments or options, I would like the argparser to output something like: Usage: [options] Use option '-h' for help. I haven't yet found how to do that in the argparse module source code, bu