> There is a good reason for putting --help and --version at the top: the man
> page is generated from the --help output

> The long help is needed because the man page is generated from it.

> It would be nice, but help2man breaks the format of the table in the man page:

scdoc[1] could be an alternative to help2man worth considering, it wouldn't 
have these problems I believe.

I can write and send an lzip.1.scd if you like, with table and everything, then 
you can freely write the -h text without worrying about what help2man will do 
with it.

Regards,
Murray.

1. https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc

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