anatoly techtonik <techto...@gmail.com> added the comment:

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Steven Bethard <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure about the usage_template approach - seems like it might be hard 
> to make it work, while still supporting formatter_class. (Though maybe it's 
> not so bad since the formatter class methods are all considered 
> implementation details.) I'm open to patches though if you're willing to 
> provide one.

The main point was to cut extra arguments in constructor that are used
solely for formatting the result, but it is too late to do any changes
now.

> In the meantime, a simple approach that will work is to override 
> format_help():
>
> class MyArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
>    def format_help(self):
>        help = super(MyArgumentParser, self).format_help()
>        return headline + '\n' + help

Thanks. I'll try this one next time or think about the patch. ;)

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