[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[paul j3]

paul j3  added the comment:

This issue is discussed in:

https://bugs.python.org/issue34724
argparse subparser help indent too short

and

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3215/max-help-position-is-not-works-in-python-argparse-library

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[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[Pavel Ditenbir]

Change by Pavel Ditenbir :


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versions:  -Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[Pavel Ditenbir]

Change by Pavel Ditenbir :


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versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[hai shi]

Change by hai shi :


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nosy: +paul.j3, rhettinger

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[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[Pavel Ditenbir]

Change by Pavel Ditenbir :


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keywords: +patch
pull_requests: +23003
stage:  -> patch review
pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24177

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[issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[Pavel Ditenbir]

New submission from Pavel Ditenbir :

Steps to reproduce.

Run the attached script:
$ python3 argparse-indent-sample.py --help

The output is:
usage: argparse-indent-sample.py [-h] CMD ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit

service:
  CMD  command to use
addadd something
remove remove something
a-very-long-command
   command that does something

Expected output is:
usage: argparse-indent-sample.py [-h] CMD ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit

service:
  CMDcommand to use
add  add something
remove   remove something
a-very-long-command  command that does something

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components: Library (Lib)
files: argparse-indent-sample.py
messages: 384728
nosy: DiPaolo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long 
command string
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9
Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49730/argparse-indent-sample.py

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