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36bc641648 fix(help): Remove extraneous text from built-ins
This is an intermediate solution for #4408.  As there were no agreeed
upon goals, I went with what I felt read well and that I saw commonly
used on non-clap commands.

- "information" isn't really a necessary word.
- I originally favored `Print this help` but realied that doesn't read
  correctly in completions.
- Besides being shorter, the reason for the flipped short/long hint is
  it gives people the context they need for scanning, emphasizing
  "summary" and "more".

Fixes #4409
2023-01-03 11:02:26 -06:00
Ed Page
c1c269b427 fix(help): Clarify short vs long help
In reviewing CLIs for #4132, I found some were providing helps on `-h`
vs `--help` and figured that could be built directly into clap.  I had
considered not making this hint automatic but I figured the overhead of
checking if long exists wouldn't be too bad.  The code exists (no binary
size increase) and just a simple iteration is probably not too slow
compared to everything else.

Fixes #1015
2022-08-31 14:25:46 -05:00
Ed Page
f70ebe89a7 fix!: Require explicit help/version disabling
Before we introduced actions, it required specific setups to engage with
claps version and help printing.  With actions making that more
explicit, we don't get as much benefit from our multiple, obscure, ways
of users customizing help

Before
- Modify existing help or version with `mut_arg` which would
  automatically be pushed down the command tree like `global(true)`
- Create an new help or version and have it treated as if it was the
  built-in on (I think)
- Use the same flags as built-in and have the built-in flags
  automatically disabled
- Users could explicitly disable the built-in functionality and do what
  they want

Now
- `mut_arg` no longer works as we define help and version flags at the
  end
- If someone defines a flag that overlaps with the built-ins by id,
  long, or short, a debug assert will tell them to explicitly disable
  the built-in
- Any customization has to be done by a user providing their own.  To
  propagate through the command tree, they need to set `global(true)`.

Benefits
- Hopefully, this makes it less confusing on how to override help
  behavior.  Someone creates an arg and we then tell them how to disable
  the built-in
- This greatly simplifies the arg handling by pushing more
  responsibility onto the developer in what are hopefully just corner
  cases
- This removes about 1Kb from .text

Fixes #3405
Fixes #4033
2022-08-10 20:33:21 -05:00
Orhun Parmaksız
2740be259c
fix(man): show the environment info with separate paragraph (#3631)
This commit updates the man page renderer to use a relative margin
indent for environment variable text instead of appending to the
existing help text.

Signed-off-by: Orhun Parmaksız <orhunparmaksiz@gmail.com>
Fixes: #3630
2022-04-20 08:50:11 -05:00