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Remove ":" from argparse docs

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Also improve some of the wording.

Fixes #4871.

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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ or return
If `$argv` is empty then there is nothing to parse and `argparse` returns zero to indicate success. If `$argv` is not empty then it is checked for flags `-h`, `--help`, `-n` and `--name`. If they are found they are removed from the arguments and local variables (more on this <a href="argparse-local-variables">below</a>) are set so the script can determine which options were seen. Assuming `$argv` doesn't have any errors, such as a missing mandatory value for an option, then `argparse` exits with status zero. Otherwise it writes appropriate error messages to stderr and exits with a status of one.
Not including a `--` argument is an error condition. You do not have to include any arguments after the `--` but you must include the `--`. For example, this is acceptable:
The `--` argument is required. You do not have to include any arguments after the `--` but you must include the `--`. For example, this is acceptable:
\fish
set -l argv
@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Each option specification is a string composed of
- `=?` it takes an optional value and only the last instance of the flag is saved, else
- `=+` if it requires a value each instance of the flag is saved.
- `=+` if it requires a value and each instance of the flag is saved.
- Optionally a `!` followed by fish script to validate the value. Typically this will be a function to run. If the return status is zero the value for the flag is valid. If non-zero the value is invalid. Any error messages should be written to stdout (not stderr). See the section on <a href="#arparse-validation">Flag Value Validation</a> for more information.
@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Some OPTION_SPEC examples:
- `x=`, `x=?`, and `x=+` are similar to the n/name examples above but there is no long flag alternative to the short flag `-x`.
- `x-` is not valid since there is no long flag name and therefore the short flag, `-x`, has to be usable. This is obviously true whether or not the specification also includes one of `:`, `::`, `+`.
- `x-` is not valid since there is no long flag name and therefore the short flag, `-x`, has to be usable.
- `#-max` means that flags matching the regex "^--?\d+$" are valid. When seen they are assigned to the variable `_flag_max`. This allows any valid positive or negative integer to be specified by prefixing it with a single "-". Many commands support this idiom. For example `head -3 /a/file` to emit only the first three lines of /a/file.
@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Some OPTION_SPEC examples:
After parsing the arguments the `argv` var is set with local scope to any values not already consumed during flag processing. If there are not unbound values the var is set but `count $argv` will be zero.
If an error occurs during argparse processing it will exit with a non-zero status and appropriate error messages are written to stderr.
If an error occurs during argparse processing it will exit with a non-zero status and print error messages to stderr.
\subsection argparse-notes Notes