Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14612/Misc Modified Files: NEWS Log Message: Mention upgrade of optparse to Optik 1.5a1. Index: NEWS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.1057 retrieving revision 1.1058 diff -C2 -d -r1.1057 -r1.1058 *** NEWS 27 Jul 2004 21:02:02 -0000 1.1057 --- NEWS 31 Jul 2004 16:16:11 -0000 1.1058 *************** *** 135,138 **** --- 135,169 ---- as informed by locale module's getpreferredencoding(). + - optparse module (and tests) upgraded to Optik 1.5a1. Changes: + + - Add expansion of default values in help text: the string + "%default" in an option's help string is expanded to str() of + that option's default value, or "none" if no default value. + + - Bug #955889: option default values that happen to be strings are + now processed in the same way as values from the command line; this + allows generation of nicer help when using custom types. Can + be disabled with parser.set_process_default_values(False). + + - Bug #960515: don't crash when generating help for callback + options that specify 'type', but not 'dest' or 'metavar'. + + - Feature #815264: change the default help format for short options + that take an argument from e.g. "-oARG" to "-o ARG"; add + set_short_opt_delimiter() and set_long_opt_delimiter() methods to + HelpFormatter to allow (slight) customization of the formatting. + + - Patch #736940: internationalize Optik: all built-in user- + targeted literal strings are passed through gettext.gettext(). (If + you want translations (.po files), they're not included with Python + -- you'll find them in the Optik source distribution from + http://optik.sourceforge.net/ .) + + - Bug #878453: respect $COLUMNS environment variable for + wrapping help output. + + - Feature #988122: expand "%prog" in the 'description' passed + to OptionParser, just like in the 'usage' and 'version' strings. + (This is *not* done in the 'description' passed to OptionGroup.) Tools/Demos