[ python-Bugs-878453 ] optparse indents without respect to $COLUMNS

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Bugs item #878453, was opened at 2004-01-16 13:50
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ian Bicking (ianbicking)
Assigned to: Greg Ward (gward)
Summary: optparse indents without respect to $COLUMNS

Initial Comment:
optparse should pay attention to the $COLUMNS
environmental variable if it is available. 
optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter.__init__ should take
None as the default for width, and do something like:

if width is None: width = os.environ.get('COLUMNS', 80)

Better if it's put in HelpFormatter, so that
IndentedHelpFormatter and TitledHelpFormatter both act
the same.

(Python 2.3.3, FreeBSD)


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>Comment By: Greg Ward (gward)
Date: 2004-07-24 16:23

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OK, just checked in a fix in the Optik CVS:
  lib/help.py rev 1.13
  test/test_optik.py rev rev 1.29

Marking this bug fixed but still open, since it's not in
Python's CVS yet.  If I hustle, I should be able to get it
into Python 2.4...

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