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1 files changed, 78 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 3f5fedd..746af63 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -487,9 +487,76 @@ func UnquoteUsage(flag *Flag) (name string, usage string) {
return
}
-// FlagUsages Returns a string containing the usage information for all flags in
-// the FlagSet
-func (f *FlagSet) FlagUsages() string {
+// Splits the string `s` on whitespace into an initial substring up to
+// `i` runes in length and the remainder. Will go `slop` over `i` if
+// that encompasses the entire string (which allows the caller to
+// avoid short orphan words on the final line).
+func wrapN(i, slop int, s string) (string, string) {
+ if i+slop > len(s) {
+ return s, ""
+ }
+
+ w := strings.LastIndexAny(s[:i], " \t")
+ if w <= 0 {
+ return s, ""
+ }
+
+ return s[:w], s[w+1:]
+}
+
+// Wraps the string `s` to a maximum width `w` with leading indent
+// `i`. The first line is not indented (this is assumed to be done by
+// caller). Pass `w` == 0 to do no wrapping
+func wrap(i, w int, s string) string {
+ if w == 0 {
+ return s
+ }
+
+ // space between indent i and end of line width w into which
+ // we should wrap the text.
+ wrap := w - i
+
+ var r, l string
+
+ // Not enough space for sensible wrapping. Wrap as a block on
+ // the next line instead.
+ if wrap < 24 {
+ i = 16
+ wrap = w - i
+ r += "\n" + strings.Repeat(" ", i)
+ }
+ // If still not enough space then don't even try to wrap.
+ if wrap < 24 {
+ return s
+ }
+
+ // Try to avoid short orphan words on the final line, by
+ // allowing wrapN to go a bit over if that would fit in the
+ // remainder of the line.
+ slop := 5
+ wrap = wrap - slop
+
+ // Handle first line, which is indented by the caller (or the
+ // special case above)
+ l, s = wrapN(wrap, slop, s)
+ r = r + l
+
+ // Now wrap the rest
+ for s != "" {
+ var t string
+
+ t, s = wrapN(wrap, slop, s)
+ r = r + "\n" + strings.Repeat(" ", i) + t
+ }
+
+ return r
+
+}
+
+// FlagUsagesWrapped returns a string containing the usage information
+// for all flags in the FlagSet. Wrapped to `cols` columns (0 for no
+// wrapping)
+func (f *FlagSet) FlagUsagesWrapped(cols int) string {
x := new(bytes.Buffer)
lines := make([]string, 0, len(f.formal))
@@ -546,12 +613,19 @@ func (f *FlagSet) FlagUsages() string {
for _, line := range lines {
sidx := strings.Index(line, "\x00")
spacing := strings.Repeat(" ", maxlen-sidx)
- fmt.Fprintln(x, line[:sidx], spacing, line[sidx+1:])
+ // maxlen + 2 comes from + 1 for the \x00 and + 1 for the (deliberate) off-by-one in maxlen-sidx
+ fmt.Fprintln(x, line[:sidx], spacing, wrap(maxlen+2, cols, line[sidx+1:]))
}
return x.String()
}
+// FlagUsages returns a string containing the usage information for all flags in
+// the FlagSet
+func (f *FlagSet) FlagUsages() string {
+ return f.FlagUsagesWrapped(0)
+}
+
// PrintDefaults prints to standard error the default values of all defined command-line flags.
func PrintDefaults() {
CommandLine.PrintDefaults()