# HG changeset patch # User Jeff Hammel # Date 1416609377 28800 # Node ID d9d7bfdb54dbf6fae5c65956ce8f35f255b3bb10 # Parent 0a991b8fe8399235e8c6de57dd3e03e5bb3e325b http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4375327/python-argparse-preformatted-help-text diff -r 0a991b8fe839 -r d9d7bfdb54db makeitso/python_package/{{package}}/{{main}}.py --- a/makeitso/python_package/{{package}}/{{main}}.py Fri Nov 21 12:19:07 2014 -0800 +++ b/makeitso/python_package/{{package}}/{{main}}.py Fri Nov 21 14:36:17 2014 -0800 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Parser(argparse.ArgumentParser): """CLI option parser""" def __init__(self, **kwargs): + kwargs.setdefault('formatter_class', argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter) kwargs.setdefault('description', __doc__) argparse.ArgumentParser.__init__(self, **kwargs) self.options = None