Andy Mikhailenko

+1! This is a really important one for me. When printing help output, I want something like the following: ``` #!bash usage: prog [-h][-v] COMMAND COMMANDS: cmd1 description of cmd1...

also Aaargh: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/aaargh **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created by @neithere on 2012-12-18 15:20:00+00:00, last updated: 2012-12-18 15:20:26+00:00

Oh, and the aaarg docs mention cliff: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cliff and cement: http://builtoncement.com/2.0/ . **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created by @tiktuk on 2012-12-18 15:30:32+00:00

Re issue #25: extend the list of similar projects. New items lack descriptions because there should be a table for comparison instead of arbitrary comments written by a biased person...

Related: http://bugs.python.org/issue4256 **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created by @neithere on 2010-11-27 12:52:28+00:00

Probably related to (autocompletion) and [[http://code.google.com/p/argparse/issues/detail?id=55|argparse issue #55]] **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created by @neithere on 2010-11-27 13:19:44+00:00

Hm, "on hold" hides the issue so that new users will submit duplicates. **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created by @neithere on 2010-12-01 18:09:47+00:00

Works for options out of the box: `--foo` = `--fo` = `--f`, see [argparse docs](http://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html#argument-abbreviations). Doesn't work for positional arguments. **Note**: This comment has been automatically migrated from Bitbucket Created...

There's [Python ticket #12713](http://bugs.python.org/issue12713) with a patch. Still not closed (tests need improvement). The patch is small so it may be worth it to include something in that vein in...

There were no requests re this issue and I can't easily imagine a real use case. Thus, the "problem" should be solved only for the sake of completeness. When the...