Module

help

HelpRenderer — argparse formatter_class for styled help output.

Classes

HelpState 6
State for help rendering.

State for help rendering.

Attributes

Name Type Description
prog str
description str
epilog str
usage str
groups tuple[dict[str, Any], ...]
examples tuple[dict[str, Any], ...]
HelpRenderer 7
Argparse formatter that renders through kida templates. Usage:: parser = argparse.ArgumentPar…

Argparse formatter that renders through kida templates.

Usage::

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    formatter_class=HelpRenderer,
)

Methods

add_text 1
Capture description text before passing to base.
def add_text(self, text: str | None) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
text
start_section 1
Track the current section heading.
def start_section(self, heading: str | None) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
heading
add_arguments 1
Capture actions for the current section.
def add_arguments(self, actions: Any) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
actions
end_section 0
Finalize the current section and store its actions.
def end_section(self) -> None
format_help 0 str
Format help using kida template if available, else fall back to default.
def format_help(self) -> str
Returns
str
Internal Methods 2
__init__ 4
def __init__(self, prog: str, indent_increment: int = 2, max_help_position: int = 24, width: int | None = None) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
prog
indent_increment Default:2
max_help_position Default:24
width Default:None
_render_with_template 0 str
Render help through the kida help template. Argparse reuses formatter_class fo…
def _render_with_template(self) -> str

Render help through the kida help template.

Argparse reuses formatter_class for non-help output (--version, add_subparsers prog extraction). In those cases no action groups are captured, so we fall back to the default argparse formatter.

Returns
str

Functions

help_formatter_with_examples 1 type[HelpRenderer]
Create a HelpRenderer subclass that includes command examples.
def help_formatter_with_examples(examples: tuple[dict[str, Any], ...]) -> type[HelpRenderer]
Parameters
Name Type Description
examples tuple[dict[str, Any], ...]
Returns
type[HelpRenderer]