Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] Decorating output

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] Decorating output
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-05 00:50:40

Boris wrote:

> When I send options_description to cout I would like to put an empty line
> between the caption and the options - something like:
> 
> Allowed options:
> 
>    --help                produce help message
>    --compression arg     set compression level
> 
> As : is automatically appended to the caption it's not possible to add \n.
> Is this what I'm trying to do supported?
> 
> Another question: Can the argument arg behind the --compression option
> above be changed to <arg>? I read at
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user/38506 that it's not
> possible to replace arg with level but maybe putting <> around arg works
> somehow?

It is not possible.

- Volodya