cli: improve --color/--colour help & help layout

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Simon Michael 2020-07-17 14:16:46 -07:00
parent cb599111a6
commit ba49699728
2 changed files with 13 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ m4_define({{_reportingoptions_}}, {{
: generate future transactions from [periodic transaction](journal.html#periodic-transactions) rules, for the next 6 months or till report end date.
In hledger-ui, also make ordinary future transactions visible.
`--color=always|yes|never|no|auto (or --colour=...)`
: 'auto' is the default, it tries to use ANSI color codes in terminal output when supported.
: 'always' or 'yes' forces color on, useful when piping output, eg into 'less -R'.
: 'never' or 'no' forces color off.
: A NO_COLOR environment variable also disables color, overriding this option.
`--color=WHEN (or --colour=WHEN)`
: Should color-supporting commands use ANSI color codes in text output.
: 'auto' (default): whenever stdout seems to be a color-supporting terminal.
: 'always' or 'yes': always, useful eg when piping output into 'less -R'.
: 'never' or 'no': never.
: A NO_COLOR environment variable overrides this.
When a reporting option appears more than once in the command line, the last one takes precedence.

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@ -191,12 +191,13 @@ reportflags = [
-- general output-related
,flagReq ["color","colour"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "color" s opts) "always|yes|never|no|auto"
(unwords
["'auto' is the default, it tries to use ANSI color codes in terminal output when supported."
,"'always' or 'yes' forces color on, useful when piping output, eg into 'less -R'."
,"'never' or 'no' forces color off."
,"A NO_COLOR environment variable also disables color, overriding this option."
,flagReq ["color","colour"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "color" s opts) "WHEN"
(unlines
["Should color-supporting commands use ANSI color codes in text output."
,"'auto' (default): whenever stdout seems to be a color-supporting terminal."
,"'always' or 'yes': always, useful eg when piping output into 'less -R'."
,"'never' or 'no': never."
,"A NO_COLOR environment variable overrides this."
])
]