From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T23:55:03+09:00
Subject: Re: option parser: decrease distance between arg and explanation

On 1/23/07, Patrick Gundlach <rubyforum@contextgarden.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I use option parser and I would like to decrease a distance in the
> output. Example:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> require "optparse"
>
> a=ARGV.options { |opts|
+   opts.summary_width = 10
>   opts.on("-a","--all","do everything")
>   opts.on("-h","--help") do
>     puts opts
>     exit 0
>   end
>   opts.parse!
> }
>
> result:
>
> Usage: optparsetest [options]
>     -a, --all                        do everything
>     -h, --help
>
>
> I'd like to decrease the distance between "--all" and "do everything,

use OptionParser#summary_width

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/OptionParser.html, or RTFineS (they
are pretty readable) ;-)