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Make the -h output clearer and more readable
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p-gen committed Aug 2, 2022
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printf(" sets the regex input filter to match the non-selectable "
"words.\n");
printf("-m|-msg|-message|-title\n");
printf(" displays a one-line message above the window.\n");
printf(" displays a one-line message/title above the window.\n");
printf("-!|-int|-int_string\n");
printf(" outputs an optional string when ^C is typed.\n");
printf("-a|-attr|-attributes\n");
printf(" sets the attributes for the various displayed elements.\n");
printf("-1|-l1|-level1,-2|-l2|-level2,...,-9|-l9|-level9\n");
printf(" gives specific colors to up to 5 classes of "
printf(" gives specific colors to up to 9 classes of "
"selectable words.\n");
printf("-z|-zap|-zap_glyphs bytes\n");
printf(" defines a set of glyphs to ignore as input.\n");
printf(" defines a set of glyphs that should be ignored in the input "
"stream.\n");
printf("-n|-lines|-height\n");
printf(" sets the number of lines in the selection window.\n");
printf(" sets the maximum number of lines in the selection window.\n");
printf(" This number is autodetected when no number is given.\n");
printf("-b|-blank\n");
printf(" displays non printable characters as space.\n");
printf("-.|-dot|-invalid\n");
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printf("-k|-ks|-keep_spaces\n");
printf(" does not trim spaces surrounding the output string if any.\n");
printf("-W|-ws|-wd|-word_delimiters|-word_separators\n");
printf(" sets the input words separators.\n");
printf(" defines word separators in the input stream.\n");
printf("-L|-ls|-ld|-line-delimiters|-line_separators\n");
printf(" sets the input lines separators.\n");
printf(" defines line separators in the input stream.\n");
printf("-q|-no_bar|-no-scroll_bar\n");
printf(" prevents the display of the scroll bar.\n");
printf(" prevents the scroll bar from being displayed.\n");
printf("-S|-subst\n");
printf(" sets the post substitution treatment action to be applied to all "
"words.\n");
printf(" defines the post-substitution action to apply to all words.\n");
printf("-I|-si|-subst_included\n");
printf(" sets the post substitution treatment action to be applied to "
"selectable\n");
printf(" words only.\n");
printf(" defines the post-substitution action to apply to selectable "
"words only.\n");
printf("-E|-se|-subst_excluded\n");
printf(" sets the post substitution treatment action to be applied to "
"non-selectable\n");
printf(" defines the post-substitution action to apply to non-selectable "
"words only.\n");
printf("-ES|-early_subst\n");
printf(" sets the early substitution treatment action to be applied to "
"all words.\n");
printf(" words only.\n");
printf(" defines the early substitution action to apply to all words.\n");
printf("-/|-search_method\n");
printf(" changes the affectation of the / key (default fuzzy search).\n");
printf(" changes the affectation of the / key (default: fuzzy search).\n");
printf("-s|-sp|-start|-start_pattern\n");
printf(" sets the initial cursor position (read the manual for "
printf(" sets the initial cursor position (refer to the manual for "
"more details).\n");
printf("-x|-tmout|-timeout/-X|-htmout|-hidden_timeout\n");
printf(" sets a timeout and specifies what to do when it expires.\n");
printf(" defines a timeout and specifies what to do when it expires.\n");
printf("-r|-auto_validate\n");
printf(" enables ENTER to validate the selection even in search mode.\n");
printf("-is|-incremental_search\n");
printf(" the search buffer is not reset when starting a new search "
"session.\n");
printf(" prevents the search buffer from being reset when starting a new "
"search\n");
printf(" session.\n");
printf("-v|-vb|-visual_bell\n");
printf(" makes the bell visual (fuzzy search with error).\n");
printf("-Q|-ignore_quotes\n");
printf(" treats single and double quotes as normal characters.\n");
printf("-lim|-limits\n");
printf(" overload the words number/max. word length/max columns limits.\n");
printf("f|-forgotten_timeout|-global_timeout");
printf("-f|-forgotten_timeout|-global_timeout\n");
printf(" defines a global inactivity timeout, defaults to 15 min.\n");
}

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printf(" displays a full help and the options available in all "
"contexts.\n");
printf("-N|-number/-U|-unnumber\n");
printf(" numbers/un-numbers and provides a direct access to words "
"matching\n");
printf(" (or not) a specific regex.\n");
printf(" creates or deletes direct access entries for words matching "
"(or not) a\n");
printf(" specific regex.\n");
printf("-F|-en|-embedded_number\n");
printf(" numbers and provides a direct access to words by extracting the "
"number\n");
printf(" creates direct access entries by extracting the numbers from the "
"input words.\n");
printf("-c|-col|-col_mode|-column\n");
printf(" is like|-t without argument but respects end of lines.\n");
printf(" is like -tab without argument but respects end of lines.\n");
printf("-l|-line|-line_mode\n");
printf(" is like|-c without column alignments.\n");
printf(" is like -col without column alignments.\n");
printf("-t|-tab|-tab_mode|-tabulate_mode\n");
printf(" tabulates the items. The number of columns can be limited "
"with\n");
printf(" an optional number.\n");
printf("-T|-tm|-tag|-tag_mode/-P|-pm|-pin|-pin_mode\n");
printf(" enables the tagging (multi-selections) mode. ");
printf(" enables the tagging mode (multi-selections). ");
printf("An optional parameter\n");
printf(" sets the separator string between the selected words ");
printf(" defines the separator string between the selected words ");
printf("on the output.\n");
printf(" A single space is the default separator.\n");

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