[CLI-176] Long descriptions wrap incorrectly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: Help formatter

Environment

Ubuntu 8.10, Java 6 Update 10.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kamil Páral
• Created: 04/Mar/09 19:08
• Updated: 25/May/09 18:01
• Resolved: 25/May/09 17:22

Description

When some option has a really long description (at least 3 lines), it wraps incorrectly. See attached picture, it's a total mess.

The problem is, you have default width set to 74 characters. But when you are printing the second line of the description, you forget to count also the preceding white space into the 74 characters. Therefore the second line wraps into a third line. After all 74 characters are printed, you start again on fourth line with a correct preceding white space. And over and over again.

This fix should be really easy. Just count the whitespace.

Issue Links

• duplicates: CLI-151 HelpFormatter wraps incorrectly on every line beyond the first