Class HangingIndentWriter

A formatter for creating nicely wrapped descriptions for display on the command line in the second column of generated help text.

Inheritance

System.Object

HangingIndentWriter

Namespace: McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.HelpText

Assembly: McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.dll

Syntax

public class HangingIndentWriter

Constructors

HangingIndentWriter(Int32, Nullable<Int32>, Boolean)

A description formatter for dynamically wrapping the description to print in a CLI usage.

Declaration

public HangingIndentWriter(int indentSize, int? maxLineLength = default(int? ), bool indentFirstLine = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	indentSize	The indent size in spaces to use.
System.Nullable<System.Int32>	maxLineLength	The max length an indented line can be. Defaults to DefaultConsoleWidth.
System.Boolean	indentFirstLine	If true, the first line of text will also be indented.

Fields

DefaultConsoleWidth

The default console width used for wrapping if the width cannot be gotten from the Console.

Declaration

public const int DefaultConsoleWidth = 80

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Methods

Write(String)

Dynamically wrap text between.

Declaration

public string Write(string input)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	input	The original description text.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Dynamically wrapped description with explicit newlines preserved.