Formatting help text (ends of line)

The command line wiki shows what help texts look like:

yourapp 2.0.201-alpha
[...]
  --filename    Input filename.

  --help        Display this help screen.

  --version     Display version information.

Each argument entry is followed by a double end of line. I wondered if there is a simple way to get a formatting with single eol, like this grep example:

Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
[...]
  -E, --extended-regexp     PATTERN is an extended regular expression (ERE)
  -F, --fixed-strings       PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings
  -G, --basic-regexp        PATTERN is a basic regular expression (BRE)

If I undestand correctly, I’ll have to implement my own help screen and use HelpText.RenderUsageText or HelpText.RenderUsageTextAsLines ?

[leoformaggi]

You need not to use Rendering methods, only configure HelpText and set:

       AdditionalNewLineAfterOption=false

Wiki is updated to include new page: HelpText Configuration for generating custom help with examples that you can run online. Custom helpExample: Try it online

Is there a way to cut the empty lines from Default parser? Using the HelpText it works, but there’s a different behavior. I am using a method for parsing subverbs, which works fine. If I use a single --help with Default parser, it shows the available verbs. But if I use HelpText.AutoBuild() setting AdditionalNewLineAfterOption = false, the single --help command won’t show the available verbs.

[moh-hassan]

Thanks @NeilMacMullen for reply and suggestions. I appreciate your time and I will investigate your suggestions including the other possible things that may be the cause and feedback the result.