Added hanging indent to help output to make it more readable

src/NiceCmdLineOutput.cpp

@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ void NiceCmdLineOutput::printShortUsage(CmdLineInterface& cli, std::ostream& out
 	outStream << shortUsage << endl;
 }
 
-string wrapLongID(const string& s) {
-	return std::regex_replace(s, std::regex(",  "), ",\n");
-}
-
 void NiceCmdLineOutput::printLongUsage(CmdLineInterface& cli, std::ostream& outStream) const {
 	TablePrinter tablePrinter(&outStream, { 20, 56 });
 
@@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ void NiceCmdLineOutput::printLongUsage(CmdLineInterface& cli, std::ostream& outS
 			if (arg != xorArgGroup[0])
 				outStream << "-- or --" << endl;
 
-			tablePrinter.printRow({ wrapLongID(arg->longID()), arg->getDescription() });
+			tablePrinter.printRow({ arg->longID(), arg->getDescription() });
 		}
 		outStream << endl;
 	}
@@ -93,6 +89,6 @@ void NiceCmdLineOutput::printLongUsage(CmdLineInterface& cli, std::ostream& outS
 	for (auto arg : argList) {
 		if (xorHandler.contains(arg)) continue;
 
-		tablePrinter.printRow({ wrapLongID(arg->longID()), arg->getDescription() });
+		tablePrinter.printRow({ arg->longID(), arg->getDescription() });
 	}
 }

src/TablePrinter.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void TablePrinter::printRow(initializer_list<string> columns) const {
 	{
 		int columnIndex = 0;
 		for (const string& column : columns) {
-			vector<string> lines = wrapString(column, columnWidths[columnIndex]);
+			vector<string> lines = wrapString(column, columnWidths[columnIndex], 2);
 			if (lines.size() > lineCount) lineCount = lines.size();
 			strings[columnIndex] = move(lines);
 

src/stringTools.cpp

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ vector<string> splitIntoLines(const string& s) {
 	return lines;
 }
 
-vector<string> wrapSingleLineString(const string& s, int lineLength) {
+vector<string> wrapSingleLineString(const string& s, int lineLength, int hangingIndent) {
 	if (lineLength <= 0) throw std::invalid_argument("lineLength must be > 0.");
+	if (hangingIndent < 0) throw std::invalid_argument("hangingIndent must be >= 0.");
+	if (hangingIndent >= lineLength) throw std::invalid_argument("hangingIndent must be < lineLength.");
 	if (s.find('\t') != std::string::npos) throw std::invalid_argument("s must not contain tabs.");
 	if (s.find('\n') != std::string::npos) throw std::invalid_argument("s must not contain line breaks.");
 
@@ -37,13 +39,14 @@ vector<string> wrapSingleLineString(const string& s, int lineLength) {
 	auto end = p + s.size();
 	// Iterate over input string
 	while (p <= end) {
-		// If we're at a word boundary: update safeLineEnd
+		// If we're at a word boundary: update lineEnd
-		if (p == end || *p == ' ') {
+		if (p == end || *p == ' ' || *p == '|') {
 			lineEnd = p;
 		}
 
 		// If we've hit lineLength or the end of the string: add a new result line
-		if (p == end || p - lineBegin == lineLength) {
+		int currentIndent = lines.empty() ? 0 : hangingIndent;
+		if (p == end || p - lineBegin == lineLength - currentIndent) {
 			if (lineEnd == lineBegin) {
 				// The line contains a single word, which is too long. Split mid-word.
 				lineEnd = p;
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ vector<string> wrapSingleLineString(const string& s, int lineLength) {
 			// Add trimmed line to list
 			string line(lineBegin, lineEnd);
 			boost::algorithm::trim_right(line);
-			lines.push_back(line);
+			lines.push_back(string(currentIndent, ' ') + line);
 
 			// Resume after the last line, skipping spaces
 			p = lineEnd;
@@ -66,10 +69,10 @@ vector<string> wrapSingleLineString(const string& s, int lineLength) {
 	return lines;
 }
 
-vector<string> wrapString(const string& s, int lineLength) {
+vector<string> wrapString(const string& s, int lineLength, int hangingIndent) {
 	vector<string> lines;
 	for (string paragraph : splitIntoLines(s)) {
-		auto paragraphLines = wrapSingleLineString(paragraph, lineLength);
+		auto paragraphLines = wrapSingleLineString(paragraph, lineLength, hangingIndent);
 		copy(paragraphLines.cbegin(), paragraphLines.cend(), back_inserter(lines));
 	}
 

src/stringTools.h

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 std::vector<std::string> splitIntoLines(const std::string& s);
 
-std::vector<std::string> wrapSingleLineString(const std::string& s, int lineLength);
+std::vector<std::string> wrapSingleLineString(const std::string& s, int lineLength, int hangingIndent = 0);
 
-std::vector<std::string> wrapString(const std::string& s, int lineLength);
+std::vector<std::string> wrapString(const std::string& s, int lineLength, int hangingIndent = 0);