Show defaults for arguments where meaningful.

pyglance/glance/config_organizer.py

@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ def set_up_command_line_options (parser) :
     
     # data options for setting variable defaults
     parser.add_argument('-e', '--epsilon', dest=EPSILON_KEY, type=float, default=0.0,
-                    help="set default epsilon value for comparison threshold")   
+                    help="set default epsilon value for comparison threshold (default: %(default)s)")   
     parser.add_argument('-m', '--missing', dest=OPTIONS_FILL_VALUE_KEY, type=float, default=None,
-                    help="set default missing-data value")
+                    help="set default missing-data value (default: %(default)s)")
     
     # longitude and latitude related options
     parser.add_argument('-o', '--longitude', dest=OPTIONS_LON_VAR_NAME_KEY, type=str,
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def set_up_command_line_options (parser) :
     parser.add_argument('-a', '--latitude', dest=OPTIONS_LAT_VAR_NAME_KEY, type=str,
                     help="set name of latitude variable")
     parser.add_argument('-l', '--llepsilon', dest=OPTIONS_LONLAT_EPSILON_KEY, type=float, default=0.0,
-                      help="set default epsilon for longitude and latitude comparsion")
+                    help="set default epsilon for longitude and latitude comparsion (default: %(default)s)")
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--nolonlat', dest=USE_NO_LON_OR_LAT_VARS_KEY,
                       action="store_true", default=False, help="do not try to find or analyze logitude and latitude")
     # note: this one has no help message because it's a pure synonym for --nolonlat
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ def set_up_command_line_options (parser) :
 
     # output generation related options
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--outputpath', dest=OPTIONS_OUTPUT_PATH_KEY, type=str, default='./',
-                    help="set path to the output directory")
+                    help="set path to the output directory (default: %(default)s)")
     parser.add_argument('-i', '--imagesonly', dest=OPTIONS_NO_REPORT_KEY, 
                       action="store_true", default=False,
                       help="generate only the images (no html report)")
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ def set_up_command_line_options (parser) :
                       action="store_true", default=False,
                       help="generate only the html report (no images)")
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--configfile', dest=OPTIONS_CONFIG_FILE_KEY, type=str, default=None,
-                      help="set a configuration file to load (optional)")
+                    help="set a configuration file to load (default: %(default)s)")
     
     # should pass/fail be tested?
     parser.add_argument('-x', '--doPassFail', dest=DO_TEST_PASSFAIL_KEY,