From: Éric <merwok@netwok.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:07:05 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: [3.11] gh-90300: [docs] Add whatsnew entry for new --help output (GH-95856)
X-Git-Tag: v3.11.0rc2~121
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e3adb19df82c0f19086e6cfced531ef8d8fb6d5b;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

[3.11] gh-90300: [docs] Add whatsnew entry for new --help output (GH-95856)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index f25bc549bf53..76aa6880ec06 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -417,6 +417,12 @@ Other CPython Implementation Changes
   :data:`sys.path`. Otherwise, initialization will recalculate the path and replace
   any values added to ``module_search_paths``.
 
+* The output of the :option:`--help` option is changed to fit inside 50 lines and 80
+  columns.  Information about :ref:`Python environment variables <using-on-envvars>`
+  and :option:`-X options <-X>` is available with the new :option:`--help-env` or
+  :option:`--help-xoptions` flags, and with :option:`--help-all`.
+  (Contributed by Éric Araujo in :issue:`46142`.)
+
 
 New Modules
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