1 patch for repository http://darcs.net/screened:

patch b90b134791d85b8266c570c25ec6ef65d808dcf7
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Sat Apr 22 02:13:59 CEST 2017
  * format help for short options slightly more compact to save
horizontal space

Attachments

• format-help-for-short-options-slightly-more-compact-to-save-horizontal-space.dpatch

There is one detail I don't like, is that it is no longer obvious how to
use short flags with arguments. With this patch, we could think that,
eg, "darcs dist -d=version" is acceptable, while what we want is
actually "darcs dist -d version" (because "=version" gets passed as
argument).

There is certainly a trade-off. Indeed the old help output more clearly
shows how to use short switches with arguments. It doesn't tell the full
story, though: the space between short switch and argument is optional,
you can say 'darcs log -pissue1234'. We also support "bundling" of short
switches which works even with arguments (for the last bundled option)
as in 'darcs record -lamText'.

IMO these general command line syntax rules are easy to learn by trial
and error and aren't what --help is normally used for. In the long run,
you need it as a quick reference in case you forgot the name of an
option; or if you are looking for an option that might or might not
exist. For these use cases it is essential that the output can be easily
scanned with a quick glance, which is difficult if almost all of the
explanation lines wrap around in your terminal.

Yeah, after a couple of read I think I got used to it. Sorry for the
bikeshed blocking :)