Bug: Incomplete usage syntax given in textclient help msg about maitreya8 HOT 4 CLOSED

Should be okay now.
Moreover plain html export and shadbala added

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Still some required quotation marks are missing from the help text:

Current:
Usage: maitreya8t [--help] [--date <str>] [--location <str>]

Should be updated to:
Usage: maitreya8t [--help] [--date="<str>"] [--location="<str>"]

Current:
--date=<str> Set UT date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

Should be updated to:
--date=<str> Set UT date "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"

The file= does not require quotation marks, as one can use the unix syntax using the backslash as delimiter for space character, or alternatively encolose the filename in quotation marks.

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I disagree on the quotes in the usage line: a string as a parameter will always have to obey the rules of parameter strings on your particular operating system.

If you write --date=2017-01-01\ 18:57:23 on unix or --date=2017-01-0"1 "18:57:23 on windows or unix or use single quotes on unix or enclose the complete argument in quotes, doesn't make any difference.

Using --date= vs. --date etc.: yes, you are right, the normal default would be to use the equal sign on long options and no equal sign on the short form of the option if available. So, in the usage line, it should read --date= etc., even if --date can be used as well.

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Ok thanks :)

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