v0.2.9: Replaced standard go-help with custom usage text

.idea/workspace.xml

@@ -70,7 +70,27 @@
       <recent name="C:\Users\Winni Neessen\go\src\apg.go\test" />
     </key>
   </component>
-  <component name="RunManager" selected="Go Test.Benchmark Application">
+  <component name="RunManager" selected="Go Build.Run Application (show help text)">
+    <configuration name="Run Application (show help text)" type="GoApplicationRunConfiguration" factoryName="Go Application">
+      <module name="apg.go" />
+      <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <parameters value="-h" />
+      <kind value="PACKAGE" />
+      <filePath value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <package value="github.com/wneessen/apg.go" />
+      <directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <method v="2" />
+    </configuration>
+    <configuration name="Run Application (show version string)" type="GoApplicationRunConfiguration" factoryName="Go Application">
+      <module name="apg.go" />
+      <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <parameters value="-v" />
+      <kind value="PACKAGE" />
+      <filePath value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <package value="github.com/wneessen/apg.go" />
+      <directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      <method v="2" />
+    </configuration>
     <configuration name="Run Application (with excludes)" type="GoApplicationRunConfiguration" factoryName="Go Application">
       <module name="apg.go" />
       <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
@@ -157,6 +177,8 @@
       <item itemvalue="Go Build.Run Application (with newstyle params)" />
       <item itemvalue="Go Build.Run Application (with newstyle params and spelling)" />
       <item itemvalue="Go Build.Run Application (with newstyle params and spelling and multiple pws)" />
+      <item itemvalue="Go Build.Run Application (show help text)" />
+      <item itemvalue="Go Build.Run Application (show version string)" />
       <item itemvalue="Go Test.Test Application" />
       <item itemvalue="Go Test.Benchmark Application" />
     </list>
@@ -206,7 +228,9 @@
     <MESSAGE value="Updated .gitignore" />
     <MESSAGE value="Removed .idea from .gitignore" />
     <MESSAGE value="Let's have centralized IDE config" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Let's have centralized IDE config" />
+    <MESSAGE value="New DEV branch" />
+    <MESSAGE value="v0.2.9: Replaced standard go-help with custom usage text" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="v0.2.9: Replaced standard go-help with custom usage text" />
   </component>
   <component name="VgoProject">
     <integration-enabled>true</integration-enabled>

apg.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -28,12 +29,34 @@ type Config struct {
 	outputMode    int
 }
 
+// Help text
+const usage = `Usage:
+    apg [-m <length>] [-x <length>] -L -U -N -S -H
+    apg [-m <length>] [-x <length>] -M LUNsh -E <list of chars>
+
+Options:
+    -m LENGTH            Minimum length of the password to be generated (Default: 20)
+    -x LENGTH            Maximum length of the password to be generated (Default: 20)
+    -n NUMBER            Amount of password to be generated (Default: 1)
+    -E CHARS             List of characters to be excluded in the generated password
+    -M [LUNSHClunshc]    New style password parameters (upper case: on, lower case: off)
+    -L                   Use lower case characters in passwords (Default: on)
+    -U                   Use upper case characters in passwords (Default: on)
+    -N                   Use numeric characters in passwords (Default: on)
+    -S                   Use special characters in passwords (Default: on)
+    -H                   Avoid ambiguous characters in passwords (i. e.: 1, l, I, O, 0) (Default: off)
+    -C                   Enable complex password mode (implies -L -U -N -S and disables -H) (Default: off)
+    -l                   Spell generated passwords in phonetic alphabet (Default: off)
+    -h                   Show this help text
+    -v                   Show version string`
+
 // Main function that generated the passwords and returns them
 func main() {
 	// Log config
 	log.SetFlags(log.Ltime | log.Ldate | log.Lshortfile)
 
 	// Read and parse flags
+	flag.Usage = func() { _, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", usage) }
 	var config = parseFlags()
 
 	// Show version and exit