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<para>
It's often very useful to be able to give
users some help that describes the
specific targets, build options, etc.,
that can be used for the build.
&SCons; provides the &Help; function
to allow you to specify this help text:
</para>
<programlisting>
Help("""
Type: 'scons program' to build the production program,
'scons debug' to build the debug version.
""")
</programlisting>
<para>
(Note the above use of the Python triple-quote syntax,
which comes in very handy for
specifying multi-line strings like help text.)
</para>
<para>
When the &SConstruct; or &SConscript; files
contain such a call to the &Help; function,
the specified help text will be displayed in response to
the &SCons; <literal>-h</literal> option:
</para>
<literallayout>
% <userinput>scons -h</userinput>
Type: 'scons program' to build the production program,
'scons debug' to build the debug version.
</literallayout>
<para>
If there is no &Help; text in the &SConstruct; or
&SConscript; files,
&SCons; will revert to displaying its
standard list and description of available command-line
options.
This list is also always displayed whenever
the <literal>-H</literal> option is used.
</para>
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