From 030877f8afb9c8ff00e02a86fca21b6f95803813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Olesen <Mark.Olesen@esi-group.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:21:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: add '-help-notes' as an advanced option

- emits the notes description only
---
 src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C     | 6 ++++++
 src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argListHelp.C | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
index f7973d3287..94aa51ca8d 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argList.C
@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ void Foam::argList::parse
             printUsage(true);
             quickExit = true;
         }
+        else if (options_.found("help-notes"))
+        {
+            printNotes();
+            Info<< nl;
+            quickExit = true;
+        }
         else if (options_.found("help"))
         {
             printUsage(false);
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argListHelp.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argListHelp.C
index 463bb2599b..56386c9069 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argListHelp.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/argList/argListHelp.C
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ void Foam::argList::printMan() const
     }
 
     printManOption("help-man", "Display full help (manpage format) and exit");
+    printManOption("help-notes", "Display help notes (description) and exit");
 
     printManCompat();
 
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ void Foam::argList::printUsage(bool full) const
     if (full)
     {
         printOption("help-man", "Display full help (manpage format) and exit");
+        printOption("help-notes", "Display help notes (description) and exit");
     }
 
     printOption("help-full", "Display full help and exit");