Updated and adjusted options help text in main.py and README.

README.txt

@@ -57,29 +57,36 @@ Command line options
 The following command line options are available:
 
 -h, --help
-    Shows all options
+    Show this help message and exit.
 
 -a, --address=ADDRESS
-    Changes the address on which the server will listen for connections
+    IP Address to listen on. Default: 0.0.0.0
 
 -p PORT, --port=PORT
-    Changes the port on which the server will listen for connections
+    Port to listen on. Default: 8000 (start as admin/root: 80)
 
 --syncdb
-    Creates/updates database before starting the server
+    Update/create database before starting the server.
+
+--backupdb=BACKUP_PATH
+    Make a backup copy of the database to BACKUP_PATH.
 
 --reset-admin
-    Resets the password to 'admin' for user 'admin'
+    Make sure the user 'admin' exists and uses 'admin' as
+    password.
 
 -s SETTINGS, --settings=SETTINGS
-    Sets the path to the settings file.
+    Set the path to the settings file.
-
---no-reload
-    Does not reload the development server
 
 --no-browser
     Do not automatically start web browser.
 
+--no-reload
+    Do not reload the web server.
+
+--no-run
+    Do not start the web server.
+
 --version
     Show version and exit.
 
@@ -100,6 +107,6 @@ Operating Systems (OpenSlides runs anywhere where Pyhton is running):
 
 Browsers:
   Firefox 3.6+
-  IE 7+
+  IE 8+
   Chrome
   Safari

openslides/main.py

@@ -84,29 +84,33 @@ def process_options(argv=None, manage_runserver=False):
 
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(
         description="Run openslides using the tornado webserver")
-    parser.add_option("-a", "--address", help="IP Address to listen on.")
+    parser.add_option(
-    parser.add_option("-p", "--port", type="int", help="Port to listen on.")
+        "-a", "--address",
+        help="IP Address to listen on. Default: 0.0.0.0")
+    parser.add_option(
+        "-p", "--port", type="int",
+        help="Port to listen on. Default: 8000 (start as admin/root: 80)")
     parser.add_option(
         "--syncdb", action="store_true",
         help="Update/create database before starting the server.")
     parser.add_option(
         "--backupdb", action="store", metavar="BACKUP_PATH",
-        help="Make a backup copy of the database to BACKUP_PATH")
+        help="Make a backup copy of the database to BACKUP_PATH.")
     parser.add_option(
         "--reset-admin", action="store_true",
         help="Make sure the user 'admin' exists and uses 'admin' as password.")
     parser.add_option(
-        "-s", "--settings", help="Path to the openslides configuration.")
+        "-s", "--settings", help="Set the path to the settings file.")
-    parser.add_option(
-        "--no-reload", action="store_true",
-        help="Do not reload the development server.")
     parser.add_option(
         "--no-browser",
         action="store_false", dest="start_browser", default=True,
-        help="Do not automatically start web browser.")
+        help="Do not automatically start the web browser.")
+    parser.add_option(
+        "--no-reload", action="store_true",
+        help="Do not reload the web server.")
     parser.add_option(
         "--no-run", action="store_true",
-        help="Do not start the development server.")
+        help="Do not start the web server.")
     parser.add_option(
         "--version", action="store_true",
         help="Show version and exit.")