docs: rewrite show section as two separate modes for clarity
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Add example output for 'packages' mode
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nbaju1
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Oct 28, 2024
| If the terminal supports coloured text, packages that aren't installed are shown with their names in red. | ||
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I feel that from a user's POV,
poetry showhas two fairly separate modes, 'list packages' and 'single package info'.This PR separates them in documentation, which I feel is clearer.
For example it shows that 'single package info' only has one useful option,
--tree --why.(I think the code should probably be refactored to better separate the cases and drop a few interactions between but that's one for another day.)
It adds missing example for the `list packages' mode.
It explains what 'poetry show' actually tells you, resolving my very old discussion question What does `poetry show` actually tell me? #7311.
It also improves ordering of options and wording.
It does not attempt to cover all the colour coding that may appear in
showoutput. To be honest it's inacesssible design to use colour alone to convey information.[TODO: check CLI --help text and error messages]
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Resolves: #7311