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help::Style was on/off; the four roles (heading / option / metavar / command) were hardcoded SGR. {$cyan} in a help_template colours template prose, not those roles inside {{flags}}.

This adds a Palette on Style that remaps a role with the existing tag vocabulary ("cyan+bold"), still writing SGR directly — no anstyle / owo_colors in the API. Role names expand once, so mapping metavar to "heading" uses the built-in heading colour.

embedded_outcome / generated parse() still use Style::auto(). A host that owns the exit path can remap with outcome_paletted and the derived embedded_outcome_paletted / embedded_outcome_into_paletted. Colour still follows each destination stream; the same palette is applied to both.

Closes #1410.

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The change adds Palette role remapping to help styles and templates. It renames palette-aware embedded outcome methods. Tests and documentation cover the new behavior.

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Custom help styling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Palette rendering
argv/src/help.rs, argv/src/help/template.rs
Adds Palette, attaches it to Style, and applies role mappings during semantic and template rendering. Tests cover remapping and single expansion.
Palette-based embedded outcome API
argv/src/embedded.rs, derive/src/codegen.rs
Adds outcome_paletted and generated embedded_outcome_paletted and embedded_outcome_into_paletted methods.
API validation and documentation
conformance/tests/embedded.rs, docs/rust/help.md
Validates the renamed palette-aware embedded API and documents role remapping.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GeneratedCLI
  participant outcome_paletted
  participant HelpRenderer
  GeneratedCLI->>outcome_paletted: pass Palette
  outcome_paletted->>HelpRenderer: render help with stream styles and Palette
  HelpRenderer-->>outcome_paletted: return rendered Outcome
  outcome_paletted-->>GeneratedCLI: return Outcome
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The change adds configurable semantic help colors while preserving default and plain output behavior. The embedded conformance test does not yet prove that its palette affects rendered output, leaving a bounded low-risk coverage gap.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #1410. They add Palette mappings for all four help roles, preserve direct SGR and existing tag syntax, add styled embedded outcome APIs, and leave generated parse() behavior …
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In `@conformance/tests/embedded.rs`:
- Line 169: Update the test around embedded_outcome_with_palette to enable color
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fn embedded_outcome_with_palette_still_renders_help() {
let help = Exf::embedded_outcome_with_palette(
&argv(&["--help"]),
usage_argv::help::Palette::DEFAULT.metavar("cyan+bold"),

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the palette effect.

Line 169 supplies a remapping, but Lines 171-173 only check normal help content. The test passes if embedded_outcome_with_palette ignores palette.

Run this case with color enabled. Assert that <FILE> uses the cyan SGR sequence and does not use the default magenta sequence.

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In `@conformance/tests/embedded.rs` at line 169, Update the test around
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uses the cyan SGR styling from Palette::DEFAULT.metavar("cyan+bold"), while
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lu-zero marked this pull request as ready for review September 10, 2026 19:09
Add a Palette on help::Style so the four roles can be remapped with the
existing {$…} tag vocabulary. Role names expand once; SGR is still
written directly.

A host that owns the exit path can apply that map with outcome_paletted
and the derived embedded_outcome_paletted methods. parse() stays
Style::auto().

Closes jdx#1410.
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jdx merged commit 56cf823 into jdx:main Sep 10, 2026
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### 🚀 Features

- **(help)** allow remapping semantic colours on Style by
[@lu-zero](https://github.com/lu-zero) in
[#1414](#1414)
- **(parse)** add opt-in default-subcommand flag routing by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1413](#1413)
- **(parse)** parse Args without an enclosing CLI by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1419](#1419)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(bash)** preserve colon-prefixed completion words by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1405](#1405)

### 📚 Documentation

- write PR titles and descriptions for release notes by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1415](#1415)

### ⚡ Performance

- **(cli)** shrink help sorting without allocating cached keys by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1396](#1396)
- **(cli)** make advanced help and runtime spec serialization optional
by [@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1399](#1399)
- **(cli)** share help sorting and skip unused rendering work by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1400](#1400)
- **(cli)** avoid color analysis for plain help by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1401](#1401)

### 🔍 Other Changes

- **(ci)** use self-repository workflow references by
[@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1409](#1409)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- lock file maintenance by
[@renovate[bot]](https://github.com/renovate[bot]) in
[#1398](#1398)
- update jdx/renovate-config digest to 8cabc2e by
[@renovate[bot]](https://github.com/renovate[bot]) in
[#1406](#1406)
- update zizmorcore/zizmor-action action to v0.6.3 by
[@renovate[bot]](https://github.com/renovate[bot]) in
[#1403](#1403)
- update dependency go to v1.27.1 by
[@renovate[bot]](https://github.com/renovate[bot]) in
[#1407](#1407)
- update actions/deploy-pages action to v5 by
[@renovate[bot]](https://github.com/renovate[bot]) in
[#1404](#1404)
- update communique to v1.4.0 by [@jdx](https://github.com/jdx) in
[#1416](#1416)

### New Contributors

- @lu-zero made their first contribution in
[#1414](#1414)
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Allow custom color maps

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