--- filigram.c.orgi	2010-08-23 11:54:36.270601184 +0000

+++ filigram.c	2010-08-23 12:02:32.379602327 +0000

@@ -913,12 +913,12 @@

 	struct Size imagesize, basesize;

 	double xcentre, ycentre, xrange, yrange, iscale, oscale;

 	int gotxcentre, gotycentre, gotxrange, gotyrange, gotiscale, gotoscale;

-	int fade, isbase, verbose;

+	int fade, isbase, verbose, help;

 	struct Poly *poly;

 	struct Colours *colours;

     } optdata = {

 	NULL, FALSE, {0,0}, {0,0},

-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

 	FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE,

 	FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, NULL, NULL

     };

@@ -954,6 +954,8 @@

 		"colour specification", parsecols, offsetof(struct options, colours), -1},

 	{1, "--verbose", 'v', NULL, "report details of what is done",

 		NULL, NULL, -1, offsetof(struct options, verbose)},

+	{1, "--help", 'h', NULL, "display options usage",

+		NULL, NULL, -1, offsetof(struct options, help)},

     };

     char *usageextra[] = {

@@ -968,7 +970,7 @@

     parse_cmdline("filigram", argc, argv, options, lenof(options), &optdata);

-    if (argc < 2)

+    if (argc < 2 || optdata.help)

 	usage_message("filigram [options]",

 		      options, lenof(options),

 		      usageextra, lenof(usageextra));