struct optparse_t {
        const char **argv;
-       int argc;
+       const char **out;
+       int argc, cpidx;
        const char *opt;
 };
 
                        continue;
 
                rest = skip_prefix(arg, options->long_name);
+               if (options->type == OPTION_ARGUMENT) {
+                       if (!rest)
+                               continue;
+                       if (*rest == '=')
+                               return opterror(options, "takes no value", flags);
+                       if (*rest)
+                               continue;
+                       p->out[p->cpidx++] = arg - 2;
+                       return 0;
+               }
                if (!rest) {
                        /* abbreviated? */
                        if (!strncmp(options->long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
 int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
                   const char * const usagestr[], int flags)
 {
-       struct optparse_t args = { argv + 1, argc - 1, NULL };
-       int j = 0;
+       struct optparse_t args = { argv + 1, argv, argc - 1, 0, NULL };
 
        for (; args.argc; args.argc--, args.argv++) {
                const char *arg = args.argv[0];
 
                if (*arg != '-' || !arg[1]) {
-                       argv[j++] = args.argv[0];
+                       if (flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION)
+                               break;
+                       args.out[args.cpidx++] = args.argv[0];
                        continue;
                }
 
                        usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
        }
 
-       memmove(argv + j, args.argv, args.argc * sizeof(*argv));
-       argv[j + args.argc] = NULL;
-       return j + args.argc;
+       memmove(args.out + args.cpidx, args.argv, args.argc * sizeof(*args.out));
+       args.out[args.cpidx + args.argc] = NULL;
+       return args.cpidx + args.argc;
 }
 
 #define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
                        pos += fprintf(stderr, "--%s", opts->long_name);
 
                switch (opts->type) {
+               case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+                       break;
                case OPTION_INTEGER:
                        if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-                               pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
+                               if (opts->long_name)
+                                       pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
+                               else
+                                       pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
                        else
                                pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
                        break;
                case OPTION_STRING:
                        if (opts->argh) {
                                if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-                                       pos += fprintf(stderr, " [<%s>]", opts->argh);
+                                       if (opts->long_name)
+                                               pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
+                                       else
+                                               pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
                                else
                                        pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
                        } else {
                                if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-                                       pos += fprintf(stderr, " [...]");
+                                       if (opts->long_name)
+                                               pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
+                                       else
+                                               pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
                                else
                                        pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
                        }
        *(int *)(opt->value) = v;
        return 0;
 }
+
+int parse_opt_approxidate_cb(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+                            int unset)
+{
+       *(unsigned long *)(opt->value) = approxidate(arg);
+       return 0;
+}