docs: def get_gtf_argument_parser(desc, default_field_name='gene'):
      """Return an argument parser with basic options for reading GTF files.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      desc: str
          Description of the ArgumentParser
      default_field_name: str, optional
          Name of field in GTF file to look for.
  
      Returns
      -------
      `argparse.ArgumentParser` object
          The argument parser.
      """
      parser = cli.get_argument_parser(desc=desc)
  
      parser.add_argument(
          '-a', '--annotation-file', default='-', type=str,
          help=textwrap.dedent("""\
              Path of Ensembl gene annotation file (in GTF format). The file
              may be gzip'ed. If set to ``-``, read from ``stdin``.""")
      )
  
      parser.add_argument(
          '-o', '--output-file', required=True, type=str,
          help=textwrap.dedent("""\
              Path of output file. If set to ``-``, print to ``stdout``,
              and redirect logging messages to ``stderr``.""")
      )
  
      #parser.add_argument(
      #    '-s', '--species', type=str,
      #    choices=sorted(ensembl.SPECIES_CHROMPAT.keys()), default='human',
      #    help=textwrap.dedent("""\
      #        Species for which to extract genes. (This parameter is ignored
      #        if ``--chromosome-pattern`` is specified.)""")
      #)
  
      parser.add_argument(
          '-c', '--chromosome-pattern', type=str, required=False,
          default=None, help=textwrap.dedent("""\
              Regular expression that chromosome names have to match. [None]
              """)
      )
  
      #parser.add_argument(
      #    '-f', '--field-name', type=str, default=default_field_name,
      #    help=textwrap.dedent("""\
      #        Rows in the GTF file that do not contain this value
      #        in the third column are ignored.""")
      #)
  
      cli.add_reporting_args(parser)
  
      return parser