On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:13:32AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> "Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Quite difficult if the function is the same. In both cases it uses stderr.
>
> Oh good grief. Add an argument to the function saying where to direct
> the output. Ho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes:
>> I suppose I will start filing minor bugs against packages that do
>> this. I'd like to hear other people's opinions, though. (It occurs
>> to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an invalid
>> option is given). Part of the problem i
This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 03:06:19PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > > Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> > > > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used
"H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually, in csh/tcsh it's very un-obnoxious: foo --help |& less
zsh too.
MfG
Goswin
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:19:35 -0800
"H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:06:30PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> [...]
> > I occasionally install a program and need to know how to use it as
> > quickly as possible; for example, while reading through bug reports.
> > So
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> "Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> >> Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> >> > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> >> > either --help
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:06:30PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
[...]
> I occasionally install a program and need to know how to use it as
> quickly as possible; for example, while reading through bug reports.
> So, I run foo --help. Sometimes, the help screen is more than 25
> lines long, and it s
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quite difficult if the function is the same. In both cases it uses stderr.
Oh good grief. Add an argument to the function saying where to direct
the output. How hard is this?
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Francesco Paolo Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> either --help or invalid options. Not always GNU rules are
> followed appropriately.
Right, and in that case, it's a bug.
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"Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>> Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
>> > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
>> > either --help or invalid options.
>>
>> Sure, but the output shoul
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 03:06:19PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> > > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> > > either --help or invalid options.
> >
> > Sure
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 03:06:19PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> > > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> > > either --help or invalid options.
> >
> > Sure
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:38:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> > either --help or invalid options.
>
> Sure, but the output should still be directed correctly.
Quite difficult if the functio
Francesco P. Lovergine writes:
> It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is used for
> either --help or invalid options.
Sure, but the output should still be directed correctly.
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ti, 2005-02-15 kello 10:19 +0100, Marco d'Itri kirjoitti:
> On Feb 15, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suppose I will start filing minor bugs against packages that do
> > this. I'd like to hear other people's opinions, though. (It occurs
> > to me that help output to stderr is a
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:19:12 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote:
> On Feb 15, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suppose I will start filing minor bugs against packages that do
> > this. I'd like to hear other people's opinions, though. (It occurs
> > to me that help out
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:19:12AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Feb 15, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suppose I will start filing minor bugs against packages that do
> > this. I'd like to hear other people's opinions, though. (It occurs
> > to me that help output to stderr
On Feb 15, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I suppose I will start filing minor bugs against packages that do
> this. I'd like to hear other people's opinions, though. (It occurs
> to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an invalid
> option is given). Part of the p
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:47:24PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Justin Pryzby writes:
> > It occurs to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an
> > invalid option is given
>
> But '--help' is not an invalid option.
>
It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is u
Justin Pryzby writes:
> It occurs to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an
> invalid option is given
But '--help' is not an invalid option.
I'll have to check my packages.
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I occasionally install a program and need to know how to use it as
quickly as possible; for example, while reading through bug reports.
So, I run foo --help. Sometimes, the help screen is more than 25
lines long, and it scrolls on past. So, I run foo --help |l
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