On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Nicholas Marriott <
nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no way tmux will support -h or --help unless you can change the
> consensus on OpenBSD, or at least other common OpenBSD ports to Linux
> like OpenSSH.
>
For that I need the starting point.
Where is the current consensus documented?
Where to write to?
> However we already have "ambiguous command" matching:
>
> $ tmux lis
> ambiguous command: lis, could be: list-buffers, list-clients,
> list-commands, list-keys, list-panes, list-sessions, list-windows
>
That's a very cool usability feature. Actually, only hg supports that - svn
is written in C and therefore too slow to implement such stuff.
> So the most persuasive thing to implement would be to special-case "tmux
> help" to list all commands, or even to run "man tmux" if you think that
> is better. Although I think in the latter case you will need to explain
> why "tmux help" is easier than "man tmux" :-).
`tmux help` won't help much if the hint is not in this list:
usage: tmux [-28lquv] [-c shell-command] [-f file] [-L socket-name]
[-S socket-path] [command [flags]]
But it is better than "man tmux", because if you forgot tmux argument or
command, you already have a "tmux something" in command line, so you only
need to erase "something" or insert "help" between "tmux" and "something" -
it is faster to do than retype the whole command. "tmux help command" also
acts as a natural filter giving you all the information you need, while
"man tmux" leaves you with digging the information you need yourself.
`tmux -h` will help better though, as it is much easier to type and `-h`
can be added after the commands as well.
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 08:37:40AM +0000, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
> > "You don't want to do it" is not a good argument for changing it.
> >
> > A poll is not going to help. This is not a democracy. You need to give
> > reasons.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:26:32AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> > > Yes. I think it needs to be changed. The other aspect that you
> probably
> > > don't want to change, because you've used to it and therefore it is
> a work
> > > that you're not interested in. I think the only solution here is to
> run a
> > > poll as a proof to show that this behavior really provides a value
> (or
> > > not).
> > > --
> > > anatoly t.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Marriott
> > > <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I do not think it needs to change. Do you?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:08:36AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> > > > ** **On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Nicholas Marriott
> > > > ** **<[1][2]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ** ** **tmux is a BSD program and traditionally BSD programs do
> not
> > > support -h,
> > > > ** ** **--help or indeed any extended built-in help beyond the
> usage
> > > string. You
> > > > ** ** **should be able to see the tmux help with "man tmux".
> > > >
> > > > ** **That year this tradition comes down from?
> > > > ** **Don't you think that things need to be changed?
> > > > ** **In other word s- do you have arguments to keep the things
> as is
> > > in 201x+?
> > > > ** **--**
> > > > ** **anatoly t.**
> > > >
> > > > References
> > > >
> > > > ** **Visible links
> > > > ** **1. mailto:[3]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > References
> > >
> > > Visible links
> > > 1. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 2. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 3. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
>
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