On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Nicholas Marriott <
nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Funny I just tried "cd -h", "df -h", "ls -h", "ps -h" and none of them
> gave me help. It seems people with expectations for -h are going to have
> them dashed fairly often?
>
People are being told that it is impossible to change anything that is so
ancient, so I won't be surprised that nobody even tried. If "tmux" was
associated with Debian I didn't even have an chance to think I can send my
proposal here. Getting here is already took the effort that's impossible
for the most users. =)
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:13:43PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> > The reason is that users expect -h to work as in svn or hg way I
> described
> > earlier. A poll is the proof.
> > --
> > anatoly t.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nicholas Marriott
> > <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> 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][2]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][3]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][4]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > References
> > >
> > > ** **Visible links
> > > ** **1. mailto:[5]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > ** **2. mailto:[6]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > ** **3. mailto:[7]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
> > 4. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > 5. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > 6. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > 7. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
>
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