Hi,
On 17/09/05 18:31, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
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So why should cat be any different?
Just because two extreme cases support -h as a alias for --help,
doesn't mean that it is a GNU convention. You still haven't given a
good reason why -h should be a alias for --help.
It is a common getopt option to trigger command line help, the most
common I suggest. --help is the most common getoptlong option in GNU.
Perhaps there is a GNU standard which covers this aspect of programs
user-friendly-ness.
-h is quite uncommon as a alias for --help in GNU programs, and --help
is not that frequently used to warrent a short-option for --help.
Infact, just in binutils, objdump uses -H as a alias, -h is a alias
for --section-headers. Frankly, adding -h as a alias for --help only
causes confusion for users, and any such alias should be removed.
We'll all have to remember to use --help long option if -h is not going
to be consistent then. We can agree to differ on that if you cannot
agree with my proposal.
Kind regards
JG
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