Another idea might be when the user hits TAB have this kind of list appear: --bla (-b) --snorf (-s) etc.
or --bla (-b), --snorf (-s), etc. >>>>> "VS" == Ville Skyttä <[email protected]> writes: VS> Suggesting long options this way is by design; short ones should be VS> suggested only when no equivalent long ones exist. More info in VS> CONTRIBUTING.md (in upstream git, dunno about the Debian package).

