-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Spott schrieb: > > I see three reasons opposing this idea: > 1.) I'm not sure but I assume you can't use ":" inside a command line > option on certain platforms (Windows).
I really can't imagine any problems that it might cause under windows (haven't tested it though) > 2.) Too often people want to do '<command> -h [-v] | grep -i <keyword>' > in order to search for a certain option, they don't want to browse > a supplemental text file. see next answer > 3.) Every effort spent into another duplication of such information is > waste. If someone really wants to revamp '-h -v' I suggest to > create a method that browses the property tree and to force any > available option to carry an explanation that is attached to the > respective object in the mentioned tree. > Duplication of such information unavoidable results in some sort of > mess - _always_ :-)) If the '-h -v' can get the relevant information out of the property tree then that's the best way to go. The information would be aviable on the command line help and in the property tree browser. It would also stay up to date as there's only one source (redundancy is *bad*). CU, Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDpIy4lhWtxOxWNFcRAt+xAKCnxgY2tvxP9EZpNBslAAbhuCn3iwCfcBcJ 8vMGYAqv/e6z4fEJjkn+QlU= =oGav -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
