I'd have to agree. I like the old style better. Why did we switch to this strange format?
Jay On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Kevin Dalley <kdal...@vmware.com> wrote: > I recently noticed that the master branch of FreeRDP has a change in the > command line interface. > > The new command line options no longer follow the POSIX standard for command > line interface or the GNU standard for CLI. > > Here are references for both standards: > POSIX: > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604499/basedefs/xbd_chap12.html > GNU: > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html > > I strongly recommend that any tool which runs on Linux follow these standards, > rather than create a new command line interface. This interface is completely > different from > any other tool which I have used on Linux. > > At VMware, we ship an application which runs xfreerdp, or alternatively, > rdesktop. > > A change in the command line interface breaks compatibility for us. We would > have to verify which version > of xfreerdp is available, and then choose which version of command line > arguments to use. Of course, > this problem can be worked around, but it is an ugly addition to the code. > > For those who haven't looked at the new command line interface, here is a > summary. > > Usage: xfreerdp [file] [options] [/v:<server>[:port]] > > Syntax: > /flag (enables flag) > /option:<value> (specifies option with value) > +toggle -toggle (enables or disables toggle, where '/' is a synonym of '+') > /v:<server>[:port] Server hostname > /port:<number> Server port > /w:<width> Width > ... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? > Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Freerdp-devel mailing list > Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Freerdp-devel mailing list Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
