Hello here,

In the process of testing jfricas I tried to use the fricas script
which I never use. I usually use directly FRICASsys.

But to properly start FriCAS and not having an error message 'X cannot
be found' I tried to use 'fricas' with the good option, i.e. just in a
terminal here.
Following is a result of a sample session:

Unknown option: --nox
To use a specific workspace use, e.g.: fricas -ws --nox
Goodbye.
Unknown option: --no-x
To use a specific workspace use, e.g.: fricas -ws --no-x
Goodbye.
Unknown option: --help
To use a specific workspace use, e.g.: fricas -ws --help
Goodbye.

As a suggestion, what about adding '--help' option and eventually
'--version' option? Those are really common and when you are stuck a
simple '--help' usually helps you. And that's very fast. FriCAS use
-'h' to give help on options available, but '-h' is sometimes a real
option, see 'ls -h for example' so I suggest to add '--help' as
another option.

Additionally, I wonder why the error message is always:

To use a specific workspace use, e.g.: fricas -ws YourWrongOption.
Goodbye

What about returning:
Unrecognized option '********'
Try 'fricas -h' or 'WhateverYouWant' for more information.


(In fact I do not even understand the place of the comma in the
'fricas' error message. Probably my ignorance)

Just a suggestion of course!
__
G. Vanuxem

PS / I know the '-h' option for information, but I do not know exactly
what are the FSF guidelines for example.

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