On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:53:56 -0500 (CDT), sabrina downard <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you do not have a better use for -h, and you have coded a usage > statement for --help, then how damned difficult would it be to make -h > equal to --help? Since you're already going to print a damned error > telling me to use --help instead? Sorry, I disagree. And I have never liked -h to be help. IMHO it should be either -? or --help, and -help could be acceptable > I was clearly already asking for help, For me, -h never has meant help, nor do I expect *any* command or util to show me help on -h > you idiots. Taunting me just pisses me off. > > bitchily, > --s. -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.9.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, & 11.23, SuSE 10.0, AIX 4.3 & 5.2, and Cygwin. http://qa.perl.org http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
