I was experimenting with the .sh binaries:
*********
$ sh lilypond-2.13.11-1.linux-64.sh
lilypond installer for version 2.13.11 release 1.
Use --help for help
You are about to install LilyPond in /home/owner/lilypond
A script in /home/owner/bin will be created as a shortcut.
Press ^C to abort, or Enter to proceed.
*********
This might surprise you, but at first I wasn't sure where or
when to type "--help". A confused user, wanting to change
the install directory, might do "--help<Enter>" at the
prompt, which is bad, because then the installation
proceeds. Instead of "Use --help for help", I'd put this:
*********
For a list of options, abort (^C) then do:
sh lilypond-2.13.11-1.linux-64.sh --help
*********
I've attached a patch for gub that incorporates this; let me
know if you don't like it... One question, though: I
changed the text in lilypond-sharhead.sh, but do I also need
to change it in sharhead.sh?
Thanks.
- Mark
From 62c1ba0203014d97bdc9f23573cb69b66c8a2328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Polesky <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:22:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-sharhead: Clarify --help message.
---
sourcefiles/lilypond-sharhead.sh | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sourcefiles/lilypond-sharhead.sh b/sourcefiles/lilypond-sharhead.sh
index 0fb8518..84dc318 100644
--- a/sourcefiles/lilypond-sharhead.sh
+++ b/sourcefiles/lilypond-sharhead.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ done
cat <<EOF
%(name)s installer for version %(version)s release %(release)s.
-Use --help for help
+For a list of options, abort (^C) then do:
+sh $me --help
EOF
--
1.6.3.3
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