Hi,
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
I disagree with that idea fdor aesthetic reasons. That, or mtn should
be split in small programs, such as mtn-db-init. I'm sure we don't
want that.
Full ACK.
Yeah, you might think that, but on the positive side, it gives a
structure, such as all "db" commands being strictly about the
database.
Yes, especially for users who are already somewhat used to monotone,
this quick command overview is really helpful - you don't need to read a
whole manual, but have the important information right on your screen.
jmmv84> An alternative could be to show no commands at all on the
jmmv84> default help, but only the categories with a little blurb of
jmmv84> what they are about. Such as:
jmmv84>
jmmv84> [...options summary here...]
jmmv84>
jmmv84> Command categories:
jmmv84>
jmmv84> automation Commands for scripted execution
jmmv84> db Commands to manage the database
jmmv84> ...
jmmv84>
jmmv84> Type "mtn help <category>" to show information on all commands
jmmv84> available in that category.
Yeah, we are not very consequent about what we consider a category. Some
cleaning up there would be helpful, together with appropriate help
screens for each category.
Regards
Markus
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