I've committed Aizaz's patch, with some editorial revisions.
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If the option is named --long-help, I'd expect a longer version of
> --help, which this is not. The name should probably involve "help"
> and "config" to make it clearer what you get.
I used --help-config.
> The help message should be printed by --help, not -h. In fact, I
> don't think there should be a separate subhelp message. Users know
> about --help, and that should give them all information about all
> invocation modes right there.
I didn't do this, because it seemed to involve more coupling between
postgres.c and help_config.c than I thought was good. But if you're
intent on it, feel free to change it.
> Why are there long explanations in some cases only? Do you plan to
> add others later? I also think the messages should be made more
> consistent in various ways, but that can be done later.
I made some small changes for improved consistency but I'm sure
considerably more editing could be done. Have at it.
regards, tom lane
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