On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Nicholas Marriott <
nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps it would be useful if you at least gave us the text you would
> like tmux to show so we are discussing something concrete?
>
Right.
$ tmux -h
tmux 1.7 - terminal multiplexer - manages multiple windows in a single
terminal
usage:
tmux [-28u] [-qv] [-f config] [-l] [-c shell-command] [-L socket-name]
[-S socket-path] [command ...]
tmux help [command]
tmux -h | --help
tmux --version
Some examples are also on http://docopt.org/
> I don't object to -h particularly, even if the argument that "people
> expect it" is clearly spurious. Some people may try it.
>
> But it should not duplicate the man page.
>
It definitely should not. -h is for cheatsheet that should fit one page.
> And personally I'd prefer a "tmux help" command which could do other
> stuff (eg replace list-commands). Maybe "tmux -h" could change the
> default command to the new help command?
To me "tmux help" should list all commands that are only actual in command
line. It looks like many commands are for scripting tmux session that is
already opened. List command should be namespaced IMHO:
$ tmux list
usage:
tmux list <command> [-h]
tmux list [buffers | clients | commands | keys | panes | sessions |
windows ]
It is also good when "tmux help command" is equivalent to "tmux command -h".
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:21:49AM +0000, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
> > Funny I just tried "cd -h", "df -h", "ls -h", "ps -h" and none of them
> > gave me help. It seems people with expectations for -h are going to have
> > them dashed fairly often?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:13:43PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> > > The reason is that users expect -h to work as in svn or hg way I
> described
> > > earlier. A poll is the proof.
> > > --
> > > anatoly t.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nicholas Marriott
> > > <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > "You don't want to do it" is not a good argument for changing it.
> > >
> > > A poll is not going to help. This is not a democracy. You need to
> give
> > > reasons.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:26:32AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> > > > ** **Yes. I think it needs to be changed. The other aspect that
> you
> > > probably
> > > > ** **don't want to change, because you've used to it and
> therefore it
> > > is a work
> > > > ** **that you're not interested in. I think the only solution
> here is
> > > to run a
> > > > ** **poll as a proof to show that this behavior really provides
> a
> > > value (or
> > > > ** **not).
> > > > ** **--
> > > > ** **anatoly t.
> > > >
> > > > ** **On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Marriott
> > > > ** **<[1][2]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ** ** **I do not think it needs to change. Do you?
> > > >
> > > > ** ** **On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:08:36AM +0300, anatoly
> techtonik
> > > wrote:
> > > > ** ** **> ** **On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Nicholas
> Marriott
> > > > ** ** **> ** **<[1][2][3]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > ** ** **>
> > > > ** ** **> ** ** **tmux is a BSD program and traditionally BSD
> programs
> > > do not
> > > > ** ** **support -h,
> > > > ** ** **> ** ** **--help or indeed any extended built-in help
> beyond
> > > the usage
> > > > ** ** **string. You
> > > > ** ** **> ** ** **should be able to see the tmux help with "man
> tmux".
> > > > ** ** **>
> > > > ** ** **> ** **That year this tradition comes down from?
> > > > ** ** **> ** **Don't you think that things need to be changed?
> > > > ** ** **> ** **In other word s- do you have arguments to keep
> the
> > > things as is
> > > > ** ** **in 201x+?
> > > > ** ** **> ** **--**
> > > > ** ** **> ** **anatoly t.**
> > > > ** ** **>
> > > > ** ** **> References
> > > > ** ** **>
> > > > ** ** **> ** **Visible links
> > > > ** ** **> ** **1. mailto:[3][4]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > References
> > > >
> > > > ** **Visible links
> > > > ** **1. mailto:[5]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > > ** **2. mailto:[6]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > > ** **3. mailto:[7]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > References
> > >
> > > Visible links
> > > 1. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 2. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 3. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 4. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 5. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 6. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
> > > 7. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com
>
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