I would agree with the deprecation of the colon syntax. I would also be for
adding spaces. This may help people that are building automated tools which
will pass command-line values. We could then document the standards <grin/>
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://icumove.spaces.live.com
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Rob Mensching
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Cultures is weird and complex which sad since it has to be used so much.
> The other uses of colon are just misguided (followed the wrong pattern).
>
> I blame Derek. <smile/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 17:34
> To: Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
> Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Heat change -indent
>
> Rob Mensching wrote:
> > Documentation is busted, oops. However, none of the standard heat
> arguments use a colon. The other things are extensions and are not part of
> heat. The colon was unusual compared to most of the other options. It
> doesn't help that light is confused (like -cultures <sigh/>).
> >
>
> To be fair, it was intention(ish): -cultures is slightly odd in that
> order matters so, as I recall, Derek and I spoke about having a single
> switch rather than multiple switches (like -b). Not a great decision in
> retrospect, I'll grant...<g>
>
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