Le samedi 27 février 2010 à 19:49 +0000, brian m. carlson a écrit : > Additionally, in some cases, the --help output is not sufficient to > explain what a program does. "gcc-4.4 --help" does not list all the > options; one has to use "gcc-4.4 -v --help". Also, using only the > latter, please tell me what the "-dM" argument does when passed to > gcc-4.4. > > Although this example is not a GUI program, it is a great example of why > --help output is often not sufficient. Indeed it is not sufficient for gcc-4.4. But I still think it is sufficient for gcalctool. > In my opinion, your proposed > change to policy will not result in the elimination of many manpages, > because in most cases, the programs will be inadequately documented by > the --help output. --help output is for the case where you already are > intimately familiar with the program and what it does, and need a quick > reminder, or for cases when manpages are not available (emergency > single-user boot). We are talking of programs that you will not have the idea to run with the command line unless you know what they do. Programs that are usually run through a graphical menu. The current situation is that there are a lot of outdated and/or inaccurate manpages, while the --help output contains the same amount of information and is guaranteed to be up-to-date. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' “I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in `- future understand things” -- Jörg Schilling
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