Re: Debian too difficult, Red Hat?

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

didier declared,

> Richard E Hawkins Esq writes:

> Richard> No, it's that their full extent is a pita (hmm, i don't mean to speak
> Richard> for manuel).

> 	Really, I don't see why.

--help is 4 more keystrokes than the standard -h


> >> From a command line, -h is quicker & easier than --help, etc. And I'm
> Richard> not even going to start on the info rather than man nonsense . . .

> 	Gnu stuff often provides both short and long options. Long options are 
> usually easier to remind when you've not been using the app for a long time.

but not consistantly:


eyryttyp0:hawk>tar -h
tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
Try `tar --help' for more information.


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