On Thursday 18 November 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Thursday 18 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > I think --help should work whereever it is put on a command line, > > except after -- or right after an option which requires an argument > > I disagree; that would complicate the implementation without providing > any real advantage for the users IMHO. > > > The point being that I type > > > > $ foo --zork --barf > > foo: blabla error, see --help > > > > and then type <up><space>--help<enter> to find out more. > Or type <up><ctrl-a><alt-f><space>--help<enter> to find out more. > Or even type "foo --help" to find out more. These are not much > more complex or lacking in usability, IMHO. > Besides, in the particular case of automake, how often do automake or aclocal get invoked directly? To my experience, they are almost always invoked by autoreconf, ./bootstrap, or some custom autogen.sh script. > > Let's address this on bug-standards before changing any programs. > > I'm not subscribed to that list, so please CC me if you want me to > contribute to the discussion. Thanks. > FYI, now I've subscribed to the list, so there' no need to CC me anymore.
Thanks, Stefano