On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:00 PM Programmingkid <programmingk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Jul 30, 2018, at 11:09 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On 07/28/2018 08:22 PM, Programmingkid wrote: > >> I thought of a way to make qemu-img much more user-friendly. When the > user opens qemu-img without any arguments, we could present a prompt that > guides the user on making an image file. > >> This illustrates what I think should happen. > >> <after user double-clicks on qemu-img...> > >> Please select a format (qcow, qcow2, raw, vdi, vhdx, vmdk, vpc, vvfat): > >> qcow2 > >> Please enter a size (e.g. 100M, 10G): > >> 4G > >> Please enter a name: > >> WinXP.qcow2 > >> Creating image file...done > >> The interactive prompt would contain enough options to make a usable > image file. If the user wants to use some of the more advanced features of > qemu-img he or she would still need to use the command-line. > >> Would such a patch be welcomed? > > > > qemu-img is a command line tool, not a gui. Bloating it with a gui > dialog box is probably not a wise idea. > There would be no gui dialog box. Qemu-img would still be a command-line > tool. The patch would be done in printf/scanf calls. > > > Personally, I'm just fine with the current command line behavior: > > > > $ qemu-img > > qemu-img: Not enough arguments > > Try 'qemu-img --help' for more information This is not user friendly, but unfortunately very common. It can be improved by treating no arguments as --help, like git. > > > > as 'qemu-img --help' tells you how to properly use the command, without > having to hand-hold you through the process. > Hand holding feels way better than the coldness of the --help option. > User feeling that --help is too cold will be better served by management system like virt-manager or oVirt. Did you try one of these? Nir
