Re: Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version?

2014-06-24 Thread anatoly techtonik
gt; for tmux. > > > Original message ---- > From: anatoly techtonik > Date: 22/06/2014 04:44 (GMT+00:00) > To: Nicholas Marriott > Cc: tmux-us...@lists.sf.net > Subject: Re: Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version? > > > On Sun, J

Re: Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version?

2014-06-23 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Nicholas Marriott < nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > tmux is an OpenBSD program and they do not typically support long > options, and use a man page rather than builtin help or info pages. It is not OpenBSD program anymore. Check userbase. =) ---

Re: Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version?

2014-06-23 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 6:36 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Nicholas Marriott < > nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> tmux is an OpenBSD program and they do not typically support long >> options, and use a man page rather than

Re: Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version?

2014-06-21 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 02:13:47PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > Subj. > > > > Tmux is awesome, but I can not use it without Google. For example, I > tried > > to get some version to see if some chang

Why tmux doesn't have command line help, --help or --version?

2014-06-19 Thread anatoly techtonik
Subj. Tmux is awesome, but I can not use it without Google. For example, I tried to get some version to see if some changes in last releases can be the source of weirdness that I am experiencing running irssi under it. ps26398:~# tmix --version -bash: tmix: command not found ps26398:~# tmux --ver

How to know if tmux is running in UTF-8 mode?

2014-02-13 Thread anatoly techtonik
I am getting question marks when I get non-English messages in my irssi screen in PuTTY. I am certain that PuTTY uses UTF-8, but how can I check that tmux is in UTF-8 too to ensure that problem is with irssi? -- anatoly t. --

Re: create-or-attach command

2014-02-08 Thread anatoly techtonik
on already exists. This hides the internals from the reader and removes the requirement for the reader to be aware of attach-session and -D behavior to understand the meaning. On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: > On 5 February 2014 12:57, anatoly techtonik wr

create-or-attach command

2014-02-07 Thread anatoly techtonik
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3432536/create-session-if-none-exists Is it possible to implement a simple create-or-attach command, which will create a (named) session if it doesn't exists or attach to existing? Please, CC. -- anatoly t.

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
e are not going to go the route of moving or duplicating > documentation from the manpage, it will always be the primary place for > tmux documentation. Right. Man is the manual, help is a cheatsheet. > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:36:25PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >On

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:21:49AM +, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > > Funny I just tried "cd -h", "df -h", "ls -h", "ps -h" and none of them > > gave me help. It seems people with expectations for -h are going to have > > them dashed fai

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
not present anymore in OpenBSD. What is the current state of the art in option parsing for C? I found optparse for C at http://orangeclawhammer.net/ > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:24 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Nicholas Marriott < >> nicholas.marri...@g

Re: Communication channel

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
dy have > plans? Though whatever happens you will still need to sign up and log in > otherwise it will be full of spam. > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:05:26AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Thomas Adam <[1]tho...@xteddy.org> > >

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
already took the effort that's impossible for the most users. =) On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:13:43PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >The reason is that users expect -h to work as in svn or hg way I > described > >earlier. A poll is the proof. > >-- &g

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
ll help better though, as it is much easier to type and `-h` can be added after the commands as well. > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 08:37:40AM +, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > > "You don't want to do it" is not a good argument for changing it. > > > > A poll is

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
anging it. > > A poll is not going to help. This is not a democracy. You need to give > reasons. > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:26:32AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >Yes. I think it needs to be changed. The other aspect that you > probably > >don

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
; > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 08:37:40AM +, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > > > "You don't want to do it" is not a good argument for changing it. > > > > > > A poll is not going to help. This is not a democracy. You need to give > &

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
a value (or not). -- anatoly t. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Marriott < nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not think it needs to change. Do you? > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:08:36AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:40:48PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While my previous message awaits moderator's approval, here is another > one. > > > > $ tmux -h > > tmux: un

Re: Communication channel

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:34:00PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just wanted you to know that mailing lists are really hard to communicate > > in 2013, because every time you write you think t

Re: Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-18 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Nicholas Marriott < nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > tmux is a BSD program and traditionally BSD programs do not support -h, > --help or indeed any extended built-in help beyond the usage string. You > should be able to see the tmux help with "man tmux". Th

Extend -h, --help output

2013-02-17 Thread anatoly techtonik
Hi, While my previous message awaits moderator's approval, here is another one. $ tmux -h tmux: unknown option -- h usage: tmux [-28lquv] [-c shell-command] [-f file] [-L socket-name] [-S socket-path] [command [flags]] $ tmux --help [exited] What I expected is to find out the command

Communication channel

2013-02-17 Thread anatoly techtonik
Hi, Just wanted you to know that mailing lists are really hard to communicate in 2013, because every time you write you think that this letter won't get to the list, because you are not subscribed. This is a way to keep traffic low though. -- anatoly t. --