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".
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: 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 that makes tmux attach to > existing session or create new one if no session exists. As you may see, > the help output of the command is very poor. It would be very nice to see > command line help improved. > If it was Python - I'd recommended**[1]http://docopt.org/ but maybe > something similar exists for C for easy implementation. > I also couldn't create a new issue on SF tracker. > --** > anatoly t. > > References > > Visible links > 1. http://docopt.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, > is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, > whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most > recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
