What should Python apps do when asked to show help?
cs at zip.com.au
cs at zip.com.au
Sun May 1 18:30:45 EDT 2016
On 01May2016 17:04, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2016-05-01, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 May 2016 02:30 am, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>> In discussions like these, it would be important to draw from
>>>> precedents. Are there commands that have such an option?
>>>
>>> It's pretty rare. It is assumed that Unix uses can type " | less"
>>
>> Is nobody except me questioning the assumption that we're only
>> talking about Unix users?
>
>Didn't the OP specify that he was writing a command-line utility for
>Linux/Unix?
>
>Discussing command line operation for Windows or OS-X seems rather
>pointless.
OS-X _is_ UNIX. I spent almost all my time on this Mac in terminals. It is a
very nice to use UNIX in many regards.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
Mac OS X. Because making Unix user-friendly is easier than debugging Windows.
- Mike Dawson, Macintosh Systems Administrator and Consultation.
mdawson at mac.com http://herowars.onestop.net
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