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| From | Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? |
| Date | 2016-05-01 17:04 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.286.1462122256.32212.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On 2016-05-01, Steven D'Aprano <steve@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. -- Grant
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Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 13:53 +0000
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-05-01 18:08 +0300
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 16:30 +0000
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 02:36 +1000
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 17:04 +0000
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 11:48 +1000
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-05-02 02:34 -0400
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-05-01 13:09 -0400
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-01 13:49 -0400
Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-05-01 10:54 -0700
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