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Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse
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Michael Geng |
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Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse |
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:13:48 +0200 |
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:08:51PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Michael Geng on 8/28/2007 12:33 PM:
> >
> > In the present version of genparse new strings are always printed
> > in new lines. For example (also from the ls commmand):
> >
> > d / directory flag "list directory entries instead
> > of contents,"
> > " and do not dereference symbolic
> > links"
>
> Why not make genparse a bit smarter, and let the user supply free-form
> text as the option description. Genparse should then wrap it to fit an
> 80-column screen before generating the resulting usage() in the .c file.
> Then the above example would simply be:
>
> d / directory flag \
> "list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference
> symbolic links"
>
> with the __GNU_GLOSSARY__(29) being the formatting hint of where the
> auto-wrapping should occur in the output English text.
I think that's a good idea. How about adding a --linebreak[=width] command
line switch to genparse which enables breaking lines on the help screen
automatically to the specified width or 80 columns if --linebreak is given
without argument?
Michael
- [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Michael Geng, 2007/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Eric Blake-1, 2007/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, John Cowan, 2007/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Jim Meyering, 2007/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Michael Geng, 2007/08/29
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Michael Geng, 2007/08/29
- Re: [PATCH] Command line parsing of ls with genparse, Eric Blake, 2007/08/29