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Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:29:10 +0200 |
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Heikki Orsila wrote:
>> ---
>> src/tr.c | 2 +-
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
>> index e9338d4..8084447 100644
>> --- a/src/tr.c
>> +++ b/src/tr.c
>> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... SET1 [SET2]\n\
>> Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input,\n\
>> writing to standard output.\n\
>> \n\
>> - -c, -C, --complement first complement SET1\n\
>> + -c, -C, --complement change SET1 into a complement of itself\n\
>> -d, --delete delete characters in SET1, do not translate\n\
>> -s, --squeeze-repeats replace each input sequence of a repeated
>> character\n\
>> that is listed in SET1 with a single
>> occurrence\n\
>
> Yes, we should add that.
> "first complement" could be ambiguous/confusing.
How about "use the complement of SET1" ?