Re: [help-gengetopt] Use argp for nicer output and more flexibility?

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > I don't know argp actually (could you please point me to some quick
> > reference about it).
>
>
> The GNU libc manual has a section on argp.  argp_parse seem to be a
> superset of getopt.  Try building the examples and run them, they
> behave quite good with minimal effort from the developer.

OK, I'll take a look

>   E.g. compare from idn:
>
>               --quiet               Don't print the welcome greeting 
> (default=off)
>
>   With gsasl (uses argp):
>
>       --service=STRING       Set the requested service name (should be a
>                              registered GSSAPI host based service name).

mh... OK this should be quite easy to do

> * Grouping of descriptions.  E.g., the "Network.." and "Misc..." text
>   in gsasl:
>
> ...
>  Network parameters:
>       --connect=HOSTNAME[:SERVICE]
>                              Connect to TCP server and negotiate on stream
>                              instead of stdin/stdout. SERVICE is the protocol
>                              service, or an integer denoting the port, and
>                              defaults to 143 (imap) if not specified. Also sets
>                              the --hostname default.
>  
>  Miscellaneous options:
>       --application-data     After authentication, read data from stdin and run
>                              it through the mechanism's security layer and
>                              print it base64 encoded to stdout. The default is
>                              to terminate after authentication.
>       --imap                 Use a IMAP-like logon procedure (client only).
>                              Also sets the --service default to "imap".

you have grouping in gengetopt already, probably you want a better 
formatting

> ...
>
> * Generates --version and --usage automatically.

--version is already generated, --usage can be easily added.

I'll try to deal with these issues as soon as possible.

I hope you stay with gengetopt ;-)

cheers
        Lorenzo


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