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[help-gengetopt] feature request: add new --show-help and --show-version
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Ben Asselstine |
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[help-gengetopt] feature request: add new --show-help and --show-version options |
Date: |
Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:43:51 -0400 |
Hello,
I propose 2 new options:
--show-help
Show the output of --help instead of generating code
--show-version
Show the output of --version instead of generating code
A gengetopt user could then modify the .ggo file and view the output
of --show-help to see if things look right. It allows gengetopt to
have a simpler iterative workflow, ending with the generation of code.
It also could be used to interface with help2man [1]. help2man has
--help-option and --version-option options that make it possible to
generate a man page from gengetopt with --show-help and --show-version
options. I'm not certain how useful it is to create a man page before
compilation (as gengetopt would become a dependency), but it's
certainly nifty.
example of interfacing help2man with gengetopt with the new options:
help2man --help-option="--input=bf.ggo --show-help"
--version-option="--input=bf.ggo --show-version" gengetopt > bf.1
1. http:// www.gnu.org/software/help2man/
Ben
- [help-gengetopt] feature request: add new --show-help and --show-version options,
Ben Asselstine <=