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Re: [patch] Add -q in help info and doc
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Mingjie Xing <mingjie dot xing at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:33:01 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] Add -q in help info and doc
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On 06/09/2014 02:32 AM, Mingjie Xing wrote:
> 2014-06-06 18:26 GMT+08:00 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>:
>> I notice it's missing from the man page too.
>>
>> (cd doc; make man; man ./gdb.1)
>
> Yes. But before fixing it, I think It should be better that we can
> firstly unify the
> long option format. Currently, we use "--" prefix in the help
> information, while "-"
> in gdb.texinfo. It's confusing for users, though gdb accepts both kinds.
Yes, it's confusing, agreed, but I'd call that an orthogonal issue.
But if you want to fix both issues, then that's great.
TBC, I'm not suggesting you _have_ to fix the man page.
--
Pedro Alves