From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from scc-mailout.scc.kit.edu (scc-mailout.scc.kit.edu [129.13.185.202]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pALMb3cP003088 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:37:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from hekate.usta.de (asta-nat.asta.uni-karlsruhe.de [172.22.63.82]) by scc-mailout-02.scc.kit.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72 #1) id 1RScU3-0005WB-0y; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:03 +0100 Received: from donnerwolke.usta.de ([172.24.96.3]) by hekate.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RScU3-0007ad-05 for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:03 +0100 Received: from iris.usta.de ([172.24.96.5] helo=usta.de) by donnerwolke.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RScU2-0005RC-Uq for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:02 +0100 Received: from schwarze by usta.de with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RScU2-0005Lj-JL for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:02 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:02 +0100 From: Ingo Schwarze To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: Showing all possible apropls keys. Message-ID: <20111121223702.GA22285@iris.usta.de> References: <4ECA86C8.1030100@bsd.lv> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ECA86C8.1030100@bsd.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Hi Kristaps, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:13:44PM +0100: > Enclosed is a patch to show all possible apropos keys with apropos > -k. I chose "-k" more or less arbitrarily. > > Thoughts? I think that shouldn't go in. This information doesn't belong into the program, but into the manual. Usage() as a reaction to an unsupported option is ok, but any additional user documentation in a program is seriously misplaced. Well, maybe with the exception of programs intended for use in an environment where man(1) is not available, like fdisk(8) in an installation ramdisk. Yours, Ingo -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv