From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 13:57:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7Y1M-TkTJNb0q8LECy6-fViN=As5cn6KohneyeDLdPv4Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHLkEDsDG7X9+oN8AowUoqcPU731tHALXJGvaqkxV8XnR2kULg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 1:49 PM Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When there isn't a man page, try calling the command with --help or -h.
This is not a good idea, because we can't predict what will happen if
a given command does not support those options, or interprets them
differently.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-25 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-25 20:47 Marlon Richert
2021-05-25 20:57 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2021-06-02 18:26 ` [PATCH] Let run-help try to show function source from file (was Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help) Marlon Richert
2021-06-20 21:23 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-07-18 18:38 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-07-28 2:03 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-06-02 20:58 ` Let run-help filter cmd_args before calling run-help-<command> " Marlon Richert
2021-06-03 4:34 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-06-03 4:38 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-06-03 21:26 ` Marlon Richert
2021-06-03 21:45 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-06-03 21:52 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-06-03 22:00 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-06-03 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-06-05 19:15 ` Marlon Richert
2021-06-20 18:01 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-07-18 18:45 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-07-28 17:58 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-07-29 12:11 ` Marlon Richert
2021-07-30 16:55 ` Bart Schaefer
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