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From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/23] qemu-img: inline list of supported commands, remove qemu-img-cmds.h include
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:06:26 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZdT4Muc9M5kQ1S9J@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00cd5770-29f1-451c-8d13-2b9e987e6c7f@tls.msk.ru>

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 10:02:32PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 20.02.2024 21:48, Daniel P. Berrangé:
> ...
> > $ ./build/qemu-img check --help
> > Check basic image integrity.
> > 
> > Usage:
> > 
> >    qemu-img check [-f FMT | --image-opts] [-T CACHE_MODE] [-r] [-u]
> >          [--output human|json] [--object OBJDEF] FILENAME
> > 
> > Arguments:
> 
> $ ./build/qemu-img check --help
> Check basic image integrity.  Usage:
> 
>    qemu-img check [-f FMT | --image-opts] [-T CACHE_MODE] [-r] [-u]
>           [--output human|json] [--object OBJDEF] FILENAME
> 
> Arguments:
> ...
> 
> Or just:
> 
> Check basic image integrity:
> 
>  qemu-img check...
> 
> 
> In all cases I tried to make the whole thing as compact as possible,
> to (almost) fit on a standard terminal.  The extra empty lines between
> different arguments makes it almost impossible.

IMHO fitting on a "standard" terminal is OK in terms of width, but
should be a non-goal in terms of height. Readability is more important
than avoiding vertical scroll.

> > >              "Arguments:\n"
> > >              " -h|--help - print this help and exit\n"
> 
> btw, the common way is to use comma here, not "|", --
>   -h,--help - ...
> 
> Again, I especially omitted space after "|" to make it
> more compact.  Maybe for no good.

Yes, a comma with a space would look nicer. If we have the
description on the following line, then there's no width
limit problems there.

With regards,
Daniel
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-20 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-09 21:22 [PATCH 00/23] qemu-img: refersh options and --help handling Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 01/23] qemu-img: pass current cmd info into command handlers Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:29   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 02/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "create" subcommand Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 18:41   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 03/23] qemu-img: factor out parse_output_format() and use it in the code Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:38   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 04/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "check" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 05/23] qemu-img: simplify --repair error message Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:40   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 06/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "commit" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 07/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "compare" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 08/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "convert" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 09/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "info" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 10/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "map" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 11/23] qemu-img: allow specifying -f fmt for snapshot subcommand Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:41   ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:41   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 12/23] qemu-img: make -l (list) the default for "snapshot" subcommand Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:45   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-20 18:51     ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-21 12:12       ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 13/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "snapshot" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 14/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "rebase" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 15/23] qemu-img: resize: do not always eat last argument Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 17:57   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-21 12:19     ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 16/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "resize" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 17/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "amend" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 18/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "bench" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 19/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "bitmap" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 20/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "dd" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 21/23] qemu-img: refresh options/--help for "measure" command Michael Tokarev
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 22/23] qemu-img: implement short --help, remove global help() function Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 18:46   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 21:22 ` [PATCH 23/23] qemu-img: inline list of supported commands, remove qemu-img-cmds.h include Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 18:48   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-20 19:02     ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 19:06       ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2024-02-21 16:31     ` Michael Tokarev
2024-02-21 16:45       ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-02-09 22:26 ` [PATCH 00/23] qemu-img: refersh options and --help handling Michael Tokarev
2024-02-20 18:53 ` Daniel P. Berrangé

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