From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:17606 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751098Ab1HPKq5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:46:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Benno Schulenberg Cc: kerolasa@gmail.com, util-linux Subject: Re: man-pages and usage() howto Message-ID: <20110816104652.GA14535@nb.net.home> References: <20110815141948.GH2038@nb.net.home> <1313485424.19019.140258130122469@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <1313485424.19019.140258130122469@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:03:44AM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > >        command [options] file > > If in the usage() help text the arguments of options are written in > uppercase, wouldn't it be more consistent to then also write the It depends, Semi's version is uppercase, but my (findmnt, blkid, lsblk, ...) is :-) > About the other things I have not yet an opinion. I made the decision, --option . We can play with it little bit more in the next release. Now I'd like to release it... It would be also nice to sync man pages with usage() format. Note that man pages changes are acceptable for -rc2. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com