From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19443 invoked by alias); 9 Jun 2014 09:33:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 19431 invoked by uid 89); 9 Jun 2014 09:33:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:33:05 +0000 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s599X35A026459 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 9 Jun 2014 05:33:03 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s599X1K8006532; Mon, 9 Jun 2014 05:33:02 -0400 Message-ID: <53957F4D.80208@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:33:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mingjie Xing CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] Add -q in help info and doc References: <53919763.9000404@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00361.txt.bz2 On 06/09/2014 02:32 AM, Mingjie Xing wrote: > 2014-06-06 18:26 GMT+08:00 Pedro Alves : >> 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