Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help"

[Esben Mose Hansen]

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On Sunday 26 September 2004 22:42, Miles Bader wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 06:21:56PM +0200, Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> > Fine. I just wanted to get rid of the aliases. So the list should be:
> >
> > add-id
> > mv
> > rm
>
> "delete-id" and "move-id" are not aliases.  They do different things than
> "rm" and "mv" (should they be in the help?  I don't know).

I never said they were. But delete-id and move-id are seldom used (because you 
would use mv and rm instead). At least, that's how I do. And if faced with 
the problem of not wanting to delete the file, it is both obvious to look at 
the extended help AND find a workaround. So in the interest of keeping tla 
help short, I think move-id and delete-id should go from the short version).

>
> I'm beginning to think there should be different levels of help command,
> e.g., the default could be "level 0", which would be really, _really_ short
> -- just register-archive, get, and update, with the added note "For help
> about more commands use `help normal', `help advanced', or `help all'"

Let's get the don't-scare-the-newbies-away bit right first, shall we? :)

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regards, Esben

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