Re: [nmh-workers] [Nmh-workers] show Passing mhl Unknown Options.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi David,

> > > These arg parsing error messages are a bit odd:
> > >
> > >     $ show -pref
> > >     show: missing argument to -pref
> > >     $ show -pref text/plain
> > >     mhl: -pref unknown
> >
> > Seems to be 85bc89701 from 2016-01.
>
> I wouldn't blame that commit.  Without it:
>
>     $ show -pref
>     mhl: -pref unknown
>
>     $ show -pref text/plain
>     show: bad message list text/plain

Yes, but IIRC I felt that commit fixed half the problem without spotting
the other half needed fixing.  Not difficult to miss...

> I think this gets back to the issue of programs not knowing about
> the switches and arguments of programs that they call.  And so the
> fix will have to wait for that to be resolved.

Yep.

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