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Re: make help
From: |
Nicola Pero |
Subject: |
Re: make help |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:04:07 +0200 (CEST) |
>> I was thinking of adding a little bit of inline help for gnustep-make.
>> What's the best way ? I was thinking of adding a target like
>>
>> $> make help
>
> I'm all for adding more documentation and help...
> but... please *don't* make it a target!
Eh, not many other options though ;-)
I agree there is a risk of conflict with valid targets. :-/
Maybe we just leave it as it is.
> Here are some other ideas you could use:
> info
Well, 'make info' is traditionally used to build texinfo documentation ...
btw this probably is an excellent example in support of your point about
conflicts with valid targets! ;-)
> helpme
> summary
> options
> gnustep-make-help
> shortform
... and those are a bit too obscure
> or make it an option
> info=yes
> summary=yes
> shortform=yes
This could be an interesting idea, but the main problem is that someone
looking for help
probably wouldn't know that to get help you need to use 'make help=yes'.
Maybe whenever you type 'make' we could always print a line saying 'Please
type
'make help=yes' for help' ...
Not sure. :-(
Suggestions welcome :-)
Thanks