Re: -help

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "RLR" == Rick Riolo <address@hidden> writes:

RLR> My apps process runtime parameters themselves, and in the past I
RLR> had the objects that recognize -help (and -h) and put out some
RLR> help.  So I it would be nice if I could override (or add to) the
RLR> -help help that something in the kernel gives now.

The way it works now is really uninteresting.  Look in
src/simtools/simtools.m and hack away!

One way to make a systematic extensible argument parsing system would
be to use the GNU argp library.  I'm skeptical that it would actually
get used considering the complexity it would introduce.




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