Re: [Global/Win32] I hope to add --max-args option to htags.

[Shigio Yamaguchi]

Hello again,
>   I used global/win32 5.0 under Windows 2000 Professional.
> 
>   I tried to analyze my source tree with global 5.0, but I had below
> errors.  I could not create hypertext files.
> 
> $ htags -an
> Too many strings:
> -f --nofilter=path ./
> .....(directory and file names)....
> htags: command failed in xargs_read().
> 
>   I use ``--max-args'' for my source tree with gtags.  But htags
> does not have ``--max-args''. I think htags need ``--max-args'' like
> gtags.  What do you think?

I'm opposite to the addition of --max-args option to avoid a bug,
because the option is used for another purpose.
A preferable solution is to add a correct limitation for win32 environment.
If you tell me the limit length of the command line of win32 shell,
I can add it to the xargs module.
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