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Re: guix describe user experience improvement proposition
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zimoun |
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Re: guix describe user experience improvement proposition |
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Tue, 12 May 2020 21:44:27 +0200 |
Dear
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 21:07, Ekaitz Zarraga <address@hidden> wrote:
> I suggest adding the possible format list in the help of the `guix describe
> -h` command. That way the feature discovery is easier for users that don't
> want to dig in the code.
Usually, the way to add such information is '--list-formats', e.g.,
see "guix graph"with '--list-types' and '-list-backends'. I do not
know if it is an usually. ;-)
> - (display (G_ "
> - -f, --format=FORMAT display information in the given FORMAT"))
> + (display (string-append (G_ "
> + -f, --format=FORMAT display information in the given FORMAT: ")
> (string-join available-formats "|")))
The issue is the length, so at least it should on 2 lines to fix screen size.
All the best,
simon