Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F225F429E2F for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:13 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.29 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.29 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_MIME_NO_TEXT=0.01] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id L2Sf8R6LWEJc for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu (outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu [131.215.239.19]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4733C429E28 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from fire-doxen.imss.caltech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire-doxen-postvirus (Postfix) with ESMTP id A382A2E50FBE; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:12 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Scanned: at Caltech-IMSS on fire-doxen by amavisd-new Received: from finestructure.net (DHCP-123-180.caltech.edu [131.215.123.180]) (Authenticated sender: jrollins) by fire-doxen-submit (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB1452E50F70; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by finestructure.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AD142276; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jameson Graef Rollins To: David Bremner , Notmuch Mail Subject: Re: have "notmuch help" call man? In-Reply-To: <87zkescxp5.fsf@zancas.localnet> References: <87zkescxp5.fsf@zancas.localnet> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.10.2+93~ga124635 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:07 -0800 Message-ID: <87wr9wgpys.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:35:14 -0000 --=-=-= On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:01:42 -0400, David Bremner wrote: > Currently help strings are compiled into the notmuch binary. This is a > bit a of pain, since we have the same help text in two places. > What do you think about having "notmuch help foo" invoke "man > notmuch-foo" and create appropriate man pages (or links). Hey, David. I am absolutely in favor of this idea. I'm a fan of the git help interface, so the more we can emulate that, and make it so we only have to maintain documentation in one place, then that's a huge win in my mind. jamie. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJO67mLAAoJEO00zqvie6q8CocQALBkEol5TXYvw7PQAixh4sdq QvQb6bZYPwAfUafNoevsQ4+BilzFMAj7lgKm5ORG2sZjQKM4Jad/cTfCi8hjgRt3 I07r9ewqP4k3VCNDSzFbrAgLh6LbO/teGbF3hQM250s7rtd2C9r2Sq6py4a2wem0 VxG0u93A4PyMF9W1eu3BDMQbIVHfiyFI0rzybR7gXShzzhyklrlOMHL+Eof4IiEN 5oHSgoebyWulNM7Z1LAoJPh7AOLg+pnkO3BOTlWvIvVDPVd51mdhjxYBGPUqKYBy E6Nq2LAFQH+cdtd9NhCsaO1dVL2Coda3hNx1JYjuKWtleAFG/A54iAF9sUNwHZ9t LOVQrBGsL25vDM7ZlrKlA3IsaD/TE4I/xfUTkiew4V/ucfCnKUwoRq+EgdXykEVJ 6g5hRdiIuVPYizQ3z9ovAoFfiHwnp3NKLHKEWhy3j9Vs1gmIZ3BDzouo6Nd/oWGq w3ILI6bWkCtPrg8By580UY7dME3dJWlASX/yZU9WqIz0hxc/+pLuynWE5PBZe+H1 0s4HNuujYlD64vRmzCX/29HdTNbT6nTtRcXopqAP5Sq5BlsK+uH1qd6B8U1Y97Ro n66Lt5z5SGeQu0tDMnWjCZErFc2jYwYaBLZKZTWeDpffvocdSBCs/Er+4gwYsemR ErH5dFlBxp0Ymv/P81cI =lCqb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--