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| author | W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> | 2011-05-02 17:48:18 -0400 |
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| committer | W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> | 2011-05-02 17:48:24 -0400 |
| commit | 1fcb1dd9114fba59a5d75570b9acc3b87d575821 (patch) | |
| tree | aaed83677449589e1ef149a22d5bda1dac3ed9d8 /doc/hacking.txt | |
| parent | 741abdd7453d400049a089c22686af9000a91db5 (diff) | |
| download | bugseverywhere-1fcb1dd9114fba59a5d75570b9acc3b87d575821.tar.gz | |
Revive the UserError/UsageError distinction
UsageError was removed back in
commit bf3d434b244c57556bec979acbc658c30eb58221
Author: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Sat Dec 12 00:31:55 2009 -0500
Added libbe.command.base (with Command class)...
because the distinction between UsageError and UserError was unclear.
I've brought it back to satisfy a request by Christian Heinrich:
On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 02:52:13AM +0200, Christian Heinrich wrote:
> 3.) Using wrong syntax should receive better help messages.
>
> Current:
>
> "be new" -> ERROR:
> Missing required argument SUMMARY
>
> Should be:
>
> "be new" -> usage: be new [options] SUMMARY
> ...
He suggested we print the full option list as well, but I've decided
to just print the usage summary and remind the user how to get the
full help message if they want it.
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