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bug #30258: Another minor: missing "FILE" from --help output

Submitted by:  Jake <epy>
Submitted on:  Fri 25 Jun 2010 01:53:49 AM UTC  
 
Category: InterpreterSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Documentation
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 3.2.3Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Fri 25 Jun 2010 03:10:56 AM UTC, comment #1:

I added [FILE] to the documentation string in changeset

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/f5dbac015606

Rik <rik5>
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Fri 25 Jun 2010 01:53:49 AM UTC, original submission:

Running octave with the --help switch produces the following:

Octave was configured for "i486-pc-linux-gnu".

Usage: octave [options]

Options:

--debug, -d Enter parser debugging mode.
--doc-cache-file FILE Use doc cache file FILE.
...

Traditionally, the help output for programs shows a file argument in the usage text to indicate that it can read a file directly. I realize that FILE is at the very bottom of the options dump, but I think it'd be a lot better if it were changed to "Usage: octave [options] FILE". This is line 492 of octave.cc.

Jake <epy>

 

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