Enh Rqst for doxpress 1.3.5: command line arguments
Posted: Fri Sep 13 2019 8:57 am
Hello everyone,
I want to see the doxypress command line support a GNU style command line. I hope the doxypress developers will seriously consider this please. That means a hyphen followed by a single letter or a double hyphen followed by a word. For example, the help option would be specified by either -h or --help. This is the GNU way.
Why the GNU way? Well, why not? If we don't do it the GNU way then it's either the Unix was or completely ad-hoc. The Unix way is for single letters (parsed using getopt) and I hope we all agree that single letters is too cryptic for many.
The trouble for implementors with offering a GNU style command line is that there is no standard class library to help you. And if there were it would then be a dependency for doxypress. So I realise this is not a completely trivial enhancement request. Still, if you don't ask, you don't get!
I want to see the doxypress command line support a GNU style command line. I hope the doxypress developers will seriously consider this please. That means a hyphen followed by a single letter or a double hyphen followed by a word. For example, the help option would be specified by either -h or --help. This is the GNU way.
Why the GNU way? Well, why not? If we don't do it the GNU way then it's either the Unix was or completely ad-hoc. The Unix way is for single letters (parsed using getopt) and I hope we all agree that single letters is too cryptic for many.
The trouble for implementors with offering a GNU style command line is that there is no standard class library to help you. And if there were it would then be a dependency for doxypress. So I realise this is not a completely trivial enhancement request. Still, if you don't ask, you don't get!