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Re: [avrdude-dev] [RFC] New usage text
From: |
Joerg Wunsch |
Subject: |
Re: [avrdude-dev] [RFC] New usage text |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:59:24 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
As Brian Dean wrote:
> > {
> > - fprintf(stderr,
> > + printf(
> > + "Usage: %s [options]\n"
> I hate to broach this topic, especially since I know that everyone has
> their own preferred formatting style, etc. But I respectfully ask
> that we keep the original style with regard to indentation, etc.
[Agreed]
Also, while i already sent my agreement to the new usage() to Eric
privately, Eric, please don't change an fprintf(stderr, ...) into
a printf(). usage() output is supposed to go to stderr. That way,
if e. g. someone redirects his stdout into a log file (or even to
/dev/null aka. NUL:), he'll still see that message. Remember, even
Windows users now can redirect their stderr. ;-) (Assuming WinNT or
later, with the old blow-up MS-DOS versions, you're in the rain.
But they are obsolete anyway...)
--
J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer
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