Re: guix describe user experience improvement proposition

[zimoun]

Dear

On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 21:07, Ekaitz Zarraga <address@hidden> wrote:

> I suggest adding the possible format list in the help of the `guix describe 
> -h` command. That way the feature discovery is easier for users that don't 
> want to dig in the code.

Usually, the way to add such information is '--list-formats', e.g.,
see "guix graph"with '--list-types' and '-list-backends'.  I do not
know if it is an usually. ;-)


> -  (display (G_ "
> -  -f, --format=FORMAT    display information in the given FORMAT"))
> +  (display (string-append (G_ "
> +  -f, --format=FORMAT    display information in the given FORMAT: ") 
> (string-join available-formats "|")))

The issue is the length, so at least it should on 2 lines to fix screen size.


All the best,
simon