>>> In some cases, remove option descriptions since the text
>>> just repeats the help output.
>>>
Poor choice of words on my part: The help output is actually included
in the WSUG. I agree completely that one should only need to look in one
place for information.
When I started to update the WSUG, I noticed that, in actuality, certain
of the text in the WSUG describing the specific options for several of
the individual programs repeated the program help text almost literally.
Since the help text for those programs is actually included in the WSUG,
it seemed reasonable to not repeat things. (I updated the help text
included in the WSUG with the current help text).
In one or two cases where the text I removed was a bit better than the
help output, I revised the help output in the program.
As far as I know, I removed only text which repeated the help file
output already in the WSUG and not any of the additional explanatory
material.
I'll double-check to verify that this is the case.
Bill
Jaap Keuter wrote:
Hi,
Indeed, the updates are good, but dropping the more extensive option
descriptions is not what you want from a users guide. It is *the* place to go if
an option needs clarification.
Thanx,
Jaap
Joerg Mayer wrote:
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 04:11:59PM +0000, wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=28335
In some cases, remove option descriptions since the text
just repeats the help output.
+191 -408 WSUG_app_tools.xml Modified
Is that really what we want? Is someone who looks at the UG also required
to look at the second, third, ... document (man pages) to find out the
command line options?
ciao
Joerg
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