From: linux@horizon.com Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:39:40 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list --help anywhere Message-ID: <20060219193940.7493.qmail@science.horizon.com> In-Reply-To: > can someone please enlighten me why you need to see the usage, when you > cannot execute the command anyway? Because you're writing a script, or explaining it to someone over the phone, or writing shell autocompletion macros, otherwise using it in some kind of delayed or deferred way. These ain't no steenkin GUI tools; they can be used in more ways that typed interactively for immediate execution. (Have you ever noticed how all the GUI people have rediscovered the concept of a pathname and a single-character directory separator when explaining how to navigate a menu/dialog maze? The character '>' seems to be popular. Go to menu A Then go to submenu B Then select item C to open a dialog Then go to tab D of that dialog. Then hit the "Advanced options" button Then select tab E of that dialog Then select option F How exactly is this is an improvement over A/B/C/D/Advanced options/E/F?)