Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Introduce -t, --table for status/add commands

From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 23, 2023, 21:14 UTC
Message-ID: <ZTbiU+SwvGi9972S@ugly>
In-Reply-To: <d55eaf41f55bdff0b5ae734e5d7e6724@manjaro.org>

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:51:31PM +0200, Dragan Simic wrote:

>The hint should be about how to turn the tables and verbosity on, not 
>how to get rid of it.
>

but that's just backwards. a noob shouldn't be bothered with putting the tool into noob-friendly mode, neither actually nor "just" psychologically. switching to "expert" mode should be the conscious effort. and making it opt-in wouldn't even save the experts any annoyance, as they need to opt out from the hint anyway.

regards

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