From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB25D1F9FD; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:06:28 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Kyle Meyer Cc: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: does "lei q" --format/-f need to exist? Message-ID: <20210219190628.GA1129@dcvr> References: <20210217044032.GA17934@dcvr> <87r1le2bdo.fsf@kyleam.com> <20210218120722.GA14112@dcvr> <87k0r43g7w.fsf@kyleam.com> <20210219111334.GA25690@dcvr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210219111334.GA25690@dcvr> List-Id: Eric Wong wrote: > Kyle Meyer wrote: > > Eric Wong writes: > > > > > How about we just drop --format from the documentation, for now? > > > (or at least stop recommending it when using with -o) > > > > > > The stdout case might be a reason to keep it for "lei q", > > > especially since stdout is the default output: > > [...] > > > > I don't feel strongly one way or the other about keeping --format, but > > if it is kept around for stdout, I think it'd be good to document it > > (i.e. your "stop recommending it when using with -o option"). > > Alright, I think keeping it and only recommending it for stdout > (or --stdin with import) is the way to go. > > "-o format:/path/name" should be encouraged for regular file and > directory args. Actually, maybe "-o $format" be implicitly stdout? (and "-i $format" be implicitly stdin for convert|import)