Re: [Gnu-arch-users] clean up tla help

[Andy Tai]

For tla help I accept Derek's patch in a form of providing a "basic
help" mode (tla help -b) which shows what Derek would want to show as
the default.  I kept the current tla help unchanged since there
are different opinions at this time on what should be shown by
default.  This way at least there is a simpler entry point for
newbies to tla.

Of course we can further improve tla help depending on the feedback from people on the new commands and the basic help message.

On 12/30/05, Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> wrote:

   >    100+ commands confuse the hell out of most people.

[...snip...]

   I think Andy Tai made it clear that this sort far reaching changes
   are out of scope for tla.

I don't think that improving `tla help' is such a far reaching change.

   Now, to try being constructive, I believe Derek means that
   "improving" the help message involves hiding as much stuff as
   possible.

And I stronly disagree with hiding useful, even if it is not often
used (which is why it imperative that it is easily locatable),
information is a good idea.