Re: [help-gengetopt] Re: [feature-request]: Indicate mandatory options

[Lorenzo Bettini]

T wrote:
> 1st of all, thanks for all your replies Lorenzo. It really gives a warm
> feeling to a newcomer like me.

you are very welcome! :-)

if you could provide me with your name and surname (you can email me 
privately) I can update the THANKS file with your name.

> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:32:44 +0200, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>
> > > I noticed that the mandatory options ("required") are not indicated on the
> > > usage help message. 
> > you mean in the usage line?
> >
> > they are shown, provided you run gengetopt with the option --long-help, 
> > e.g., the sample1:
> >
> > Usage: sample1 -iINT|--int-opt=INT [-h|--help] [--full-help] 
> > [-V|--version] -sfilename|--str-opt=filename -mINT|--my-opt=INT 
> > [--flag-opt] [-F|--funct-opt] --long-opt=LONG --def-opt=STRING 
> > --enum-opt=STRING -DINT|--dependant=INT  [FILES]...
>
> Oh, I didn't know that.

as you read in my previous post (with the url link), now this usage 
string highlights the optional options (by using [] which for the moment 
were handled in a wrong way, so thank you again for your email :-)

> > is that what you meant?
>
> I meant the usage help message:
>
> $ grep required sample0.ggo
> option  "str-opt"         s "A string option, for a filename"      string 
> typestr="filename"     required
> option  "long-opt"        - "A long option"        long       required
>
> $ gengetopt --show-help -i sample0.ggo | grep -- '[rg]-opt'
>   -s, --str-opt=filename  A string option, for a filename
>       --flag-opt          A flag option  (default=off)
>       --long-opt=LONG     A long option
>   -D, --dependant=INT     option that depends on str-opt
>
> I think it is a good idea to indicate which options are required here also. 
> E.g.,
>
>       --long-opt=LONG     A long option (mandatory)
>
> or something like that. 

I added the --show-required gengetopt's option (see my other post)

hope to hear from you soon

cheers
        Lorenzo

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