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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: does "lei q" --format/-f need to exist?
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:06:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210219190628.GA1129@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210219111334.GA25690@dcvr>

Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> 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)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-19 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-17  4:40 does "lei q" --format/-f need to exist? Eric Wong
2021-02-18  5:28 ` Kyle Meyer
2021-02-18 12:07   ` Eric Wong
2021-02-19  3:10     ` Kyle Meyer
2021-02-19 11:13       ` Eric Wong
2021-02-19 13:47         ` Kyle Meyer
2021-02-19 19:06         ` Eric Wong [this message]
2021-02-20  7:12           ` Kyle Meyer
2021-02-20  8:07             ` Eric Wong
2021-02-23  3:45               ` [PATCH] doc: lei: favor "-o format:$PATHNAME" over "-f" Kyle Meyer
2021-02-23  6:03                 ` Eric Wong

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