Hi,

On 2013-11-11 20:29:39, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "fmail not packing crash-netmail?":

 WV>>>> " [...]" ==
"..."

 WV>>>> So I prefer the shorter form. (That's how the linux man-pages
 WV>>>> specify this)

 MvdV>>> But... but, the users of Fmail aren't Linux people... There is
 MvdV>>> a DOS version and a Windows version. No Linux version...

 MvdV>>> Plus that if you want a Linux "look and feel" you have to
 MvdV>>> replace the '/'as the switch prefix by '-'.

 WV>> It's about how to specify the functionallity in the doc, not how the
 WV>> program actually functions.

 MvdV> The point I was trying to convey is that when the vocabulary is tuned to
 MvdV> the target audience, documentation is more effective.

Sure, that's true. But in this case the notation isn't linux or dos/win
specific. I just looked at the linux man page format, for a form of how
things are done in a more widely used platform.

And I think the shorter more simple form is also more clear...

 WV>> But I might change '/' to '-', as a preperation for a linux version.
 WV>> ;) Nah, I won't, that would break to many batch files...

 MvdV> Not if you allow both the slash and the dash for backward compatibility in
 MvdV> the DOS and Windows versions. At least for now...

I better spend my time on more pressing issues, then what is basically a
cosmetic thing. ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


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