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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:31:00 -0000
From: Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch: Implement Info Command
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Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Phil Muldoon wrote:
>>
>> Usage: info help <sub-command> - will print out the sub-command's 
>> help. E.g. info help regs
> this comes across as confusing - shouldn't it print information on the 
> help system?  Instead:
>
>   (fhpd) help info sub-command
>
> Andrew
>
That would require the TopLevelCommand help inner-class system to know 
that the command info had help for the sub-command which it doesn't. In 
short, without a refactor of how help works, I do not think what you 
want will work. At least I think, the way help works is very confusing.

Regards

Phil