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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Bruno Larsen <blarsen@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] gdb/doc: document '+' argument for 'list' command
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:11:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o7l852iv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <28ec469a-e3d4-d284-0785-02c93c21246e@redhat.com> (message from Bruno Larsen on Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:55:25 +0200)

> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:55:25 +0200
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Bruno Larsen <blarsen@redhat.com>
> 
> >    "list +" lists the ten lines following a previous ten-line listing.
> >
> > vs
> >
> >    @item list +
> >    Same as using with no arguments, but errors out if the line is
> >    past the end of the file.
> >
> > Or what am I missing?
> >
> Ah, I see what you mean. I thought that the help text should prioritize 
> being short over being complete, and I basically modeled it after the 
> no-arguments help text (With no argument, lists ten more lines after or 
> around previous listing) whereas the documentation I thought was 
> important outlining the difference.
> 
> Would you prefer if I made the help text more verbose?

You could say in the help text something like

  "list +" like with no arguments, but errors out if past end of the file


      reply	other threads:[~2023-06-21 14:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-21 10:45 [PATCH v3 0/4] Small changes to "list" command Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] gdb/cli: Factor out code to list lines for the first time Bruno Larsen
2023-06-22 13:25   ` Andrew Burgess
2023-06-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] gdb/cli: Improve UX when using list with no args Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 16:07   ` Keith Seitz
2023-06-22  9:54     ` Bruno Larsen
2023-06-22 13:46   ` Andrew Burgess
2023-06-27 11:35     ` Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] gdb/cli: add '.' as an argument for 'list' command Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 17:25   ` Keith Seitz
2023-06-22 10:52     ` Bruno Larsen
2023-06-22 13:51   ` Andrew Burgess
2023-06-21 10:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] gdb/doc: document '+' " Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 11:13   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-21 11:20     ` Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 12:44       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-21 12:55         ` Bruno Larsen
2023-06-21 14:11           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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