[winswitch] [xpra] Missleading Help Description

Antoine Martin antoine at nagafix.co.uk
Wed May 27 08:38:03 BST 2015


On 27/05/15 13:14, Peter Swain wrote:
> Ok, 'enable' is not in the name, just the explanation. Was replying in
> haste from small screen phone. I've found the separation of the --no-xxx
> entries confusing myself, in xpra & other things
In newer versions, the preferred form is --xxx=yes|no|etc..
Though the older --no-xx and --xx is still supported.

Antoine



>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015, 11:09 PM Peter Swain <swine at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> They are the same option, in positive/negative form, and 'enable' is in
>> the name. But perhaps it would be clearer, and more concise, if all such
>> --xxx/--no-xxx pairs were collapsed together in the help text.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2015, 10:38 PM Christian Trenkwalder <
>> christian.trenkwalder at nxp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> if i call
>>>> xpra --help
>>> It gives a short description of the available options, 2 of them are
>>> contradicting it seems
>>>
>>>>     --dbus-proxy        Enable forwarding of dbus calls from the client
>>>>                         (default: enabled)
>>>>    --no-dbus-proxy     Disable forwarding of dbus calls from the client
>>>>                        (default: enabled)
>>> I don't think its right that both options are enabled by default, or do I
>>> misunderstand something?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Christian Trenkwalder
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