Re: aspell command reference

Hi Jose,
> On July 5, 2005 06:35 am, Stefan Kost wrote:
> 
>>hi again
>>
>>if I may make one suggestion, A command reference would be handy.
> 
> 
> If you drop into a command shell and type:
> man aspell
> or
> info aspell
> ....then it may be what you are looking for.
> However, note, it appears they need some updates right now.
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/aspell-devel/2005-06/msg00005.html
> 
> 
>>This is more important that features. The aspell --help lists
>>commands first but is very brief about {dump|create|merge}
>>{master|personal|repl} [<name>].
> 
> 
> You could say that 99% of the time, nobody needs to read the --help and 
> it would simply be loaded into memory taking up unneeded RAM space and 
> requiring extra time to load due to the size of the program (with extra 
> stuff).
> It makes sense to keep --help brief for the odd time you need help, this 
> way it keeps the programs and library light.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
Agreed, the --help output should be brief. On the other hand the docs should be 
the opposite ;). Especially usage examples never hurt.

Stefan