Re: [PATCH] logger: do not show arguments of --socket-errors as optional in --help
Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
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Op 29-01-2025 om 13:32 schreef Karel Zak:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:08:25PM GMT, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> - fputs(_(" --socket-errors[=<on|off|auto>]\n"
>> + fputs(_(" --socket-errors on|off|auto\n"
>> " print connection errors when using Unix sockets\n"), out);
>
> I don't have a strong opinion about it, but in other places we see
> something like:
>
> --socket-errors <mode> print connection errors when using Unix sockets (on, off or auto)
When there are just a few possible argument values, I prefer to list
them directly after the option -- it saves having to interpret words
like "mode", and then looking for the possible values further down.
It also makes it a little less likely that translators mistakenly
translate these values.
Benno
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