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authorDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-10-27 09:57:26 +0100
committerDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-11-04 18:04:05 +0100
commit8561c2fedae26aecd8ba758a5e7ef686ba1243f3 (patch)
tree2dd8bd0c15f75064f2a4f8d7bd4bd9e30b307998 /cmdline/apt-helper.cc
parentc094c868786f70bef8a00625fd62be1fa404b220 (diff)
revamp all tools help messages
The general idea is: A small paragraph on the tool itself as a description, a list of the most used (!= all) commands available in the tool, a remark where to find more information on the tool and its commands (aka: in the manpage) and finally a common block referring to even more manpages. In exchange options are completely omitted from the output as well as deprecated or obscure commands. (Better) Information about them is available in the manpages anyway and the few options which were listed before were also the least interesting ones (-o -c -q and co are hardly of interest for someone totally new looking to find info by asking for help and anyone with a bit of experience doesn't need this short list. Those would need a list of options applying to the command they call, but they are too numerous and command specific to list them sanely in this context.
Diffstat (limited to 'cmdline/apt-helper.cc')
-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-helper.cc15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
index be6c2881a..1c67594b9 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
@@ -105,17 +105,14 @@ static bool DoSrvLookup(CommandLine &CmdL) /*{{{*/
return true;
}
/*}}}*/
-bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &, aptDispatchWithHelp const * Cmds) /*{{{*/
+bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &) /*{{{*/
{
std::cout <<
- _("Usage: apt-helper [options] command\n"
- " apt-helper [options] download-file uri target-path\n"
- "\n"
- "apt-helper is a internal helper for apt\n")
- << std::endl;
- ShowHelpListCommands(Cmds);
- std::cout << std::endl <<
- _("This APT helper has Super Meep Powers.") << std::endl;
+ _("Usage: apt-helper [options] command\n"
+ " apt-helper [options] download-file uri target-path\n"
+ "\n"
+ "apt-helper bundles a variety of commands for shell scripts to use\n"
+ "e.g. the same proxy configuration or acquire system as APT would do.\n");
return true;
}
/*}}}*/