What should Python apps do when asked to show help?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 2 May 2016 03:04 am, Grant Edwards wrote:

> On 2016-05-01, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 May 2016 02:30 am, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>> In discussions like these, it would be important to draw from
>>>> precedents. Are there commands that have such an option?
>>> 
>>> It's pretty rare.  It is assumed that Unix uses can type " | less"
>>
>> Is nobody except me questioning the assumption that we're only
>> talking about Unix users?
> 
> Didn't the OP specify that he was writing a command-line utility for
> Linux/Unix?

*cough* I'm the OP, and no I didn't.

Obviously I'm a Linux user myself, but I'm presumptuous enough to hope that
when I release the utility publicly[1], others may find it of some small
use. Including Windows users.




[1] Real Soon Now.


-- 
Steven