What should Python apps do when asked to show help?

cs at zip.com.au cs at zip.com.au
Mon May 2 18:52:30 EDT 2016


On 02May2016 14:07, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2016-05-01, cs at zip.com.au <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:
>
>>>Didn't the OP specify that he was writing a command-line utility for
>>>Linux/Unix?
>>>
>>>Discussing command line operation for Windows or OS-X seems rather
>>>pointless.
>>
>> OS-X _is_ UNIX. I spent almost all my time on this Mac in terminals. It is a
>> very nice to use UNIX in many regards.
>
>I include what you're doing under the category "Unix".  When I talk
>about "OS X", I mean what my 84 year old mother is using.  I assumed
>everybody thought that way.  ;)

Weird. My 79 year old mother uses "Apple". I can only presume there's no "OS X" 
for her.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>



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