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[jira] Created: (FELIX-1145) Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions

Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions
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                 Key: FELIX-1145
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1145
             Project: Felix
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: shell-1.2.0
            Reporter: Richard S. Hall
             Fix For: shell-1.4.0


The help command tries to align usage and description columns for the various shell command services. Unfortunately, this doesn't work very well when the columns for some commands are long. I think we should modify help so it gives only the usage by default and you can say "help <command>" to get the description. Of course, the reverse might also make sense, but descriptions tend to be longer.

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[jira] Assigned: (FELIX-1145) Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions

Posted by "Richard S. Hall (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1145?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Richard S. Hall reassigned FELIX-1145:
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    Assignee: Richard S. Hall

> Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions
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>
>                 Key: FELIX-1145
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1145
>             Project: Felix
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: shell-1.2.0
>            Reporter: Richard S. Hall
>            Assignee: Richard S. Hall
>             Fix For: shell-1.4.0
>
>
> The help command tries to align usage and description columns for the various shell command services. Unfortunately, this doesn't work very well when the columns for some commands are long. I think we should modify help so it gives only the usage by default and you can say "help <command>" to get the description. Of course, the reverse might also make sense, but descriptions tend to be longer.

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[jira] Updated: (FELIX-1145) Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions

Posted by "Richard S. Hall (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Richard S. Hall updated FELIX-1145:
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    Component/s: Shell

> Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FELIX-1145
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1145
>             Project: Felix
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Shell
>    Affects Versions: shell-1.2.0
>            Reporter: Richard S. Hall
>            Assignee: Richard S. Hall
>             Fix For: shell-1.4.0
>
>
> The help command tries to align usage and description columns for the various shell command services. Unfortunately, this doesn't work very well when the columns for some commands are long. I think we should modify help so it gives only the usage by default and you can say "help <command>" to get the description. Of course, the reverse might also make sense, but descriptions tend to be longer.

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[jira] Closed: (FELIX-1145) Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions

Posted by "Richard S. Hall (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Richard S. Hall closed FELIX-1145.
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    Resolution: Fixed

The help command now displays only the command names when invoked with no arguments. To get more information on a specific command, invoke the help command with the command name as an argument.

> Modify help shell command to avoid issues with long command descriptions
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FELIX-1145
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1145
>             Project: Felix
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Shell
>    Affects Versions: shell-1.2.0
>            Reporter: Richard S. Hall
>            Assignee: Richard S. Hall
>             Fix For: shell-1.4.0
>
>
> The help command tries to align usage and description columns for the various shell command services. Unfortunately, this doesn't work very well when the columns for some commands are long. I think we should modify help so it gives only the usage by default and you can say "help <command>" to get the description. Of course, the reverse might also make sense, but descriptions tend to be longer.

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