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Old 03-03-2008, 05:51 AM   #392
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Originally Posted by Ortep View Post
Another nice thing for new or inexperienced users can be that you print the syntax on screen when there are no parameters at all. It is something I do when I create programs. When you use a tool every day it is obvious what the syntax is. But even my own tools that I use only once every month or every three monts need sometimes a small reminder
Yes, please! Needing to look at the Perl source code to learn about the possible parameters sucks, doubly so for the Windows binary builds. Having the tools print out usage information when started without any parameters (or with any one of -? /? -h /h -help /help --help) would add a lot for the casual user.

Since I want to do some testing for the mobils binary under Windows, expect a Windows binary build from me sometime this evening. (Unless someone beats me to it, of course.)
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