Thread: Command Line Options for ebook-convert
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:59 AM   #8
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Sigh. Here are some command line tools that dont print a complete help with --help, just like ebook-convert

svn, bzr, mplayer, gnuplot, gcc

Basically any command line tool that does anything non-trivial.

Now if someone has some concrete suggestion as to how to improve the help interface of ebook-convert, keeping in mind the oft repeated constraint that the available options depend on the input and output formats, please say so, otherwise hold your peace.

And I should note that both the concrete suggestions in this thread have been implemented for the next release, in particular:

1) Adding a sentence about how to get more detailed help by specifying input and output formats
2) Not requiring that the input file exists when getting help
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