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Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 13:57:41 -0700
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/48929>
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On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 1:49 PM Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When there isn't a man page, try calling the command with --help or -h.

This is not a good idea, because we can't predict what will happen if
a given command does not support those options, or interprets them
differently.

Follow-Ups:
- Let run-help filter cmd_args before calling run-help-<command> (was Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help)
  - From: Marlon Richert
- [PATCH] Let run-help try to show function source from file (was Re: [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help)
  - From: Marlon Richert

References:
- [RFC][PATCH] Try calling command with help flags in run-help
  - From: Marlon Richert

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