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In regards to 7, prompts are great for teaching new users how the program should be used. Instead of failing then spitting out --help or manpage style info, th
by davemp 8y ago
In regards to 7, prompts are great for teaching new users how the program should be used.
Instead of failing then spitting out --help or manpage style info, the program just ask the user enter the needed argument or flag to continue. Having more ways to learn usage is always good IMO.
- dickeytk 8y agoyep +1. A lot of times users are only ever going to run a command once. Better to ask for the right information than bailing out because it's not perfect syntax.