#272: Support 'cabal help' in addition to 'cabal --help' ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: tibbe | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Many tools with a Cabal like interface (e.g. darcs, git, subversion, perforce) support {{{ <program name> help [<command>] }}} where leaving out the command gives the same behavior as {{{ <program name> --help }}} Supporting the same interface as may other tools would be nice for new users (who are likely to type help!) and experienced users as well (same syntax for all your tools). The first, and probably easiest thing would be to just support 'cabal help' but I would be nice with 'cabal help <command>' as well. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/272 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects