1.3.1 things I have noticed

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Jakson,

Am  4. Nov 2005 um 21:25:57 schrieb Jakson A. Aquino:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:50:19PM +0100, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> >         a)
> >         --xcols does not seem to go well with --silent.
> >         I have noticed when trying run_statist.sh in your test_xcols.sh
> >         script.
> 
> --xcols is hard coded to be used like:
> statist  --xcols  config_file  fixed_width_data_file  dest_file
> 
> and not like:
> statist [options] --xcols  config_file  fixed_width_data_file  dest_file
> 
> Although this sequence of commands is documented in the
> --help message, in the man page, and in the user manual,
> something more flexible would be better. Currently, the
> parameters passed to the program must be exactly the 4 above
> and in the same sequence. I can add this problem to
> KNOWN_BUGS and try to make it more flexible for the next
> release.

Yes, this clearly is a bug and should be different.

> >         c) Jakson: You should add yourself on the welcome message
> >                 as copyright holder for 2005.
> 
> Do you mean something like the following?:
> 
> ------------------
> jakson@:src$ ./statist --version
> 
> STATIST --- Version 1.3.1-cvs --- 
>  (C) Dirk Melcher 1997-1999
>  (C) Jakson Aquino 2005
>  Published by Bernhard Reiter 1998-2005.
>  STATIST comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; it is Free Software under GNU GPL.
>  Read the file COPYING for details.
> -------------------

Yes, you can make this "(C)" for me, too, as I ended up writing some code
over the years.

Best,
	Bernhard
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