From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>,
Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Setup pager when printing usage and help
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:28:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1445524112-5201-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
It's annoying to see error or help message when command has many options
like in perf record, report or top. So setup pager when print parser
error or help message - it should be OK since no UI is enabled at the
parsing time. The usage_with_options() already disables it by calling
exit_browser() anyway.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/parse-options.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 8aa7922397a9..388d385df5ad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
if (!usagestr)
return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+ setup_pager();
+
fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
fprintf(stderr, " or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
--
2.6.0
next reply other threads:[~2015-10-22 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-22 14:28 Namhyung Kim [this message]
2015-10-22 14:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf tools: Improve call graph documents and help messages Namhyung Kim
2015-10-22 14:46 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-22 16:05 ` Namhyung Kim
2015-10-22 16:26 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-22 16:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2015-10-22 18:37 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-23 8:31 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
2015-10-23 9:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-10-24 15:52 ` Namhyung Kim
2015-10-25 9:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-10-22 14:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Setup pager when printing usage and help Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-22 15:58 ` Namhyung Kim
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