hg command reference?

[Chris Sutton]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Jens Alfke <jens at mooseyard.com> wrote:

>
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Matt Mackall wrote:
>
>  If we want to automatically generate a web page per command from the
>> latest verbose help text, we can probably do that pretty easily.
>>
>
> Good idea. Tangentially, that reminds me of one of the features of git that
> I like [I know, I'm forced to use it at work] — you can configure it to open
> its help in a web browser, so "git help commit" comes up as a full web page.
> This gives a lot of room for formatting, supports hyperlinks between
> commands, and also stays out of the way of my terminal session, so I can
> still see my previous commands and can leave the help window open for
> reference.
>
> Has anyone thought of adding this to Mercurial?
>
> —Jens
>
>
>
I dislike how git shows help in a browser from the command-line. It is
slower to get info by launching a browser and most of the time I just want
to see which options are available (which the command line does well).

Launching a web page would be cool, but I think it would be better to show
help in the command line and let individuals configure to show it in a
browser.

Chris
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