Re: [Gpsbabel-code] gpsbabel --help output truncated

[Robert L. <rob...@gp...>]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bz...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > unfortunately the --help output of gpsbabel is truncated at some fixed or
> random
> > position, it neither depends on the size of the terminal nor does it wrap
> to the
> > next line. Unfortunately this results sometimes in a not really usable
> output:
> >
> > [...]
> > wpt                   Transform track(s) or route(s) into waypoint(s) [R
> > rte                   Transform waypoint(s) or track(s) into route(s) [W
> > trk                   Transform waypoint(s) or route(s) into tracks(s) [
> > [...]
> > add                   Adds a constant value to every altitude (meter, ap
> > wgs84tomsl            Converts WGS84 ellipsoidal height to orthometric h
> >
> > I have no idea if the bug was introduced lately or if it never worked as
> > expected, but it would be nice to have for the next version.
>
> are there any news on this? The output is not really usable as it is right
> now.
>

It's truncated to standard 80 columns by design.  It's not meant to be a
substitute for either the full doc or an interface to any other program