[MiKTeX] kpsewhich options

[Hans F. N. <ha...@mi...>]

[Changed subject to fit topic.]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Hans Fredrik Nordhaug apparently wrote:
> > Then try "kpsewhich tex.pro" - it should return
> > [...]/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro
> 
> 
> OT, I guess.
> I am puzzled by the behavior of kpsewhich.
> If I go to 
>  http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~mimi/tex/doc/html/manpages/kpsewhich.html
> I get a description that matches expectations.
> But if I type
> kpsewhich --help
> 
>     Usage: kpsewhich [OPTION...] [FILENAME]
>     This program tries to locate a TeXMF related file.
>     Options:
>     -alias=APP                Pretend to be APP.
>     -help                     Print this help screen and exit.
>     -file-type=FILETYPE       Use the search path for FILETYPE.
>     -must-exist               Make sure the file exists; run the package
>                               installer if necessary.
>     -show-path=FILETYPE       Show the search path for FILETYPE.
>     -start                    Start associated program if file was found.
>     -version                  Print the version number and exit.
> 
> Note that the short options are not listed, not all long
> options are listed, and the long options take a single dash
> rather than the expected double dash, according to this
> help.
> 
> Finally, both the listed options seem to work with either a
> single-dash or double-dash. All very odd.
> 
> I thought the convention that long options are preceeded by
> a double dash was very well established ...

I agree that the option usage/help should be cleaned up. However,
posting here won't solve anything. File a feature/bug report and things might
improve :-)

Hans