[Nagiosplug-devel] Small patch to check_game
Karl DeBisschop
karl at debisschop.net
Tue Mar 30 21:28:01 CEST 2004
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:27:20 +0100
Howard Wilkinson <howard at cohtech.com> wrote:
> This patch to check_game makes the Usage report appear on one line.
I refer you to
http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#AEN271
It has been long-standing practice to code the usage and help screens to
fit on an 80-char wide display.
This arises from the observation that sysadmins may be struggling with
the plugins in adverse circumstances - such as on a serial console in
some loud drafty server room. They should not also need to deal with
funky line wraps.
There is a separate discussion underway with respect to creating a set
af man pages that would provide more flexibale scaling to console width,
but if you wish to change the documented coding practices, we should
open up a discussion on that point first.
--
Karl
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