What is the preferred command indentation in general?
- Tabs or spaces? eg:
"dhcp\t- invoke DHCP client to obtain IP/boot params\n" "exit - exit script\n"
TABs are preferred, as they save memory footprint for the U-Boot image. But for the help textx, this often makes the code hard to read and difficult to edit, so spaces are accepted here as well.
- What about commands that exceed the soft limit of 8 characters? Are
they acceptable? Should there be a space between the command and the -? eg I currently see both: "interrupts - enable or disable interrupts\n" "reiserload- load binary file from a Reiser filesystem\n"
Long command names should be avoided in general. If the name is exactly 8 characters, so that the '-' would align without a space between the name and the '-', then omit it; otherwise add it.
I'd be happy to post these patches if desired. If so, I'll wait till I hear back about the preferred indentation method.
Well, try and post them; probably on the next merge window.
Will do, thanks for the feedback, Peter