[MPlayer-dev-eng] Do we want a -stopchapter ?

pl p_l at tfz.net
Mon Jan 21 11:27:47 CET 2002


On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:46:27AM +0100, Kim Minh Kaplan wrote:
> It is now in CVS.
> 
> Arpi writes:
> 
> > btw what about a bit nicer syntax:
> > -chapter [start]-[end]
> > so:
> > -chapter 3 or -chapter 3- menas start at 3
> > -chapter -8 means stop at 8
> > -chapter 3-8 means play 3..8
> 
> Is this really needed?  What does it buy (but a few keystrokes) over:
> 
>     -chapter 3
>     -last-chapter 8
>     -chapter 3 -last-chapter 8

That's one option less to add to mplayer.1 :)

Btw, it should be -first-chapter instead of -chapter if we want to be
more consistent with options names, which is then really too many
keystrokes (dsylexic users enjyo shrot options :)

-- 
Best regards,
  pl



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