[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] support for -- options on cmd line

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 09:24:25PM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > I've gotten used to using --foo for options on gnu
> > packages, so I often accidently use -- for mplayer
> > options.
> > This patch allows the use of either -foo or --foo for
> > options. It preserves the -- 'no more options' option.
> 
> if it will be ever applied, it should be done for mencoder too,
> or we'll have inconsistent option (one accepts --xx other not)
> handling

IMO it's a bad idea anyway. Normally --blah options go with programs
that use getopt-style options, where -abc means the same thing as -a
-b -c. MPlayer's options are more like gcc's style.

Rich