[MPlayer-dev-eng] Documentation lists option with one - (dash) only, two required

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi!

[17:35:27 alexander at server:~/Programme/src/mplayer/MPlayer-20050118] $ ./mplayer
-dvd-device
MPlayer dev-CVS-050118-06:00-3.4.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE


Unknown option on the command line: dvd-device
[17:35:31 alexander at server:~/Programme/src/mplayer/MPlayer-20050118] $ ./mplayer
--dvd-device
MPlayer dev-CVS-050118-06:00-3.4.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE


You added '--' but no filenames presented!


As you can see, I first entered "-dvd-device", because that's the way it is
listed in the man page and all the other documentation (like the web page and
such). mplayer, however, requires that the option be specified with two dashs;
ie. --dvd-device. That's true not only for "dvd-device" but for a number of
other options as well.

I verified that this bug is current, by downloading the daily CVS snapshot from
2005-01-18.

Further, I also reported that bug to bugzilla. It is bug 211 at
http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=211

Alexander Skwar
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