Bug#533827: man page advises non-working evince --usage

Helmut Grohne helmut at subdivi.de
Sat Jun 20 17:43:07 UTC 2009


Package: evince
Version: 2.26.2-1
Severity: normal

Reading documentation prior to using a software seems to be a lost
tradition. Otherwise this bug would have been found:

$ man evince
...
SYNTAX
       evince [--help] [--usage] [--page-label=<label>] [--quit] [filename(s)...]
...
$ evince --usage
Cannot parse arguments: Unknown option --usage$

As you can see the manpage advertises an option that is not available.
Please either fix evince or the manpage.

Helmut

PS: Documentation on how to customize evince would be great, too. It
seems to open .Xdefaults, but I did not find a description on what
statements it accepts.





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