Bug 461007

Summary:	Command line interface not aligned with general KDE practices and kf5
Product:	[Applications] ghostwriter	Reporter:	Sergio <sergio.callegari>
Component:	general	Assignee:	megan.conkle
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	23.04.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Sergio 2022-10-26 07:56:10 UTC

SUMMARY

When KDE programs are invoked from the shell, parsing their command line parameter and arguments they tend to conform to a uniform interface (see for instance `kf5options`). This includes support for some common options like `--help` or `--version`, etc.

As of today, `ghostwriter` is completely misaligned with respect to this expectation:

1. options starting with `-` or `--` are interpreted as arguments. Hence, typing `ghostwriter --help` results in ghostwriter trying to open a file called `--help`;

2. when an argument that corresponds to a non existing file is passed, rather than starting up with an empty file (as `kate` does, for instance), ghostwriter errors out because it cannot find the file.

Comment 1 megan.conkle 2022-10-26 19:29:18 UTC

Hello,

These issues were fixed in versions 2.1.5 and 2.2.0.

Thanks!

Comment 2 Sergio 2022-10-26 21:00:38 UTC

Sorry for the noise, then and thanks!