proposal for option to suppress input and output labels
Subject: proposal for option to suppress input and output labels
From: Albert Reiner
Date: 08 Feb 2007 22:28:58 +0100
[Chris Sangwin <sangwinc at for.mat.bham.ac.uk>, Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:42:13 +0000 (GMT)]:
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:
> > I propose that we invent a new command line option --very-quiet
> > which suppresses input and output labels (and the banner message).
+1
> > Ideally there would be a --noninteractive flag which would somehow
> > disable asksign, in addition to suppressing the labels & banner.
+1
> > I wonder if --very-quiet or the would-be --noninteractive should also
> > suppress echoing the input expressions, and just print the output,
> > and maybe also print everything in 1-dimensional form.
I don't think this is necessary, as people can already end their
statements with "$" instead of ";", and as they can set display2d
explicitly. As long as we don't know the user's intended use, we
should follow the path of least surprise.
> What do you propose to do with error messages?
Ideally these should go to standard error output, i.e., FD 2.
Albert.