Re: [hackers] [slock] No need for usage() || FRIGN

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:02:08 +0000

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:51:00AM +0100, FRIGN wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:47:30 +0100
> Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
>
> Hey Markus,
>
> > then we would have to assume users don't have *any* binary starting with a `-`
> > that they might want to run after locking, but I can still live with that.
>
> that was actually my consideration. Given -h is documented nowhere, it might
> be surprising for users, especially for people starting slock with dmenu
> (where it just silently "fails" by printing the usage).

you will notice that slock didn't start immediately, not to mention
that if it failed once it will continue to fail because of a misconfiguration.
Received on Mon Feb 15 2016 - 12:02:08 CET