[Nagiosplug-devel] Small patch to check_game

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:27:20 +0100
Howard Wilkinson <howard at cohtech.com> wrote:

> This patch to check_game makes the Usage report appear on one line.

I refer you to

  http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#AEN271

It has been long-standing practice to code the usage and help screens to
fit on an 80-char wide display.

This arises from the observation that sysadmins may be struggling with
the plugins in adverse circumstances - such as on a serial console in
some loud drafty server room. They should not also need to deal with
funky line wraps.

There is a separate discussion underway with respect to creating a set
af man pages that would provide more flexibale scaling to console width,
but if you wish to change the documented coding practices, we should
open up a discussion on that point first.

--
Karl