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The most likely mistakes people will make are: ipython -pdb # single leading '-' for flag, which requires '--' and ipython --gui=foo # leading '-' on assignment This adds a suggestion to the error message in these two cases for otherwise valid arguments.
the form of parameters (no leading '-', etc.) is explained in the key-value section help, but this is not printed unless '--help-all' is given, so the explanation is added to aliases as well.
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closed by 3c385ef, since these cases are now valid. |
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The most likely mistakes people will make with the new command-line args are:
ipython -pdb # single leading '-' for flag, which requires '--'
and ipython --gui=foo # leading '-' on assignment
This commit adds a suggestion to the error message in these two cases for arguments that would otherwise be valid.
So
ipython --pylab=qtwill fail with:Invalid argument: '--pylab=qt'. Did you mean 'pylab=qt'?etc.