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0015880ParaView(No Category)public2015-12-14 14:502016-08-12 09:59
ReporterAlan Scott 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version4.4 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
ProjectSandia
Topic Name
Typeincorrect functionality
Summary0015880: Command line help is broken
DescriptionCommand line help is broken for ParaView, especially on Windows. There really are three issues. - one Windows specific, the other two are general.

* On Windows, a user should be able to open a Command Prompt, cd to the ParaView executable, and run paraview --help. This should show in the command prompt window OR in a window that opens up and stays open. Currently, help is written to a ParaView window, and immediately ParaView will close, also closing this help window.

* The ParaView command line arguments are confusing. If an input does not have a command associated with it (such as -dr or --help), we assume it is a file. Thus, if you try to get help, and don't know the command, ParaView just assumes it is a file to open. It says no such file. For instance, 'paraview -h' will fail loading the -h file. Please change this to either always require a file command (maybe -f), or if the file is read in from the command line, and doesn't exist (or starts with a -), print out the command line help.

* We are inconsistent with ParaView command line arguments. Help is the most obvious example. Please add a -h command for help.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2015-12-14 14:50Alan ScottNew Issue
2016-08-12 09:59Kitware RobotNote Added: 0038953
2016-08-12 09:59Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => closed
2016-08-12 09:59Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-08-12 09:59Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot

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(0038953)
Kitware Robot   
2016-08-12 09:59   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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