the order of arguments is confusing / cli-switches would be good

[klartext]

The order of arguments is confusing and description, printed with --help also not so clear.

It wouldbe much better to have names switches, e.g. -m mode -i infilename -o outfilename -r range -f from_pagenum -t to_pagenum

or similarly.

[hellerbarde]

Cool idea. Want to implement it?

[klartext]

Well, why not... ...not sure how much time I can invest, but maybe there is a possibility. What would be the way to bring in the changes? fork -> pull -> change -> push -> pull-request ?

[hellerbarde]

Yeah, that's about it. Thanks for the effort :) On 09/21, klartext wrote:

Well, why not... ...not sure how much time I can invest, but maybe there is a possibility. What would be the way to bring in the changes? fork -> pull -> change -> push -> pull-request ?

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[hellerbarde]

I'm thinking of moving stapler to click, so maybe you'll get your wish for free ;) If you plan to work on your idea, get in touch with me first, so we don't duplicate efforts. Ok?

[klartext]

Well, I started to change stapler locally, but did not pushed the stuff. The reason is: while working on it, I found some problems with my idea. So I wanted to think about the order of the switches again... but then I had no time left over to work on it. I still think, cli-switches would be nice. But how to arrange the switches/arguments is not completely worked out.