Hallo Alain, some user of the Debian version of superformat noted the following inconsistency: most programs include a synopsis line in the output of the --help option. Examples: voss@automatix [~] ls --help | head Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]... List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort. -a, --all do not hide entries starting with . -A, --almost-all do not list implied . and .. -b, --escape print octal escapes for nongraphic characters --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks -B, --ignore-backups do not list implied entries ending with ~ -c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last voss@automatix [~] grep --help | head Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE] ... Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input. Example: grep -i 'hello world' menu.h main.c Regexp selection and interpretation: -E, --extended-regexp PATTERN is an extended regular expression -F, --fixed-strings PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings -G, --basic-regexp PATTERN is a basic regular expression -e, --regexp=PATTERN use PATTERN as a regular expression -f, --file=FILE obtain PATTERN from FILE Superformat does not follow this convention. voss@automatix [~] superformat --help | head -D --dosdrive set the dos drive -v --verbosity set verbosity level -f --noverify skip verification -B --dosverify verify disk using mbadblocks -V --verify_later verify floppy after all formatting is done -b --begin_cylinder set cylinder where to begin formatting -e --end_cylinder set cylinder where to end formatting -G --fmt_gap set the formatting gap -F --final_gap set the final gap -i --interleave set the interleave factor Maybe you could add an additional line to the "superformat --help" output, to make it more friedly. I hope this helps, Jochen PS: If you answer to this mail, the Debian bug tracking system would be glad to receive a copy (via Cc:) of your mail to the address 88297-forwarded@bugs.debian.org. -- http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwstoch/voss/