On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Steve Litt wrote: > I came across OptionParser. I tried reading the documentation, but I > saw no simple proof of concept to get me started. I therefore opted > for GetoptLong. At least it's not a total stranger, I've used it in > C and Perl. > > Perhaps I just came across the wrong documentation. > > I'd like to have the OptionParser documentation contain a proof of > concept, and a couple more examples that follow logically, without > skipping steps. http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/optparse/rdoc/classes/OptionParser.html is good, although I don't like the use of ostruct. For a cleaner, yet extensive, construction see http://www.servalys.nl/scripts/mk with its rdoc at http://www.servalys.nl/scripts/doc/files/mk.html -- Wybo