[FFmpeg-trac] #10334(undetermined:new): -h topic Response

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#10334: -h topic Response
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             Reporter:  Noitarud     |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:               |                  Version:
  undetermined                       |  unspecified
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             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 Hello all,

 In the help it says:

 {{{
 Getting help:
     -h      -- print basic options
     -h long -- print more options
     -h full -- print all options (including all format and codec specific
 options, very long)
     -h type=name -- print all options for the named
 decoder/encoder/demuxer/muxer/filter/bsf/protocol
     See man ffmpeg for detailed description of the options.

 Print help / information / capabilities:
 -L                  show license
 -h topic            show help
 -? topic            show help
 -help topic         show help
 --help topic        show help
 -version            show version
 }}}


 I began using ffmpeg with an older version and had expected "-h topic" to
 list topics I could begin to get help on, and there is where you could
 have placed the -h filter=name and amoung the entries you could offer an
 option to list terms which would allow to query the definition and usage
 of "command support/slice threading/timeline support" amoung others.

 So, if theres no point to "topic" can it be removed since it responds the
 same as just -h, or is it being backward compatible?
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