commandlineparser/commandline

Send only the actual error to Console.Error

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#184 opened on Nov 7, 2017

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Description

Currently all generated help text is sent to stderr (Console.Error) when an error occurs: https://github.com/commandlineparser/commandline/blob/7aa501d534a657c388f94f66127b4f8dde64ac59/src/CommandLine/Parser.cs#L199

Wouldn't it make more sense to only send the actual error there, and send the rest of the help text (both before and after) to stdout (Console.Out)?

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Locate the Console.Error calls in Parser.cs. Separate error messages from help text. Route only error to stderr, help to stdout.
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csharp
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cli
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