markjprice/cs11dotnet7
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/markjprice/cs11dotnet7.git synced 2026-01-07 08:39:58 +01:00
Code Issues Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update errata.md

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Mark J Price 2023-03-05 22:00:31 +00:00
parent 320fe881b4
commit 7c48a3d574
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

8
docs/errata/errata.md
View file

@ -62,21 +62,21 @@ On October 28, 2022, the .NET team changed the name *again*, to [**Standard Term
# Page 36 - Getting help for the dotnet tool
Step 1 is about opening a web browser to show the documentation help about a command. It follows this syntax:
Step 1 is about opening a web browser to show the documentation for a `dotnet` command. It follows this syntax:
```
dotnet help <command>
```
I gave the example of `dotnet help new`, and although this worked in .NET Core 3 up to .NET 6, with .NET 7 it gives an error!
I gave the example of `dotnet help new`, and although this worked in .NET Core 3.1 to .NET 6, with .NET 7 it gives an unhelpful error!
Other examples, like `dotnet help run`, work correctly by opening a web browser to show the `run` command's documentation.
The other type of help, as described in Step 2, is command-line documenation and it follows this syntax:
The other type of help, as described in Step 2, is command-line documentation. It follows this syntax:
```
dotnet <command> -?|-h|--help
```
For example, `dotnet new -?` or `dotnet new -h` or `dotnet new --help` outputs documentation about the `new` command at the command-line.
And so `dotnet help help` opens a web browser for the `help` command, and `dotnet help -h` outputs documentation for the `help` command at the command-line!
Interestingly, `dotnet help help` opens a web browser for the `help` command, and `dotnet help -h` outputs documentation for the `help` command at the command-line!
# Page 37 - Getting definitions of types and their members