X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/19f6aa8208154de4560ee1e4a3e638e120dcdba5..24ffc54a53b52293a54d7ef9f2105c26e945cc67:/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md b/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md index 3dc26b7..48dda3b 100644 --- a/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md +++ b/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Foundational knowledge on using and configuring Black. _Black_ is a well-behaved Unix-style command-line tool: -- it does nothing if no sources are passed to it; +- it does nothing if it finds no sources to format; - it will read from standard input and write to standard output if `-` is used as the filename; - it only outputs messages to users on standard error; -- exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred (or `--check` was used). +- exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred or a CLI option prompted it. ## Usage @@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ python -m black {source_file_or_directory} ### Command line options -_Black_ has quite a few knobs these days, although _Black_ is opinionated so style -configuration options are deliberately limited and rarely added. You can list them by -running `black --help`. +The CLI options of _Black_ can be displayed by expanding the view below or by running +`black --help`. While _Black_ has quite a few knobs these days, it is still opinionated +so style options are deliberately limited and rarely added.
-Help output +CLI reference ```{program-output} black --help @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ You can check the version of _Black_ you have installed using the `--version` fl ```console $ black --version -black, version 21.11b1 +black, version 22.1.0 ``` An option to require a specific version to be running is also provided.