minor adjustments in help text

striezel · Jan 31, 2025 · f3daa83 · f3daa83
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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The updater is a command-line program, there is no graphical user interface yet
 Operations or commands define the main action of the program. Only one of
 these may be specified. Valid operations are:
 
-* **check** - displays which installed software can be updated, but does not
+* **check** - Displays which installed software can be updated, but does not
   actually perform the updates. This will display something like
 
   ```
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ these may be specified. Valid operations are:
   +-------------------------------------+--------+--------------+--------------+---------+
   ```
 
-* **update** - updates every software that can be updated, i.e. downloads and
+* **update** - Updates every software that can be updated, i.e. downloads and
                installs new versions / updates. Possible output could be:
 
   ```
@@ -86,18 +86,18 @@ these may be specified. Valid operations are:
   2022-11-08 19:13:34 - 2 applications were updated.
   ```
 
-* **help** - shows a help message.
-* **version** - shows version of the program.
-* **license** - shows license information for the program.
-* **list-id** - prints a list of software IDs to the standard output. These IDs
+* **help** - Shows a help message.
+* **version** - Shows the version of the program.
+* **license** - Shows license information for the program.
+* **list-id** - Prints a list of software IDs to the standard output. These IDs
                 can be used to exclude certain software from updates. See the
                 option `--exclude` below for more information.
 
 ### Options
 Options can change behaviour of the update process. Available options are:
 
     --auto-get-newer | --newer | -n
-        automatically tries to get information about newer versions of the soft-
+        Automatically tries to get information about newer versions of the soft-
         ware from the internet. The updater has a list of known newest software
         versions, but that information can get outdated quickly. That is why
         this option exists - it helps to get the latest software version.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Options can change behaviour of the update process. Available options are:
         default timeout is 1800 seconds.
     --exclude ID | --except ID | -e ID
         Excludes the software with the given ID from the update process. To get
-        the ID for a specific software, run the program with the --list-id
+        the ID for a specific software, run the program with the list-id
         option which lists all software IDs. You can use this option several
         times to exclude more than one software from the update process.
     --show-progress | --progress | -p

diff --git a/updater/operations/Help.cs b/updater/operations/Help.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     This file is part of the updater command line interface.
-    Copyright (C) 2017, 2018, 2024  Dirk Stolle
+    Copyright (C) 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025  Dirk Stolle
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ public int perform()
                 + "  Operations or commands define the main action of the program. Only one of\r\n"
                 + "  these may be specified. Valid operations are:" + Environment.NewLine
                 + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  check   - displays which installed software can be updated, but does not\r\n"
+                + "  check   - Displays which installed software can be updated, but does not\r\n"
                 + "            actually perform the updates." + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  update  - updates every software that can be updated, i.e. downloads and\r\n"
+                + "  update  - Updates every software that can be updated, i.e. downloads and\r\n"
                 + "            installs new versions / updates." + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  help    - shows this help message." + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  version - shows version of the program." + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  license - shows license information for the program." + Environment.NewLine
-                + "  list-id - prints a list of software IDs to the standard output. These IDs\r\n"
+                + "  help    - Shows this help message." + Environment.NewLine
+                + "  version - Shows the version of the program." + Environment.NewLine
+                + "  license - Shows license information for the program." + Environment.NewLine
+                + "  list-id - Prints a list of software IDs to the standard output. These IDs\r\n"
                 + "            can be used to exclude certain software from updates. See the\r\n"
                 + "            option --exclude below for more information.\r\n"
                 + Environment.NewLine
                 + "Options:" + Environment.NewLine
                 + "  Options can change behaviour of the update process. Available options are:\r\n"
                 + Environment.NewLine
                 + "  --auto-get-newer | --newer | -n" + Environment.NewLine
-                + "      automatically tries to get information about newer versions of the soft-\r\n"
+                + "      Automatically tries to get information about newer versions of the soft-\r\n"
                 + "      ware from the internet. The updater has a list of known newest software\r\n"
                 + "      versions, but that information can get outdated quickly. That is why\r\n"
                 + "      this option exists - it helps to get the latest software version.\r\n"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public int perform()
                 + "      default timeout is " + Update.defaultTimeout.ToString() + " seconds.\r\n"
                 + "  --exclude ID | --except ID | -e ID" + Environment.NewLine
                 + "      Excludes the software with the given ID from the update process. To get\r\n"
-                + "      the ID for a specific software, run the program with the --list-id\r\n"
+                + "      the ID for a specific software, run the program with the list-id\r\n"
                 + "      option which lists all software IDs. You can use this option several\r\n"
                 + "      times to exclude more than one software from the update process.\r\n"
                 + "  --show-progress | --progress | -p" + Environment.NewLine