From a77f3a2f2c03d35562d0c909b1d60328bae9deb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Lu Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 18:59:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] use/faq: remove coarse language From "Is there a command that can tell me what capability another command requires?" section --- use/faq.rst | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/use/faq.rst b/use/faq.rst index e5fb617..8e9ded3 100644 --- a/use/faq.rst +++ b/use/faq.rst @@ -167,15 +167,12 @@ Is there a way to load all the plugins Limnoria has? Is there a command that can tell me what capability another command requires? ============================================================================= - No, there isn't, and there probably never will be. + No, and there probably never will be. - Commands have the flexibility to check any capabilities they wish to - check; while this flexibility is useful, it also makes it hard to - guess what capability a certain command requires. We could make a - solution that would work in a large majority of cases, but it wouldn't - (and couldn't!) be absolutely correct in all circumstances, and since - we're anal and we hate doing things halfway, we probably won't ever - add this partial solution. + Commands are allowed to check any capability at runtime, so it's impossible + to answer this definitively without switching to a more restrictive mechanism. + Your best bet may be to inspect the source code, and especially the command's + :ref:`converters ` list for any capability checks. .. _user-faq-karma-not-working: