There's a inconsistence between -y and -x syntax: in the former you can specify paths as a regular argument but in -x you must follow ":path" syntax

[q2dg]

I think it should be a good idea make this more consistent...maybe mandate -y follow ":path" syntax too.

In fact, in help shown with --help argument this it not obvious..syntax of arguments followed by some value (like -y, -x, -p ...) should be noted

Thanks!

[samuel-lucas6]

Hi, this is because of the library being used for parsing command-line arguments. -x is an optional single value, whereas -y is a mandatory value and multiple values can be specified.

I agree it's not clear in the help text. I suppose it could be listed as an example. I think this was probably omitted because you usually don't need to specify -x if using the default key location and to avoid too many examples/complicating the help text. What do you think would be the best way of noting this?

[q2dg]

Maybe in options list shown when doing kryptor -h, like this?

-p|--passphrase[:value]
-x|--private[:/path/private.key]
-y|--public [/path/public1.key] [/path/public2.key] [...]

[samuel-lucas6]

I don't think that's possible without doing a custom help text for everything. The library I referenced is currently automatically generating it from the options. It would also be nice to keep the option and description on a single line.

The -y case is already covered in the examples section.