Adds short commandline parameter handling in GRC.

[debian/gnuradio] / grc / blocks / parameter.xml

diff --git a/grc/blocks/parameter.xml b/grc/blocks/parameter.xml
index 21e5f04b3793ac703554135afb93dbce19bd0957..682f626eeac62c846a16ad883aaa8aa8873256e3 100644 (file)
--- a/grc/blocks/parameter.xml
+++ b/grc/blocks/parameter.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
                <type>string</type>
                <hide>#if $label() then 'none' else 'part'#</hide>
        </param>
+       <param>
+               <name>Short ID</name>
+               <key>short_id</key>
+               <value></value>
+               <type>string</type>
+       </param>
        <param>
                <name>Value</name>
                <key>value</key>
@@ -74,6 +80,10 @@ The paramater value cannot depend on any variables.
 
 Leave the label blank to use the parameter id as the label.
 
-When type is not None, this parameter also becomes a command line option of the form --[id] [value].
+When type is not None, this parameter also becomes a command line option of the form:
+
+-[short_id] --[id] [value]
+
+The Short ID field may be left blank.
        </doc>
 </block>