id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
163	rationalize the command-line interface and class MiniMP	Stephen Siegel	ywei	"The command line interface should be changed to be more consistent.

All options should have the form {{{-name=value}}}.   The one exception will be one of the form {{{-name}}} which is syntactic sugar for {{{-name=true}}}.    Option values can be either boolean (true or false), integer, double, or String.

To deal with the case of compare, in which two values of np need to be given, we could call the one for the spec {{{np1}}} and one for the impl {{{np2}}}.

The order in which options appear should make no difference.

The MiniMP class code can also be cleaned up and streamlined considerably.   Instead of throwing a RuntimeException when a command line syntax error is encountered, a method should be called that explains the error and prints the usage message before exiting gracefully."	enhancement	closed	major	Release 1.0	User Interface	1.0	fixed	options command line