From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
Cc: phst@google.com, eliz@gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu,
p.stephani2@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use recommended long options syntax in man page
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:51:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1eZiss-0008T6-0R@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPM58ojEOgG5d_mOLRbHmkXKjqv4cr_mA+Xh-OtfNEPWaD=8tg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Richard Copley on Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:26:54 +0000)
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> Both arguments have merit. Manuals aren't just for newbies. Maybe
> there's room to introduce the syntax with the = first, then elaborate
> explaining the actual syntax in full. Or maybe that level of detail is
> best left for the TexInfo manual.
Please use = for long option arguments in the man page.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-11 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-07 23:12 [PATCH] Use recommended long options syntax in man page Philipp Stephani
2018-01-08 0:43 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-09 2:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-09 7:30 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-09 17:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-09 22:21 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-10 3:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-10 19:26 ` Richard Copley
2018-01-11 19:51 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2018-01-17 22:33 ` Philipp Stephani
2018-01-10 3:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-08 4:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
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