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Re: [RFA 00/12] Small help text tweaks
- From: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:11:15 -0600
- Subject: Re: [RFA 00/12] Small help text tweaks
- References: <20180430143731.30007-1-tom@tromey.com> <83bme0sqq2.fsf@gnu.org>
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
Eli> It's actually a simple side effect of how Texinfo formats @var{..} in
Eli> Info output. I think.
Yeah. I just thought this used to be in the coding standards, and now I
can't find it there. I do see it here though: (info "(elisp) Documentation Tips");
and it is definitely a widespread GNU style in "--help" output -- and
also elsewhere in gdb help strings.
Tom