Re: [PATCH] Display configuration details in --help

Doug Evans
2013-04-09T19:31:20Z

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> >> > + fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\
>> >> > + --without-expat\n\
>> >> > +"));
>> >> > +#endif
>> >>
>> >> If we've already discussed this, please ignore, but ... :-)
>> >> I'd prefer one line per fprintf instead of three.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I'm not following: what 3 lines? Can you show how would you
>> > like the code be reformatted?
>>
>> fprintf_filtered (stream, _(" -with-expat\n")); // assuming 2
>> space indentation
>
> OK, I used the style I did because it makes it much easier to keep the
> alignment visible, without the need to count characters and columns.

I'm not sure. 13 is a lot to visualize and given the vertical span
it's not straightforward, to me anyway.

Using a more explicit form for the indentation (making it a parameter
to the printf) works better for me if the amount of indentation is
going to be that much.