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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:56:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Share options between info and man page
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> From: Mingjie Xing <mingjie.xing@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:00:12 +0800
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> I made a compare and find that only one paragraph and one option are
> unique to man page:
> 
> "All the options and command line arguments you give are processed
> in sequential order.  The order makes a difference when the @option{-x}
> option is used."
> 
> and
> 
> "@item -help
> @itemx -h
> List all options, with brief explanations."
> 
> I've preserved them and moved to 'File Options'.
> 
> On the other hand, there are many options missing in man page which
> can be resolved by sharing.
> 
> >> For an example, gcc's man page and info page use the
> >> same file 'invoke.texi' which includes @node and @section lines.
> >
> > I'm sorry, but GCC's example is unlikely to convince me, because I
> > consider the GCC documentation to be one of the worst examples in the
> > GNU project.  I can never find useful up to date information there
> > when I'm looking for it.
> >
> > It should be easy to keep the @node and @chapter out of the man page.
> 
> Done.

Thanks.  This looks good to me.  If no one objects, it should go in
soon.