From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32509 invoked by alias); 30 Apr 2018 15:13:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 32463 invoked by uid 89); 30 Apr 2018 15:13:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Tips, Hx-languages-length:462 X-HELO: gateway20.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway20.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway20.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.64.36) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:13:11 +0000 Received: from cm12.websitewelcome.com (cm12.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.8]) by gateway20.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5F79400FB48D for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:11:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id DASSfFWtWlAdrDASSfoWXJ; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:11:16 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 Received: from 97-122-176-117.hlrn.qwest.net ([97.122.176.117]:36352 helo=pokyo) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1fDASS-003mzj-Gx; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:11:16 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA 00/12] Small help text tweaks References: <20180430143731.30007-1-tom@tromey.com> <83bme0sqq2.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:13:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <83bme0sqq2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:39:49 +0300") Message-ID: <87po2g4tm4.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1fDASS-003mzj-Gx X-Source-Sender: 97-122-176-117.hlrn.qwest.net (pokyo) [97.122.176.117]:36352 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-04/txt/msg00649.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii 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