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Re: Alignment of options in help output


From: Peter Eisentraut
Subject: Re: Alignment of options in help output
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:13:55 +0200 (CEST)

Akim Demaille writes:

> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Eisentraut <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Peter> That seems like overkill.  The code is already unreadable and
> Peter> slow enough.  ;-)
>
> Yes.  And it is aligned, no need to change anything.

Not on the monitor I'm using.  ;-)

The second column in the section "Fine tuning of the installation
directories" needs to be moved out one space, the second column under
"System types" 6 spaces.


$ cat configure.ac
AC_INIT

AC_CANONICAL_TARGET

AC_ARG_WITH(foo, [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-foo], [use the Foo package])])

AC_ARG_ENABLE(bar, [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-bar], [enable the Bar
extension])])

AC_OUTPUT
$ gnu/bin/autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.49f
[freshly baked]

$ ./configure --help
[snip]
Installation directories:
  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                          [/usr/local]
  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                          [PREFIX]

By default, [snip]

Fine tuning of the installation directories:
  --bindir=DIR           user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
  --sbindir=DIR          system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
  --libexecdir=DIR       program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
  --datadir=DIR          read-only architecture-independent data
[PREFIX/share]
  --sysconfdir=DIR       read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
  --sharedstatedir=DIR   modifiable architecture-independent data
[PREFIX/com]
  --localstatedir=DIR    modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
  --libdir=DIR           object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
  --includedir=DIR       C header files [PREFIX/include]
  --oldincludedir=DIR    C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
  --infodir=DIR          info documentation [PREFIX/info]
  --mandir=DIR           man documentation [PREFIX/man]

System types:
  --build=BUILD     configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
  --host=HOST       build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
  --target=TARGET   configure for building compilers for TARGET [HOST]

Optional Features:
  --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as
--enable-FEATURE=no)
  --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
  --enable-bar            enable the Bar extension

Optional Packages:
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
  --with-foo              use the Foo package

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   address@hidden   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter




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