Re: FYI: optional features and AC_ARG_WITH

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

 Stepan> Hello,
 Stepan> I've just commited the patch to AC_ARG_WITH documentation, in the
 Stepan> exact form as submitted by Gregorio Guidi in
 Stepan> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2005-03/msg00116.html

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+  [AS_HELP_STRING(--with-readline,
+    [enable experimental support for readline @@<:@@default=disabled@@:>@@])],
+  [],


I remember that using @<:@ in AS_HELP_STRING was wrong because
that macros count the number of characters in its arguments to
reformat the string; so @<:@ is counted as 4 characters but
output as one.

Did this ever change?  If not, I think this should not be shown in the manual.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2001-07/msg00120.html

In fact I think there is no point in writing things like
"default=disabled" or "default=enabled".  Simply showing the
option form (--without or --with) that is not the default looks
clear enough to me.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz