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Re: FYI: optional features and AC_ARG_WITH


From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Subject: Re: FYI: optional features and AC_ARG_WITH
Date: 19 Apr 2005 10:31:22 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.3.50

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

[...]

 Stepan> AC_ARG_WITH(readline,
 Stepan> -  [AS_HELP_STRING(--with-readline,
 Stepan> -    [support fancy command line editing @@<:@@default=check@@:>@@])],
 Stepan> +  [AS_HELP_STRING(address@hidden,address@hidden,
 Stepan> +    [force whether support for fancy command line editing is used])],
 Stepan> [],
 Stepan> with_readline=check)

I suggest avoiding {...,...} and using two help lines.  That
looks cleaner to me, and it helps tools that parse ./configure's
--help output (Zsh's completion comes to mind).
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz





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