Re: Manual Example

[Thomas 'Tom' R. Treadway III]

On May 30, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hello Thomas,
>
> * Thomas 'Tom' R. Treadway III wrote on Tue, May 30, 2006 at  
> 07:03:15PM CEST:
> > Is there a way to have commas in the text of AS_HELP_STRING?
> > For example:
> > AS_HELP_STRING([--with-HDF5=INC,LIB],[Location of HDF5 include files
> > and libraries])
AS_HELP_STRING
vs
AC_HELP_STRING?
> It seems not, and it seems we need another macro name to produce a  
> fixed
> version of AS_HELP_STRING (both a quoting and a counting error: you  
> can
> actually get in a comma by adding three sets of [ ], but then using  
> the
> comma will mess up the counting), to which users will then be able to
> upgrade to.
Thanks,
I fell back to:
[  --with-hdf5=INC,LIB     Location of HDF5 header and library]
> I suggest using a | instead of a comma, if those are to be alternative
> values, or using something like --with-HDF5=PREFIX if the argument  
> is to
> mean that the libraries are in PREFIX/lib, and the headers are in
> PREFIX/inc.
I was trying to maintain some backward compatibility.
> Cheers,
> Ralf
   trt