Re: [help-gengetopt] [PATCH] remove square brackets and elipsis from unamed-opts

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Eli Cohen wrote:
> Hi,
> the following patch removes the square brackets and elipsis from
> unamed-opts so that the help string printed is more standard and make
> more sense (path is both inline and attached).
>
> Index: src/gm.cc
> ===================================================================
> --- src.orig/gm.cc
> +++ src/gm.cc
> @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ CmdlineParserCreator::generate_usage_str
>     }
>
>   if ( unamed_options )
> -    usage << " [" << unamed_options << "]...";
> +    usage << " " << unamed_options;
>
>   string wrapped;
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Index: src/gm.cc
> ===================================================================
> --- src.orig/gm.cc
> +++ src/gm.cc
> @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ CmdlineParserCreator::generate_usage_str
>      }
>  
>    if ( unamed_options )
> -    usage << " [" << unamed_options << "]...";
> +    usage << " " << unamed_options;
>  
>    string wrapped;
>  

Hi Eli

Thanks for the patch!

However, I wouldn't want to get rid of [ ] brackets which mean that 
those parts are optional (and as far as I know they are standard for 
this matter).  For instance, ls --help produces

Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...

while cp --help

cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST

For the moment I'd use the usage string (as I wrote in my other answer 
to your mail).

Actually, unnamed options are almost left to the programmer (although 
I'm working on a way of making them more definable in the .ggo file 
itself: e.g., a way to require them, to name them, etc.).

I hope to hear from you soon
cheers
        Lorenzo

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