Issue 1432838: optparse docs double-dash confusion (original) (raw)

Created on 2006-02-16 12:28 by pelago, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg27541 - (view)	Author: John Veness (pelago)	Date: 2006-02-16 12:28
Page http://docs.python.org/lib/optparse-terminology.html says: The GNU project introduced "-" followed by a series of hyphen-separated words, e.g. "-file" or "-dry-run". but should say: The GNU project introduced "--" followed by a series of hyphen-separated words, e.g. "--file" or "--dry-run". Also at the bottom of that page: "-v" and "-report" are both options. should be: "-v" and "--report" are both options. It looks in general that there is a documentation rendering problem when double-dash appears in quotes. Other double-dash items on that page are ok, when not in quotes.
msg27542 - (view)	Author: Matt Fleming (splitscreen)	Date: 2006-02-16 20:59
Logged In: YES user_id=1126061 Patch provided: #1433148
msg27543 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2006-02-17 09:05
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 A suggested fix is to replace "-{}-" by "{--}" for long options. Greg?
msg27544 - (view)	Author: Matt Fleming (splitscreen)	Date: 2006-02-18 11:24
Logged In: YES user_id=1126061 Yeah, that's all that the patch that I provided does.
msg27545 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2006-03-18 08:26
Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Now fixed in SVN.