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Re: fmt man page misdescribes --prefix
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: fmt man page misdescribes --prefix |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:18:03 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
I installed this patch to make the documentation clearer:
2004-10-20 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* src/fmt.c (usage): Improve description of --prefix.
Problem reported by Edward Welbourne.
Index: fmt.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/fmt.c,v
retrieving revision 1.88
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -p -u -r1.88 -r1.89
--- fmt.c 3 Aug 2004 00:00:49 -0000 1.88
+++ fmt.c 20 Oct 2004 21:16:56 -0000 1.89
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-c, --crown-margin preserve indentation of first two lines\n\
- -p, --prefix=STRING combine only lines having STRING as prefix\n\
+ -p, --prefix=STRING reformat only lines beginning with STRING,\n\
+ reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines\n\
-s, --split-only split long lines, but do not refill\n\
"),
stdout);