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Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v [branch-1_4]


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v [branch-1_4]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:59:43 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Branch:         branch-1_4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      06/09/20 03:59:42

Index: doc/m4.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.76
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.77
diff -u -b -r1.1.1.1.2.76 -r1.1.1.1.2.77
--- doc/m4.texinfo      14 Sep 2006 14:55:54 -0000      1.1.1.1.2.76
+++ doc/m4.texinfo      20 Sep 2006 03:59:42 -0000      1.1.1.1.2.77
@@ -561,19 +561,24 @@
 functions.  @xref{Debug Levels}, for more details on the format and
 meaning of @var{FLAGS}.  If omitted, @var{FLAGS} defaults to @samp{aeq}.
 
address@hidden -l @var{NUM}
address@hidden address@hidden
-Restrict the size of the output generated by macro tracing to @var{NUM}
-characters per trace line.  If unspecified or zero, output is
-unlimited.  @xref{Debug Levels}, for more details.
-
address@hidden -o @var{FILE}
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden -o @var{FILE}
 @itemx address@hidden
 Redirect @code{dumpdef} output, debug messages, and trace output to the
 named @var{FILE}.  Warnings, error messages, and @code{errprint} output
 are still printed to standard error.  If unspecified, debug output goes
 to standard error; if empty, debug output is discarded.  @xref{Debug
-Output}, for more details.
+Output}, for more details.  The spellings @option{-o} and
address@hidden are misleading and inconsistent with other
address@hidden tools; for now they are silently accepted as synonyms of
address@hidden, but in a future version of M4, using them will
+cause a warning to be issued.
+
address@hidden -l @var{NUM}
address@hidden address@hidden
+Restrict the size of the output generated by macro tracing to @var{NUM}
+characters per trace line.  If unspecified or zero, output is
+unlimited.  @xref{Debug Levels}, for more details.
 
 @item -t @var{NAME}
 @itemx address@hidden
@@ -2337,7 +2342,7 @@
 @cindex output, saving debugging
 @cindex @acronym{GNU} extensions
 Debug and tracing output can be redirected to files using either the
address@hidden option to @code{m4} (@pxref{Invoking m4}), or with the
address@hidden option to @code{m4} (@pxref{Invoking m4}), or with the
 builtin macro @code{debugfile}:
 
 @deffn Builtin debugfile (@ovar{file})
@@ -4761,7 +4766,7 @@
 In addition to the above extensions, @acronym{GNU} @code{m4} implements the
 following command line options: @option{-F}, @option{-G}, @option{-I},
 @option{-L}, @option{-R}, @option{-V}, @option{-W}, @option{-d},
address@hidden, @option{-o} and @option{-t}.  @xref{Invoking m4}, for a
address@hidden, @option{--debugfile} and @option{-t}.  @xref{Invoking m4}, for a
 description of these options.
 
 Also, the debugging and tracing facilities in @acronym{GNU} @code{m4} are much




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