Bill Wendling writes: > Hi all, > I want to produce a help string like this:
> --with-foo[=DIR] Use the foo package > (note the []s around the =DIR bit). When I use the option like this: > AC_ARG_WITH([foo], > [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-foo[=DIR]], > [Use the foo package])],,) > It produces: > --with-foo=DIR Use the foo package > Is there a way to make it produce the []s that I want? I think quadrigraphs should do it: [--with-foo@<:@=DIR@:>@] -- Olaf Weber (This space left blank for technical reasons.)