On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:57:00PM -0600, Bill Wendling wrote: > Also sprach Guido Draheim: > } Bill Wendling schrieb: > } >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:
[snip] > I should mention that I'm using 2.53, so this may be a known deficiency > or something...not sure. I'm using 2.54 ATM, and I did notice that I now need considerably fewer ['s and ]'s to make them appear. I recall having to write something crazy like [[[[[default=/foo]]]]] up to 2.53 or so. AC_ARG_ENABLE(dvchome, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dvchome=DIR], [specify home directory of user dvc [[default=/home/dvc]]]), DVCHOME=$enableval, DVCHOME=/home/dvc) Aargh, I guess I'll have to read up on the proper quoting rules some day... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is probably better to bookmark than any employer-specific email address I may have appearing in the headers. Vanity page: http://www.tsct.co.za/~berndj/