On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 23:46:43 +0100 Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote:
> The standard way to write this is: > > .Op Fl D Ar name Ns Op = Ns Ar value ... > .Ar is an in-line macro. Consequently, its scope only extends > to the next macro on the same input line or to the end of the > input line, whichever comes earlier. I think I see. If the value argument is not optional, would this serve as well .Op Fl D Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value because the 1st Ar is terminated by the 1st Ns ? I thought I had seen cases where that didn't hold, but maybe not, and shorter is better. (I don't like "Sy =", for logical and asthetic reasons. Logically, it's not a "symbol", in that it doesn't stand for anything but itself. And I don't want it to appear in boldface, because it needs no emphasis.) --jkl
