[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

Georg Brandl added the comment: Okay, applied that workaround in rev. 58243. -- assignee: fdrake -> georg.brandl __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ _

[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

Michael Hoffman added the comment: Also, see http://bugs.python.org/issue798006 which shows how to fix a similar problem elsewhere in the docs. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___

[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

Michael Hoffman added the comment: At the very least could you change the "--" to be the verbatim class that shows up properly beneath? There has to be another solution that would result in the docs at least being correct even if we can't get LaTeX to do exactly what we want. ___

[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

Georg Brandl added the comment: Indeed, and I can remember trying to get around that, but didn't achieve anything... I'll close it as won't fix. -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

Guido van Rossum added the comment: This is only a problem with the 2.5 latex docs. -- assignee: -> fdrake nosy: +fdrake, gvanrossum __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1186] optparse documentation: -- being collapsed to - in HTML

New submission from Michael Hoffman: See where it says 'either "-" or "-" can be option arguments'. One of these should be --. The same error occurs several times on the same page. Not a problem in the Optik docs at