Formatting cleanups for optional arguments.

* doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Actions, Help Formatting)
(External Software): Use @r{} for brackets denoting optional
arguments, where @ovar is not safe to use.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0fc8dbe8e8aa3b3e1fdf10520f2c5ce63d04ec0c..297db2dcc4e19e3c3d218a46e3f41eaa46701920 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2010-06-22  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
+       Formatting cleanups for optional arguments.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Actions, Help Formatting)
+       (External Software): Use @r{} for brackets denoting optional
+       arguments, where @ovar is not safe to use.
+
        Clarify nested double-quotes and backquotes shell issues.
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology): New anchor for pdksh.
        (Shell Substitutions): Link to it for escaped double-quotes

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 7e97d9642f4981d681d1b4b470370534ed929837..9172bd7cb91489ace07477eb0a7e160311eed6c6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ have this prototype:
 @c FIXME: Can't use @ovar here, Texinfo 4.0 goes lunatic and emits something
 @c awful.
 @example
-AC_CONFIG_@var{ITEMS}(@var{tag}@dots{}, [@var{commands}], [@var{init-cmds}])
+AC_CONFIG_@var{ITEMS}(@var{tag}@dots{}, @r{[}@var{commands}@r{]}, @r{[}@var{init-cmds}@r{]})
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -20527,7 +20527,7 @@ The options have one of these forms:
 @c FIXME: Can't use @ovar here, Texinfo 4.0 goes lunatic and emits something
 @c awful.
 @example
---with-@var{package}[=@var{arg}]
+--with-@var{package}@r{[}=@var{arg}@r{]}
 --without-@var{package}
 @end example
 
@@ -20680,7 +20680,7 @@ compile them.  The options have one of these forms:
 @c FIXME: Can't use @ovar here, Texinfo 4.0 goes lunatic and emits something
 @c awful.
 @example
---enable-@var{feature}[=@var{arg}]
+--enable-@var{feature}@r{[}=@var{arg}@r{]}
 --disable-@var{feature}
 @end example