It supports the same conventions as the \UNIX{}
\code{getopt()}
function (including the special meanings of arguments of the form
-\samp{-} and \samp{--}). Long options similar to those supported by
+`\code{-}' and `\code{-}\code{-}').
+% That's to fool latex2html into leaving the two hyphens alone!
+Long options similar to those supported by
GNU software may be used as well via an optional third argument.
It defines the function
\code{getopt.getopt(args, options [, long_options])}
\code{getopt()}
uses).
The third option, if specified, is a list of strings with the names of
-the long options which should be supported. The leading \code{'--'}
+the long options which should be supported. The leading \code{'-}\code{-'}
characters should not be included in the option name. Options which
require an argument should be followed by an equal sign (\code{'='}).
The return value consists of two elements: the first is a list of
It supports the same conventions as the \UNIX{}
\code{getopt()}
function (including the special meanings of arguments of the form
-\samp{-} and \samp{--}). Long options similar to those supported by
+`\code{-}' and `\code{-}\code{-}').
+% That's to fool latex2html into leaving the two hyphens alone!
+Long options similar to those supported by
GNU software may be used as well via an optional third argument.
It defines the function
\code{getopt.getopt(args, options [, long_options])}
\code{getopt()}
uses).
The third option, if specified, is a list of strings with the names of
-the long options which should be supported. The leading \code{'--'}
+the long options which should be supported. The leading \code{'-}\code{-'}
characters should not be included in the option name. Options which
require an argument should be followed by an equal sign (\code{'='}).
The return value consists of two elements: the first is a list of