Re: [docbook-apps] xsl/groff option argument is listed with the description

[Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>]

On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 06:19:16PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:

> > * In message <20030523212711.GC27375@redhat.com>
> > * On the subject of "Re: [docbook-apps] xsl/groff option argument is listed with the description"
> > * Sent on Fri, 23 May 2003 22:27:11 +0100
> > * Honorable Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> writes:
> >
> > On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 02:20:42PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> > 
> > >        --help Displays a help message on how to use CLISP.
> > 
> > If you don't want this, don't use .TP.
> 
> I get this:
> 
>        -h      --help Displays a help message on how to use CLISP.

Well, obviously, using something other than TP -- I didn't mean just
leave it out entirely.  But the behaviour you saw was exactly what .TP
is meant to to.

See the groff info pages for ideas about some other way of formatting
it; as I said, I'm not sure how I'd do it.

Tim.
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