From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:32909 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756769Ab3HNIeK (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:34:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1376469249.6044.9623767.55648398@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: Bernhard Voelker Cc: "Util-Linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain In-Reply-To: <520A9016.8040208@bernhard-voelker.de> References: <1376406563-24198-1-git-send-email-mail@bernhard-voelker.de> <1376408542.14036.9332767.314B2850@webmail.messagingengine.com> <520A9016.8040208@bernhard-voelker.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] last: mention optional arguments in usage Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:34:09 +0200 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 13, 2013, at 21:59, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > On 08/13/2013 05:42 PM, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > Better use angular-brackets convention right away: "[...]". > > Correct. I just did it as in the man page, therefore that > one should also be fixed. No, man pages do not use angular brackets, they use instead italics for arguments. > However, I'm not that happy with it anyway, because can > either be a username or a terminal name, e.g. 'last root tty0', > and '' does not describe that too well. Yes, I thought of that too, moments after sending the mail. :) > Any idea - besides falling back to the old '[..] [tty..]' > (which isn't too bad IMO)? "" and ".RI [ username ...]" would be fine. Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service