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]:35164 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751195AbaEXMiR (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2014 08:38:17 -0400 Message-Id: <1400935096.17218.121085157.1650AD96@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: Sami Kerola Cc: "Util-Linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain In-Reply-To: <1400929696-12548-4-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> References: <1400929696-12548-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> <1400929696-12548-4-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] docs: setterm.1 add options compatibility note Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 14:38:16 +0200 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, May 24, 2014, at 13:08, Sami Kerola wrote: > +Since version 2.25 the > +.B setterm > +has supported long options with two hyphens, for example s/has supported/has support for/ > +.BR \-\-help , > +aside with single hyphen options, for example s/aside with single hyphen options/ beside the historical long options with a single hyphen/ > +In scripts it is better to use backward compatibile single hyphen rather s/use backward /use the backward-/ s/compatibile/compatible/ > +than two hyphens. Currently there are no plans or good reasons to s/two hyphens/the double hyphen/ Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service.