From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:25420 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755015Ab3HWKCl (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:02:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:02:34 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Benno Schulenberg Cc: Bernhard Voelker , Util-Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH] last: mention optional arguments in usage Message-ID: <20130823100234.GA32136@x2.net.home> References: <1376406563-24198-1-git-send-email-mail@bernhard-voelker.de> <1376408542.14036.9332767.314B2850@webmail.messagingengine.com> <520A9016.8040208@bernhard-voelker.de> <1376469249.6044.9623767.55648398@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1376469249.6044.9623767.55648398@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:34:09AM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > 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. Fixed (in .c and .1), Thanks Bernhard! Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com