From b8cec4a2571596692c1e0b27cc3953ecff712178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov The semantics of providing options in a file is equivalent to providing
the same set of options in the same order on the command line at the point
diff --git a/doc/guide/index.xhtml b/doc/guide/index.xhtml
index fe094cf..aeb7892 100644
--- a/doc/guide/index.xhtml
+++ b/doc/guide/index.xhtml
@@ -750,12 +750,12 @@ namespace cli
options. Such a file contains a set of options, each appearing on a
separate line optionally followed by space and an option value. Empty lines
and lines starting with #
are ignored. Option values can
- be enclosed in double quotes (""
) to preserve leading
- and trailing whitespaces as well as to specify empty values. If the value
- itself contains trailing or leading double quote, enclose it with an extra
- pair of double quotes, for example ""x""
. Non-leading
- and non-trailing quotes are interpreted as being part of the option value.
+ be enclosed in double ("
) or single
+ ('
) quotes to preserve leading and trailing whitespaces
+ as well as to specify empty values. If the value itself contains trailing or
+ leading double quote, enclose it with an extra pair of quotes, for example
+ '"x"'
. Non-leading and non-trailing quotes are
+ interpreted as being part of the option value.
#
are ignored. Option values can
- be enclosed in double quotes (""
) to preserve leading
- and trailing whitespaces as well as to specify empty values. If the
- value itself contains trailing or leading double quote, enclose
- it with an extra pair of double quotes, for example ""x""
.
- Non-leading and non-trailing quotes are interpreted as being part of
- the option value."
) or single ('
)
+ quotes to preserve leading and trailing whitespaces as well as to
+ specify empty values. If the value itself contains trailing or leading
+ quote, enclose it with an extra pair of quotes, for example
+ '"x"'
. Non-leading and non-trailing quotes are interpreted
+ as being part of the option value.
The semantics of providing options in a file is equivalent to providing the same set of options in the same order on the command line at the -- cgit v1.1