Re: fmt man page misdescribes --prefix

[Paul Eggert]

I installed this patch to make the documentation clearer:

2004-10-20  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * src/fmt.c (usage): Improve description of --prefix.
        Problem reported by Edward Welbourne.

Index: fmt.c
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RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/fmt.c,v
retrieving revision 1.88
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -p -u -r1.88 -r1.89
--- fmt.c       3 Aug 2004 00:00:49 -0000       1.88
+++ fmt.c       20 Oct 2004 21:16:56 -0000      1.89
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are 
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -c, --crown-margin        preserve indentation of first two lines\n\
-  -p, --prefix=STRING       combine only lines having STRING as prefix\n\
+  -p, --prefix=STRING       reformat only lines beginning with STRING,\n\
+                              reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines\n\
   -s, --split-only          split long lines, but do not refill\n\
 "),
             stdout);