Re: AC_HELP_STRING Help

[Roger Leigh]

Bill Wendling <address@hidden> writes:

> I want to produce a help string like this:
> 
>     --with-foo[=DIR]            Use the foo package
> 
> (note the []s around the =DIR bit). When I use the option like this:
> 
> AC_ARG_WITH([foo],
>             [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-foo[=DIR]],
>                             [Use the foo package])],,)
> 
> It produces:
> 
>     --with-foo=DIR            Use the foo package
> 
> Is there a way to make it produce the []s that I want?

I've used quadrigraphs in the past, but AC_HELP_STRING is doing
something wierd with the quoting (I've tried changing the quotes,
extra quoting, etc., but without success).  When I have managed to get
`[' and `]' to appear, the formatting is then broken...


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