Re: [help-gengetopt] bug: gengetopt --show-help with continued lines

[Lorenzo Bettini]

T wrote:
> Hi
>
> I found that "gengetopt --show-help" cannot work with continued lines
> illustrated in the example:
>
>   $ gengetopt --show-help -i sample0.ggo
>   sample0.ggo:10: syntax error \
>   sample0.ggo:10: section "more involved options" \
>   sample0.ggo:10:                                 ^
>
>   $ diff -wu2 /usr/share/doc/gengetopt/examples/sample1.ggo sample0.ggo
>   --- /usr/share/doc/gengetopt/examples/sample1.ggo       2006-08-22 
> 04:26:37.000000000 -0400
>   +++ sample0.ggo 2006-09-29 12:07:28.000000000 -0400
>   @@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
>    option  "my-opt"          m "Another integer option, this time the description of 
> the option should be quite long to require wrapping... possibly more than one wrapping :-) 
> especially if I\nrequire a line break"      int     optional
>    option  "int-opt"         i "A int option"         int        yes
>   -section "more involved options" sectiondesc="the following options\nare more 
> complex"
>   +section "more involved options" \
>   +  sectiondesc="the following options\nare more complex"
>    option  "flag-opt"        - "A flag option"        flag       off
>    option  "funct-opt"       F "A function option"    optional 
>
> The sample1.ggo came along the package and works fine. 
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> thanks
>
> tong

Hi Tong

it's a missing feature...  I'll work on that so that it can be handled

cheers
        Lorenzo

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