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-rw-r--r-- | parse-options.h | 5 |
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diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h index 275fb44081..eebab6c7d7 100644 --- a/parse-options.h +++ b/parse-options.h @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ typedef enum parse_opt_result parse_opt_ll_cb(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, * token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Does not * begin in capital letter, and does not end with a full stop. * Should be wrapped by N_() for translation. + * Is automatically enclosed in brackets when printed, unless it + * contains any of the following characters: ()<>[]| + * E.g. "name" is shown as "<name>" to indicate that a name value + * needs to be supplied, not the literal string "name", but + * "<start>,<end>" and "(this|that)" are printed verbatim. * * `help`:: * the short help associated to what the option does. |