On 29 January 2013 03:30, Pacho Ramos <pa...@gentoo.org> wrote: > El lun, 28-01-2013 a las 14:37 +0800, Ben de Groot escribió: >> I've started using this eclass, but with README files, not the variable, >> because this is currently the only way I can make sure it honours my >> formatting. >> > > Couldn't it be covered if "echo -e" was used (even with fmt) and you, > then, control formatting with some of the sequences it allows (they are > shown in its man page)?
No. The eclass should assume that DOC_CONTENTS is already correctly formatted. If you must, you can add a convenience function for people who do want reformatting, but this should NOT be the default. Please don't make this eclass harder to use than it needs to be. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin