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commit 8b958f0450ecd83142182c3d3efc687c0e642a3a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 3 03:49:55 2024 -0600
[tbl]: Describe command if asked for `--help`.
* src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp (usage): If asked for `--help`, summarize
command purpose in message.
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 40b483eea..a2dc01004 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-12-03 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp (usage): If asked for `--help`,
+ summarize command purpose in message.
+
2024-12-03 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/utils/grog/grog.pl (usage):
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp b/src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp
index d0766c0c5..da2d98f23 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/main.cpp
@@ -1641,6 +1641,12 @@ static void usage(FILE *stream)
"usage: %s {-v | --version}\n"
"usage: %s --help\n",
program_name, program_name, program_name);
+ if (stdout == stream)
+ fputs("\n"
+"GNU tbl is a filter that translates descriptions of tables embedded\n"
+"in roff(7) input into the language understood by GNU troff(1). See\n"
+"the tbl(1) manual page.\n",
+ stream);
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
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