On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 03:30, Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net> wrote: > pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl wrote: >> >> - -name :name >> - -name=value :name<value> >> - -name="spacy value" :name«'spacy value'» >> - -name='spacy value' :name«'spacy value'» >> - -name=val1,'val 2',etc :name«val1 'val 2' etc» >> + -n :name >> + -n=value :name<value> >> + -n="spacy value" :name«'spacy value'» >> + -n='spacy value' :name«'spacy value'» >> + -n=val1,'val 2',etc :name«val1 'val 2' etc» >> --name :name # only if declared Bool >> --name=value :name<value> # don't care > > Is that right? Should the right column example not also be shortened to :n > ? I thought the single-dash names only allowed a single character in a name > on purpose, since multiple chars after a - were multiple options. -- Darren > Duncan > yes, it's right. options have both long and short names. perhaps you missed the change to the paragraph above:
+ Assuming C<-n> is the shortname for C<--name>, that reads "short name" (two words) as of r24732. if you want to set C<n> to C<value>, use C<--n=value>. ~jerry
