Hello Jason, * Jason Butler wrote on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 05:57:12AM CEST: > > How can I insert a newline into the second argument of AS_HELP_STRING? > I want something like > AS_HELP_STRING([message 1],[message 2 \n message 3]) However this just > prints "\n" in the help message and not a newline.
I think the intention of AS_HELP_STRING is that it formats both of its arguments for you, i.e., adds newlines as appropriate when lines get too long. If that doesn't fit for me, I tend to just not use AS_HELP_STRING but pass a literal, expanded string to AC_ARG_ENABLE (or whatever other outer macro call you're using there), with indentation and newlines where I need them. I also think mixing automatic line wrapping with manual line wrapping within one macro would not be a good idea. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
