On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> Hyphenated. It's not a line option of a command, it's an option of a
> command-line.
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> As an adjective I think it should be "command-line"; I'm sure Sandra will
> correct me if I'm wrong here.
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
> As an adjective immediately preceding the noun it modifies, yes, it should be
> hyphenated: "command-line option". But if you use "command line" as a noun,
> use the unhyphenated form; e.g., "use the -foo option on the command line".
Thanks to the three of you for your guidance on this, Dave, Joseph, and
Sandra!
I am committing the patch below to our coding conventions and will fix
up the existing web pages accordingly.
Gerald
Index: codingconventions.html
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+ <td>"command-line option"</td>
+ <td>"command line option"</td>
+ <td></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
<td>"dependent" (adjective), "dependence", "dependency"</td>
<td>"dependant", "dependance", "dependancy"</td>
<td></td>
