On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:02:28 -0400 Michael Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Denis Ovsienko <[email protected]> wrote: > > One way to solve this problem would be using "keyword <arg>" or > > "keyword ARG" or even "keyword <ARG>" syntax for all filter primitives. > > Note that this would not conflict with the use of italics: for example, > > if you consider GNU tar man page, both the "ARCHIVE", the "OPTIONS" and > > the "FILE" are in italics (that is, underlined in most cases, unless > > the session is cleverly configured to use the capabilities of modern > > terminals): > > I'm for: > keyword <arg> > > with <arg> being italic/underline when it can me as the consistent format. > I wonder if any of these conventions have names. > (Like how we have snake_case, and CamelCase) Probably no, except may be "Tcl-style" (for ?optional? in quiestion marks instead brackets), though that's not official style, just easy reference. > I'm okay with: "keyword ARG" (like GNU tar), but I think "keyword <ARG>" > (which could also be italic) is too much. +1 -- WBR, @nuclight _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s
