Re: Why doesn't this quote properly?

[Paul Eggert]

Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

> Or, if we say that the shell code is ``simple enough'', they need not be
> quoted at all.  (This is what I proposed in my original patch.)

Let's do it that way, then; it is pretty simple, after all, and the
extra quoting distracts from the example.

I installed this doc patch (along with the change to general.m4 you sent):

2004-11-23  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Fix quoting issues
        with the examples; fix the bug in MY_ARG_WITH example reported
        by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.

--- autoconf.texi       23 Nov 2004 09:01:01 -0000      1.841
+++ autoconf.texi       23 Nov 2004 19:11:56 -0000      1.842
@@ -13053,8 +13053,8 @@ Options}).  The following example will m
 AC_ARG_WITH(foo,
   [AS_HELP_STRING(--with-foo,
      [use foo (default is no)])],
-  [ac_cv_use_foo=$withval],
-  [ac_cv_use_foo=no])
+  ac_cv_use_foo=$withval,
+  ac_cv_use_foo=no)
 @end example
 
 The second argument of @code{AS_HELP_STRING} is
@@ -13076,11 +13076,8 @@ arguments, as shown in the following exa
 AC_DEFUN([MY_ARG_WITH],
   [AC_ARG_WITH([$1],
      [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-$1], [use $1 (default is $2)])],
-     [ac_cv_use_$1=$withval],
-     [ac_cv_use_$1=no])
-   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether to use $1],
-     [ac_cv_use_$1],
-     [ac_cv_use_$1=$2])])
+     ac_cv_use_$1=$withval,
+     ac_cv_use_$1=$2)])
 @end example
 @end defmac