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diff --git a/Documentation/howto-usage-function.txt b/Documentation/howto-usage-function.txt index 1c5c4b893..a666d44fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto-usage-function.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto-usage-function.txt @@ -4,20 +4,6 @@ Example file Refer to the ./boilerplate.c example file while reading this howto. -Well-known options ------------------- - -The following options are well-known, and should not be used for any -other purpose: - - -h, --help display usage and exit - -V, --version display version and exit - -The rule of thumb with other options is that once they exist, you may -not change them, nor change how they work, nor remove them. - -See Legacy options below. - How a usage text is supposed to look ------------------------------------ @@ -146,17 +132,3 @@ define. The command author, package maintainer or patch submitter will usually know when it should be done that way. -Legacy options --------------- - -Some commands use peculiar options and arguments. These will continue -to be supported, but anything like them will not be accepted as new -additions. A short list of examples: - -- Characters other than '-' to start an option. See '+' in 'more'. -- Using a number as an option. See '-<number>' in 'more'. -- Long options that start with a single '-'. See 'setterm'. -- '-?' is not expected to be a synonym of '--help', but is an unknown - option resulting in a suggestion to try --help due to a getopt failure. - - |