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authorAdam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org>2012-02-18 15:03:52 +0000
committerAdam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org>2012-02-18 20:19:44 +0000
commit2da2f44a20f3c42e2dd962376b2a04b04f93e79c (patch)
tree096f520eea4ec0bd85fddc48ad2589e5761289e8
parent2c5950ed00d6e24bcdcc9e34e760e13dc5a70910 (diff)
downloadstow-2da2f44a20f3c42e2dd962376b2a04b04f93e79c.tar.gz
Fix formatting of regexp values in the manual.
-rw-r--r--doc/stow.texi6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi
index 155a64a..683c1c5 100644
--- a/doc/stow.texi
+++ b/doc/stow.texi
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Set the target directory to @var{dir} instead of the parent of the stow
directory. Defaults to the parent of the stow directory, so it is typical to
execute @code{stow} from the directory @file{/usr/local/stow}.
-@item --ignore='<regex>'
+@item --ignore=@var{regexp}
This (repeatable) option lets you suppress acting on files that match the
given perl regular expression. For example, using the options
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Also note that by default Stow automatically ignores a ``sensible''
built-in list of files and directories such as @file{CVS}, editor
backup files, and so on. @xref{Ignore Lists}, for more details.
-@item --defer='<regex>'
+@item --defer=@var{regexp}
This (repeatable) option avoids stowing a file matching the given
regular expression, if that file is already stowed by another package.
This is effectively the opposite of @code{--override}.
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Note that the regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path
relative to the target directory, because this is what you will want to do most
of the time.
-@item --override='<regex>'
+@item --override=@var{regexp}
This (repeatable) option forces any file matching the regular expression to be
stowed, even if the file is already stowed to another package. For example,
the following options