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authorTom Russello <tom.russello@grenoble-inp.org>2016-06-08 19:23:16 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-06-08 12:04:55 -0700
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doc: change configuration variables format
This change configuration variables that where in italic style to monospace font according to the guideline. It was obtained with grep '[[:alpha:]]*\.[[:alpha:]]*::$' config.txt | \ sed -e 's/::$//' -e 's/\./\\\\./' | \ xargs -iP perl -pi -e "s/\'P\'/\`P\`/g" ./*.txt Signed-off-by: Tom Russello <tom.russello@grenoble-inp.org> Signed-off-by: Erwan Mathoniere <erwan.mathoniere@grenoble-inp.org> Signed-off-by: Samuel Groot <samuel.groot@grenoble-inp.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 679d5397b3..338b8d61ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ OPTIONS
--man::
Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This
option may be used to override a value set in the
- 'help.format' configuration variable.
+ `help.format` configuration variable.
+
By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page,
-but the 'man.viewer' configuration variable may be used to choose
+but the `man.viewer` configuration variable may be used to choose
other display programs (see below).
-w::
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ other display programs (see below).
format. A web browser will be used for that purpose.
+
The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable
-'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of
+`help.browser`, or `web.browser` if the former is not set. If none of
these config variables is set, the 'git web{litdd}browse' helper script
(called by 'git help') will pick a suitable default. See
linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
help.format
~~~~~~~~~~~
-If no command-line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration
+If no command-line option is passed, the `help.format` configuration
variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this
variable; they make 'git help' behave as their corresponding command-
line option:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ line option:
help.browser, web.browser and browser.<tool>.path
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also
+The `help.browser`, `web.browser` and `browser.<tool>.path` will also
be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command-line
option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS
section above and linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ section above and linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].
man.viewer
~~~~~~~~~~
-The 'man.viewer' configuration variable will be checked if the 'man'
+The `man.viewer` configuration variable will be checked if the 'man'
format is chosen. The following values are currently supported:
* "man": use the 'man' program as usual,
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ format is chosen. The following values are currently supported:
tab (see 'Note about konqueror' below).
Values for other tools can be used if there is a corresponding
-'man.<tool>.cmd' configuration entry (see below).
+`man.<tool>.cmd` configuration entry (see below).
-Multiple values may be given to the 'man.viewer' configuration
+Multiple values may be given to the `man.viewer` configuration
variable. Their corresponding programs will be tried in the order
listed in the configuration file.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ man.<tool>.path
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by
-setting the configuration variable 'man.<tool>.path'. For example, you
+setting the configuration variable `man.<tool>.path`. For example, you
can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting
'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is
available in PATH.
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ available in PATH.
man.<tool>.cmd
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-When the man viewer, specified by the 'man.viewer' configuration
+When the man viewer, specified by the `man.viewer` configuration
variables, is not among the supported ones, then the corresponding
-'man.<tool>.cmd' configuration variable will be looked up. If this
+`man.<tool>.cmd` configuration variable will be looked up. If this
variable exists then the specified tool will be treated as a custom
command and a shell eval will be used to run the command with the man
page passed as arguments.
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ page passed as arguments.
Note about konqueror
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-When 'konqueror' is specified in the 'man.viewer' configuration
+When 'konqueror' is specified in the `man.viewer` configuration
variable, we launch 'kfmclient' to try to open the man page on an
already opened konqueror in a new tab if possible.