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authorThomas Preud'homme <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>2018-07-02 11:18:24 +0100
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Fix use of "command line X" in binutils doc
Binutils documentation uses a mix of spelling for the compound word "command-line X". According to [1]: "Sometimes compound words are written separately (nail polish), sometimes with a hyphen (short-sighted) and sometimes as one word (eyelashes). Often new compounds are written as two separate words and, as they become more familiar, they are either connected with a hyphen (-) or made into one word." I think command-line X is common enough in our industry that the two workds command and line should be connected. Since command-line is more common than commandline, I propose to update binutils documentation to consistently use "command-line" when this is used as an adjective to a noun (eg. command-line argument, command-line switch, command-line option and command-line flag). I've left occurences of "the command line" as is. I've also left gdb, sim and readline alone and have only touched public documentation (texi and NEWS files). [1] http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/word-formation/compounds 2018-07-02 Thomas Preud'homme <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com> bfd/ * doc/bfdint.texi: Use command-line consistently when used in a compount word. * doc/bfdsumm.texi: Likewise. binutils/ * NEWS: Use command-line consistently when used in a compount word. * doc/binutils.texi: Likewise and fix trailing whitespace on same line. gas/ * NEWS: Use command-line consistently when used in a compount word. * doc/as.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-aarch64.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-alpha.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-arc.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-arm.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-avr.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-bfin.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-cris.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-epiphany.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-i386.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-ia64.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-lm32.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-m32r.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-m68k.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-mips.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-mmix.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-msp430.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-mt.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-nios2.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-ppc.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-pru.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-rl78.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-rx.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-tic6x.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-v850.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-vax.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-visium.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-xstormy16.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-xtensa.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-z80.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-z8k.texi: Likewise. * doc/internals.texi: Likewise. gprof/ * gprof.texi: Use command-line consistently when used in a compount word. ld/ * NEWS: Use command-line consistently when used in a compount word. * ld.texinfo: Likewise. * ldint.texinfo: Likewise.
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Changes in 2.27:
assembler should generate common symbols with the STT_COMMON type by
default. Default to no.
-* New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF targets to control
+* New command-line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF targets to control
whether to generate common symbols with the STT_COMMON type.
* Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric values for ELF
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ Changes in 2.27:
x86 assembler should generate relax relocations by default. Default to
yes, except for x86 Solaris targets older than Solaris 12.
-* New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86 target to control
+* New command-line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86 target to control
whether to generate relax relocations.
-* New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86 target to encode
+* New command-line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86 target to encode
lfence, mfence and sfence as "lock addl $0x0, (%[re]sp)".
* Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Changes in 2.25:
* Replace support for openrisc and or32 with support for or1k.
* Enhanced the ARM port to accept the assembler output from the CodeComposer
- Studio tool. Support is enabled via the new command line option -mccs.
+ Studio tool. Support is enabled via the new command-line option -mccs.
* Add support for the Andes NDS32.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Changes in 2.24:
* Add support for the Texas Instruments MSP430X processor.
-* Add -gdwarf-sections command line option to enable per-code-section
+* Add -gdwarf-sections command-line option to enable per-code-section
generation of DWARF .debug_line sections.
* Add support for Altera Nios II.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Changes in 2.21:
* Add support for the Renesas RX processor.
-* New command line option, --compress-debug-sections, which requests
+* New command-line option, --compress-debug-sections, which requests
compression of DWARF debug information sections in the relocatable output
file. Compressed debug sections are supported by readelf, objdump, and
gold, but not currently by Gnu ld.
@@ -219,23 +219,23 @@ Changes in 2.19:
* New pseudo op .cfi_val_encoded_addr, to record constant addresses in unwind
tables without runtime relocation.
-* New command line option, -h-tick-hex, for sh, m32c, and h8/300 targets, which
+* New command-line option, -h-tick-hex, for sh, m32c, and h8/300 targets, which
adds compatibility with H'00 style hex constants.
-* New command line option, -msse-check=[none|error|warning], for x86
+* New command-line option, -msse-check=[none|error|warning], for x86
targets.
-* New sub-option added to the assembler's -a command line switch to
+* New sub-option added to the assembler's -a command-line switch to
generate a listing output. The 'g' sub-option will insert into the listing
various information about the assembly, such as assembler version, the
- command line options used, and a time stamp.
+ command-line options used, and a time stamp.
-* New command line option -msse2avx for x86 target to encode SSE
+* New command-line option -msse2avx for x86 target to encode SSE
instructions with VEX prefix.
* Add Intel XSAVE, EPT, MOVBE, AES, PCLMUL, AVX/FMA support for x86 target.
-* New command line options, -march=CPU[,+EXTENSION...], -mtune=CPU,
+* New command-line options, -march=CPU[,+EXTENSION...], -mtune=CPU,
-mmnemonic=[att|intel], -msyntax=[att|intel], -mindex-reg,
-mnaked-reg and -mold-gcc, for x86 targets.
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Changes in 2.17:
* Add support for the "@<file>" syntax to the command line, so that extra
switches can be read from <file>.
-* The SH target supports a new command line switch --enable-reg-prefix which,
+* The SH target supports a new command-line switch --enable-reg-prefix which,
if enabled, will allow register names to be optionally prefixed with a $
character. This allows register names to be distinguished from label names.
@@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ Changes in 2.17:
for the VAX target in order to be more compatible with the VAX MACRO
assembler.
-* New command line option -mtune=[itanium1|itanium2] for IA64 targets.
+* New command-line option -mtune=[itanium1|itanium2] for IA64 targets.
Changes in 2.16:
* Redefinition of macros now results in an error.
-* New command line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets.
+* New command-line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets.
-* New command line option -munwind-check=[warning|error] for IA64
+* New command-line option -munwind-check=[warning|error] for IA64
targets.
* The IA64 port now uses automatic dependency violation removal as its default
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Changes in 2.16:
* Added support for generating unwind tables for ARM ELF targets.
-* Add a -g command line option to generate debug information in the target's
+* Add a -g command-line option to generate debug information in the target's
preferred debug format.
* Support for the crx-elf target added.
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ Changes in 2.16:
* Support for ColdFire EMAC instructions added and Motorola syntax for MAC/EMAC
instrucitons.
-* New command line option -mno-shared for MIPS ELF targets.
+* New command-line option -mno-shared for MIPS ELF targets.
-* New command line option --alternate and pseudo-ops .altmacro and .noaltmacro
+* New command-line option --alternate and pseudo-ops .altmacro and .noaltmacro
added to enter (and leave) alternate macro syntax mode.
Changes in 2.15:
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Changes in 2.12:
but still works for compatability.
* The MIPS assembler no longer issues a warning by default when it
- generates a nop instruction from a macro. The new command line option
+ generates a nop instruction from a macro. The new command-line option
-n will turn on the warning.
Changes in 2.11:
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Changes in 2.11:
* x86 gas has a new .arch pseudo op to specify the target CPU architecture.
-* x86 gas -q command line option quietens warnings about register size changes
+* x86 gas -q command-line option quietens warnings about register size changes
due to suffix, indirect jmp/call without `*', stand-alone prefixes, and
translating various deprecated floating point instructions.