From a05a5b64cf33d36d93a92fd03ae900e18dbe5572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Preud'homme <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 11:18:24 +0100
Subject: 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.
---
 gas/doc/c-vax.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'gas/doc/c-vax.texi')

diff --git a/gas/doc/c-vax.texi b/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
index 0d72d4f..0dddbcd 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ These are obsolete options used to debug old assemblers.
 @item @code{-d} (Displacement size for JUMPs)
 This option expects a number following the @samp{-d}.  Like options
 that expect filenames, the number may immediately follow the
-@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command line
+@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command-line
 argument that follows @samp{-d} (@sc{gnu} standard).
 
 @cindex @code{-V}, redundant on VAX
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