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"options ..." line underdocumented

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 8973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: "options ..." line underdocumented
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:48:59 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> Well, for example, you could tell me what the `-n' option does.  I
> expect it's meaningful to leave it out, or there wouldn't be any point
> in having it.  What happens when I leave it out?

It's just how the format was defined by xnews in...  89?  Or something?
I have no idea what the -n means, really.  But "options -n" is the only
thing anybody ever used, I seem to recall when writing that stuff.

> You could give me more detail about what's allowed for the other
> arguments--- am I limited to arguments matching the regexp
> `!\[A-Za-z]\.all'?

Yes.

Or rather, "!?\[A-Za-z.]+\.all".

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