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.
Alan Modra
Thomas Preud'homme
Nick Clifton