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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2013-08-26 01:49:52 +0200
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* C version:: Using the C version.
* Bash version:: Using the Bash version.
* Trigger functions:: Trigger events at the time an option is parsed.
+* Optional arguments:: Using optional arguments.
* Colours in help message:: Configuring colour use in help message
* GNU Free Documentation License:: Copying and sharing this manual.
@end menu
@@ -345,6 +346,31 @@ alternative.
+@node Optional arguments
+@chapter Optional arguments
+
+Optionally argumented options work like argumented options.
+They are named @code{Optargumented} options the Java version
+and @code{optargumented} in the other version. The differense
+from argumented options are that the argument must be sticky,
+that is, not separated to another command line argument,
+unless its @code{stickless} method returns true. The default
+behaviour is that the @code{stickless} method returns true
+if and only if the argument does not start with @code{-}
+nor @code{+}.
+
+The stickless method is the last argument in the Python
+version, the first argument in the Bash version as well as
+in the C version (and returns a @code{long int}). The the
+Java version it is definied by reimplementing it when
+creating a subclass to @code{Optargumented}. The stickless
+method only has one parameter, the argument that is being
+tested for using without being sticky.
+
+
+
+
+
@node Colours in help message
@chapter Colours in help message