+ # if $opt, $arg contains the closing ].
+ substr ($arg, -1) = ''
+ if $opt eq '[';
+ $arg =~ s/^=//;
+ $arg = lc ($arg);
+ my $dir_arg = $arg;
+ # If the argument is compite (e.g., for --define[=NAME[=VALUE]]),
+ # put each word in @var, to build @var{name}[=@var{value}], not
+ # @var{name[=value]}].
+ $arg =~ s/(\w+)/\@var{$1}/g;
+ my $long_arg = "=$arg";
+ if ($opt eq '[') {
+ $long_arg = "[$long_arg]";
+ $arg = "[$arg]";
+ }
+ # For arguments of directives: this only works if all arguments
+ # are strings and have the same syntax as on the command line.
+ if ($dir_arg eq 'name[=value]')
+ {
+ $dir_arg = '@var{name} ["@var{value}"]';
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $dir_arg =~ s/(\w+)/\@var{"$1"}/g;
+ $dir_arg = '[' . $dir_arg . ']'
+ if $opt eq '[';
+ }
+ $long = "$long$long_arg";
+ $short = "$short $arg" if $short && $short ne '-d';
+ $dir = "$dir $dir_arg" if $dir;