\command{build\_py}, \command{install}), and \var{option} is one of the
options that command supports. Any number of options can be supplied
for each command, and any number of command sections can be included in
-the file. Blank lines are ignored, as are comments (from a \verb+#+
-character to end-of-line). Long option values can be split across
-multiple lines simply by indenting the continuation lines.
+the file. Blank lines are ignored, as are comments (from a
+\character{\#} character to end-of-line). Long option values can be
+split across multiple lines simply by indenting the continuation lines.
You can find out the list of options supported by a particular command
with the universal \longprogramopt{help} option, e.g.