From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SZEDER =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/config.txt: Order variables alphabetically Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:02:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20101202010229.GA4832@neumann> References: <1291209174-9239-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> <201012011557.30849.jnareb@gmail.com> <20101201150917.GD6537@picasso.cante.net> <201012011737.53652.jnareb@gmail.com> <87vd3dv2ow.fsf@picasso.cante.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Narebski To: Jari Aalto X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 02 02:02:39 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNxZG-0001T0-E2 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:02:38 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753105Ab0LBBCd convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:02:33 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:63028 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751335Ab0LBBCd (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:02:33 -0500 Received: from localhost6.localdomain6 (p5B130DE7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.19.13.231]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LlJ5u-1Omyv241m2-00aToD; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:02:31 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vd3dv2ow.fsf@picasso.cante.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:dupZ9Nq4C/xS8LqiBCoYZ/DogjNZHquT/E8cGIP5VAA OQKGWjSA/dgwp4of21XMp0ZrmSvEdqLvC0M/Fgh91pbRrrN5ns /664QOd5GwAmJuJ7SOilxHpgijuW6jzH8MhKr3/qxZpaq8GWJD Z+KDOQ44mt4sdzTpvEz/RDlOzkr+X/7R/6n82e4+ozMqSX9zeF p0FYregKZpWuY1ggwmdCw== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 07:10:55PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > 2010-12-01 18:37 Jakub Narebski : > > Having related config variables together is IMVHO more important th= an > > having config variables sorted alphabetically. >=20 > That's subjective criteria. I agree with Jakub; his criteria might be subjective, but it's highly practical, while your examples are not. > Most of the time you want to look up X. And alpha order is what docto= r > ordered. >=20 > Same for command line options. You read zillions of scripts and crypt= ic > options. You want to consult manual page to see what an option means.= Again > you're searching A-Z. When I want to look up X or a command line option seen somewhere, I never search A-Z. I always search using the pager's or browser's search function. And when it found what I was searching for, then I much prefer to see related options on the same screen. Best, G=E1bor