From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix indentation problem in git-ls-files(1) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7v3a0fr740.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <4B9F2DB0.30400@viscovery.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , Mark Lodato , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Sixt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Mar 16 20:48:09 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 1NrckK-0007UO-P2 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:48:09 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755846Ab0CPTsE (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:48:04 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:40134 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753584Ab0CPTsB (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:48:01 -0400 Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7345D1C002CA; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69DF9902C1; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:58 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id L-7Krf2cwF4Y; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.163.37.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.163.37]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 37673CA297; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:57 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I demand IMPUNITY! In-Reply-To: <4B9F2DB0.30400@viscovery.net> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:05:20 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.94 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Sixt writes: > Andreas Schwab schrieb: >> The nested list in the description of the -t option wasn't properly >> indented. Additionally, make it a horizontal labeled list since the >> labels are all short. > > IMHO, converting a vertical list to a horizontal list is a step in the > wrong direction, even if the labels are short. It is far easier to scan a > vertical list for a match than a horizontal list. The linebreak after the label is useless when all labels are much shorter than the indentation. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."