Re: [PATCH] Documentation/config.txt: Order variables alphabetically

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: Dec 2, 2010, 05:43 UTC
Message-ID: <87oc94spax.fsf@picasso.cante.net>
In-Reply-To: <20101202010229.GA4832@neumann>

2010-12-02 03:02 SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>:

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> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 07:10:55PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> Same for command line options. You read zillions of scripts and cryptic
>> 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.

Thatäs real slow method.

You don't need specific search function (or reliance on those availability[*]) when you can just tap

    PgUp
    PgDown

to locate the information by visual cues (A-Z).

[*] less(1) is not the default manual page pager everywhere.