From: Jari Aalto Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:16:07 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically Message-ID: <87r5e1v2g8.fsf@picasso.cante.net> In-Reply-To: <20101201165043.GF26120@burratino> 2010-12-01 18:50 Jonathan Nieder : > If the goal is sorted option lists in all manpages, that will _have_ > to be automated. Who is going to write that script? I'm afraid that will never happen. It's easier and faster to edit. One page at a time. As time allows. Nobody is going take vacation and do it once for all. Bit by bit is better approach. > why would I want sorted option lists in all manpages? Does that really need an answer? You read from top to bottom, therefore A-Z. Well, GNU uses it in manula pages. It looks good, it looks professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no oriantation problems). Jari