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Re: [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically

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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Dec 1, 2010, 22:45 UTC
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Jari Aalto wrote:
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> 2010-12-02 00:04 Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>:
>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> Comprehension and ease-of-readability are far more important than visual
>> aesthetics.
> 
> You can't take that out of equation. The people that read Western
> languages, read A-Z. It's built in how we comprehend from start of
> school education.

I don't understand what you mean. People search A-Z. They don't read A-Z. When you have tools to do the searching for you, A-Z ordering no longer becomes useful. In an index, sure, as those are intended for scanning by human eyes, but as actual documentation it serves no purpose.

-Kevin Ballard
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  1. git-add.txt: Order options alphabeticallyjari.aalto@cante.net, Dec 1, 2010
  2. Drew NorthupDec 1, 2010
  3. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
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  5. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  6. Drew NorthupDec 1, 2010
  7. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  8. SZEDER GáborDec 2, 2010
  9. Kevin BallardDec 1, 2010
  10. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
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