Re: [PATCH] Display configuration details in --help

Pedro Alves
2013-04-10T15:57:04Z

On 04/10/2013 04:46 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> Unless there is a physical form to the grouping (e.g., further
> Doug> indentation, blank lines, or whatever), I'd much prefer a full
> Doug> alphabetical sort.
>
> Try "automake --help" to see what an alternate approach looks like.
> It groups options into sections with headers.
> I find it very readable; and it is a reasonably common style in the
> GNU world, e.g., "tar --help" or "cpio --help".

That's my preference. But we shouldn't stale Eli's patch for this. His
chosen positioning for --configuration follows precedent, and putting
--configuration right after --command actually breaks one of the precedents.
From here, my view is that we should let his patch in using his original
preference for positioning, and then discuss wholesale --help reordering
separately.

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Pedro Alves