From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <gdb-patches-return-100354-listarch-gdb-patches=sources.redhat.com@sourceware.org>
Received: (qmail 9491 invoked by alias); 10 Apr 2013 15:46:53 -0000
Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Id: <gdb-patches.sourceware.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gdb-patches-subscribe@sourceware.org>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/>
List-Post: <mailto:gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org
Received: (qmail 9478 invoked by uid 89); 10 Apr 2013 15:46:52 -0000
X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-7.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1
Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28)    by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:46:52 +0000
Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23])	by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3AFkl4v009140	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK);	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:46:47 -0400
Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1])	by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3AFkj7q014652	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO);	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:46:45 -0400
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,        Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>,        gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display configuration details in --help
References: <83r4jaynqq.fsf@gnu.org>	<CADPb22R4o4gkQk8oeqGvmWZerVf7gdkw8XOKz9mYxD6ubFPRig@mail.gmail.com>	<514B4AC3.1090103@redhat.com> <83zjxwy4ux.fsf@gnu.org>	<20130321191051.GF5447@adacore.com> <83r4j8y1kh.fsf@gnu.org>	<20130321203919.GG5447@adacore.com> <87r4j8zd0k.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>	<83ehf85u7x.fsf@gnu.org> <83wqsbadfe.fsf@gnu.org>	<20836.17485.525118.795474@ruffy2.mtv.corp.google.com>	<83txnfa9m7.fsf@gnu.org>	<CADPb22SQaWrBd4MOmMqFaAMc=KnX15hd=be3Ta_u3wGg=HGmXQ@mail.gmail.com>	<51645982.8050904@redhat.com>	<CADPb22QXBNE6y2KCrYD2nnxNpUiK7nM8myd4HApuzfSQ5GjhRA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:20:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <CADPb22QXBNE6y2KCrYD2nnxNpUiK7nM8myd4HApuzfSQ5GjhRA@mail.gmail.com>	(Doug Evans's message of "Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:26:25 -0700")
Message-ID: <87k3oamlqy.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
X-SW-Source: 2013-04/txt/msg00280.txt.bz2

>>>>> "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".

Tom