Subject: man pages: option ordering
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 01/06/2002 18:54:38
Hi!

Currently, the option ordering in our man pages is a mess. To wit:
ls(1): A-Za-z
pax(1): a-zA-Z
make(1): AaBbCc...Zz
csh(1): aAbBcC...zZ

I'd like to find a unified option order for all man pages and then
switch to it.  This will also have an impact on the programs' usage
output.

In my opinion, separating upper and lower case letters doesn't make
sense, and makes options harder to find when browsing, so I'm for one
of the last two, having a preference for the make(1) ordering (with no
particular argument behind that).

Comments?

Bye,
 Thomas

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Thomas Klausner - wiz@danbala.tuwien.ac.at
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