From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k•org>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery•net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>,
Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail•com>,
git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix indentation problem in git-ls-files(1)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2pr34kpzm.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B9F2DB0.30400@viscovery.net> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:05:20 +0100")
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery•net> writes:
> Andreas Schwab schrieb:
>> The nested list in the description of the -t option wasn't properly
>> indented. Additionally, make it a horizontal labeled list since the
>> labels are all short.
>
> IMHO, converting a vertical list to a horizontal list is a step in the
> wrong direction, even if the labels are short. It is far easier to scan a
> vertical list for a match than a horizontal list.
The linebreak after the label is useless when all labels are much
shorter than the indentation.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-16 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 14:32 [PATCH] Fix indentation problem in git-ls-files(1) Andreas Schwab
2010-03-04 23:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-05 10:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-07 17:27 ` Mark Lodato
2010-03-07 18:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-15 22:49 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-15 23:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-16 7:05 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-16 19:47 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2010-03-17 6:47 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-19 18:55 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-20 14:01 ` Junio C Hamano
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