[PATCH] "bzr help commands" spacing
Wouter van Heyst
larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org
Thu Feb 9 19:14:20 GMT 2006
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:52:07PM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> The 4-character indents on "help commands" may just be the worst
> possible size.
>
> bzr add [FILE...]
> Add specified files or directories.
> bzr annotate FILENAME
> Show the origin of each line in a file.
> bzr branch FROM_LOCATION [TO_LOCATION]
> Create a new copy of a branch.
> [...]
>
> It makes the list very hard to scan by eye for particular commands,
> since the command lines up perfectly with the description line.
> Shifting to 8-characters makes it much nicer, since you can easily
> parse out the commands without having to actually _read_ the lines.
Certainly a +1 on the concept, scanning the new list is much easier for
me. Qua patch, how about ' ' * 8 instead of 8 literal spaces?
Wouter van Heyst
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