[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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