Don't cull the Cc list. On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 07:43:02AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > 2010-12-02 03:02 SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 07:10:55PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > >> Same for command line options. You read zillions of scripts and cryptic > >> options. You want to consult manual page to see what an option means. Again > >> you're searching A-Z. > > > > When I want to look up X or a command line option seen somewhere, I > > never search A-Z. I always search using the pager's or browser's > > search function. And when it found what I was searching for, then I > > much prefer to see related options on the same screen. > > Thatäs real slow method. Based on my own experience, I disagree, ... > You don't need specific search function (or reliance on those > availability[*]) when you can just tap > > PgUp > PgDown > > to locate the information by visual cues (A-Z). ... and therefore I much prefer using the search function. > [*] less(1) is not the default manual page pager everywhere. I assume that nowadays search-capable pagers are much more widespread than non-search-capable ones. Gábor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html