Subject: bug#9228: closed (Re: bug#9228: Shorthand on the sort page)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:34:02 +0000

Your bug report

#9228: Shorthand on the sort page

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#9228: Shorthand on the sort page
From: Jim Meyering <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:29:03 +0200
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[email-masked] wrote:
> Shorthand on the sort page
>
>        --sort=WORD
>               sort according to WORD: general-numeric  -g,  human-numeric  -h,
>               month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V
>
> is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.
>
> Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this paragraph.

Thanks, but that is true of many --help/man option descriptions.
That is why at the end of every man page you find a pointer to
the "full documentation":

    info coreutils ...

Subject: Shorthand on the sort page
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:05:38 +0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Shorthand on the sort page

       --sort=WORD
              sort according to WORD: general-numeric  -g,  human-numeric  -h,
              month -M, numeric -n, random -R, version -V

is not going to be understood by the beginner. Sorry.

Only the Info page makes it clear what you are trying to say in this paragraph.